American+Civil+War+Notes+for+Mrs.Deleon's+L.A.+class

A-5 Famous People-Civil War 1-Ulysses S. Grant Point Pleasant, Ohio- North Participated in Mexican War as lieutenant. Resigned the army in 1854, with the rank as captain. When Civil War outbreaked, Grant asked to be recommissioned in regular army, but never received a reply.

2-President Lincoln 3-Michael Corcoran
 * Larue County, Kentucky South/ North
 * Became strong military leader, directing actions of union. Amassed considerable executive power- proclaiming blockade and suspending habeas corpus. He order the release of the confederate to seiz British ship. That avoided potential conflict with great Britian.


 * County Donegal, Ireland- North
 * Union office, choosen by alot to become a confederate hostage.
 * Refusing parole, he was not exchanged until August 1862.
 * When he finished the army he finished with the rank of commissioned brigadier general and he was invited to have dinner with President Lincoln.

4-James Abram Garfield
 * Cuyahogo County, Ohio- North
 * Ranked Major General.
 * He later became a United States president.

5-Winfield Scott
 * Petersburg Virginia- North
 * He was ranked General.
 * He also developed the Anaconda Plan Battle Strategy, which untimately led to the Union victory.

B-5 Battles of the Civil War 1- Siege of Petersburg > 2-March Across Georgia > 3-Battle of Gettysburg > 4-Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) > 5-Battle of Atlanta > C-5 facts about slavery in the United States > > 1- Slavery officially established in Virginia. It let slaves work to pay off debt. > > 2- Cruelty in the treatment of slaves was forbidden by Code of Hammurabi, a famous document.Between 2100 and 1800 b.c. defined slaves to be banded on forehead and forbidden to hide. > > 3- Slavery ended in the British empireon August 1, 1834, when legislation passed a bill that took effect shorty after signed.The law specified that the apprenticeship scheme freed slaves. Some cases caused former slaves to be treated harser than before. The last form of any slavery in the Empire ended by August 1, 1838. > > 4- In 1853, Illinois passed a law that required blacks entering the state and staying, for more than 10 days, had to pay a fine of 50.00 dollars. If they could not pay it that black person was to be sold into slavery for period of commensurate with the fine they owe. > > 5- In 1641, Massachusetts legalized slavery, specifying that children inherited status from their mother rather than their father, reversing English common law. > >
 * Started on April 2nd and lasted 9 months.
 * This battle happen in Virginia.
 * The side that won this battle was the Union.
 * The 2 generals were General Lee, for the south, and General Sherman, for the north
 * The march started on November 16th and lasted until December 20th.
 * The march took place in Georgia.
 * The North side won.
 * The 2 generals were Sherman and Grant.
 * This battle started in early June.
 * It took place in Pennsylvania.
 * The south side won.
 * The 2 generals were general Lee and general Meade.
 * ** This battle started on December 31st.
 * It took place in Murfreesboro.
 * The north won (by the withdrawl of the south).
 * The generals were Rosencrans and Bragg.
 * Took place on September 1st.
 * Happened in Atlanta.
 * North won( by the withdrawl of the south).
 * The 2 generals leading this battle were general Sherman, general Hood, and general Johnson.