Civil+War+Notes

Battles-

1) The Battle of Gettysburg July 1st -3rd, 1863 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Union won Union- General George Gordon Meade Confederate- General Robert E. Lee 2) Battle of Vicksburg May 19th - July 4, 1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi Union won Union- Ulysses S. Grant Confederate- John C. Pemberton 3) First Battle of Chattanooga June 7th- June 8th, 1862 Union won Union- James S. Negley Confederate- E. Kirby Smith 4) Battle of Roanoke Island February 7th- 8th, 1862 Union won Union- Ambrose E. Burnside Confederate- Henry A. Wise 5) Battle of Nashville December 15th- 16th, 1864 Union won Union- George H. Thomas Confederate- John Bell Hood

People-

1) Albert Pike Confederate Convinced Indian leaders to support Confederacy,General and trained Native American groups for war 2) Ulysses S. Grant Union Union Went to war, Promoted to Major General, Became Commander of all Union troops leading to defeat of Confederates 3) Jefferson Davis Confederate Served as President of Confederate States of America from war's beginning, Could not find way to beat Union 4) Abraham Lincoln Union Leader of all the free states along with Republicans, Did not want expansion of slavery in U.S. owned territories 5) William Sherman Union Succeeded Ulysses Grant as commander, led troops to capture Atlanta contributing to re-election of Lincoln

Slavery Laws-