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Civil War Facts

Part 1- People O   Person 1- General Alexander Robert- South Confederate general O   He was born in  South Carolina and lived in Georgia. O   He commanded the troops that captured Fort  Pulaski and was a general for the  Confederate side. O   Person 2- General Hugh Weedon Mercer O   He was born in Virginia O  He was a Brigadier General and he was important in the role of impressing of the        first group of slaves and free blacks into service for the Confederacy. O   Person 3- Emory Upton O   He was born in New York O   He was promoted to brigadier general for creating an innovative way of arranging the troops for attack at Spotsylvania and he made the rank of Major General. O   Person 4- General Nelson Appleton Miles O   He was born in Massachusetts O   He was rewarded the Medal of Honor and made the rank of Major General and Lieutenant. O   Person 5- General Abner Doubleday O   He was born in New York O   He led troops at the Second Battle of Bull Run. At Gettysburg, he took command when Maj. Gen. John J. Reynolds was killed, and held the Union troops in their position.

Part 2- Battles O Battle 1- Gettysburg 1. July 1- July 3, 1863 2. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 3. Union won 4. Union General George Gordon Meade and Confederate General Robert E. Lee. O Battle 2- Fredericksburg 1. December 11- December 15, 1862 2. Fredericksburg, Virginia 3. Confederate won 4. Union General Ambrose E. Burnside and Confederate General Robert E. Lee O Battle 3- Petersburg 1. June 15, 1864 – March 25, 1865 2. Petersburg, Virginia 3. Union won 4. Union Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee. O Battle 4- Chancellorville 1. April 30- May 6, 1863 2. Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia 3. Confederate won 4. Union Army Major General Joseph Hooker and Confederate General Robert E. Lee O Battle 5- Battle Of Chattanooga – Lookout  Mountain 1. November 23- November 25, 1863 2. Chattanooga, Tennessee 3. Union Won 4. Union Army Major General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Braxton Bragg. Facts on Slavery In U.S O  First Law 1. Fugitive Slave Law 2. September 18, 1850 3. Fugitive Slave Law required the return of runaway slaves. O Second Law 1. Emancipation Proclamation 2. September 22, 1862 3. The Emancipation Proclamation declared the freedom of all slaves in any state of the [|Confederate States of America]. O Third Law 1. [|Slavery Abolition Act] 2. April 10, 1862 3. Congress declared that the federal government would compensate slave owners who freed their slaves O Fourth Law 1. Second Confiscation Act 2. July 1862 3. It liberated the slaves held by rebels and gave punishment to those who broke the “act” O Fifth Law 1. **Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves** 2. March 13, 1862 3. Act f orbidding the military to return escaped [|slaves] to their owners.