Civil+War+Facts

** 1.) [|Ulysses Simpson Grant] ** v  ** Colonel of the "Governor Gate's Hellions, then **** appointed a Brigadier General, and then got a promotion to Major General. **  v   Impressed [|**Abraham Lincoln**], **and was placed in charge of all Northern Armies and promoted to Lieutenant General.**   v  ** Made south surrender. ** v ** Has nickname of “unconditional surrender.” ** v ** On the Northern Side. ** **__ 2.) Harriet Tubman __** v  **__ Was a spy __** v  **__ Was a scout __** v  **__ Was a soldier __** v  **__ Was a nurse __** ** Born **** : Windsor, NY ** v ** Most famous topographer of the American Civil War. ** v ** His detailed and accurate maps of the Shenandoah Valley are credited by many as a principal factor in Confederate General Stonewall Jackson's victories in the Valley Campaign of 1862. ** v ** Was on the Confederate side. ** v ** Surrendered to the Union, and was released from custody by Ulysses Simpson Grant, and paid Hotchkiss for permission to use some of his maps in his reports and almost all of the Confederate maps. **
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** 4.) __Edwin V. Sumner__ ** ** Born: **** Boston ****, MA ** v  ** Was apart of the Union. (Union general.) ** v  ** Was in these wars: Mexican War, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg, Peninsula Campaign, Maryland Campaign, Right Grand Division, Army of the Potomac, and the II and XII Corps. ** v  **  Participated in the unsuccessful attacks against the Confederate defense on Marye's Heights. ** <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: red; font-family: Times New Roman; mso-spacerun: yes; msospacerun: yes;"> 5.)
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 * [|Ambrose Powell Hill] ||

Served in the Mexican War and the Third Seminole War He resigned his commission in the U.S. Army in March 1861 to join the Confederate service. He was promoted to Major General in 1862 and then to Lieutenant General in 1863. He participated in the Seven Days battles, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and led the Third Corps at Gettysburg and in most of the Overland Campaign. His Corps defended Petersburg throughout the siege against three to five corps of the Union army. Was A confederate

Battles 1.) Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862 Maryland Conf. Commander: Robert E. Lee Union Commander: George B. McClellan Inconclusive

2.) Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863 Pennsylvania Conf. Commander: Robert E. Lee Union Commander: George Meade Union

3.) Battle of the Wilderness May 5-7, 1864 Virginia Conf. Commander: Robert E. Lee Union Commander: Ullyses S. Grant Confederate

4.) Battle of Stone River December 31, 1862 Conf. Commander: Braxton Bragg Union Commander: William Rosecrans Union

5.) Battle of Shiloh April 6-7, 1862 Tennessee Conf. Commander: Albert Sidney Johnston P. G. T. Beauregard Union Commander: Ulysses S. Grant Union Five facts about slavery Name of laws, dates, impacts

Five facts about Slavery: 1.) **Fugitive Slave Act** 1793 Feb. 12, 1793 Impacts: An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters," that authorized the arrest or seizure of fugitives and empowered "any magistrate of a county, city or town" to rule on the matter. The act further established a fine of $500 against any person who aided a fugitive.

2.) The Negro Act Impacts: Slaves were not allowed to dress in a way "above the condition of slaves." Their clothes could only be made from a list of approved coarse fabrics. Blacks were prohibited from learning how to read and write, and were not permitted to assemble with one another. Blacks in violation of these provisions were subject to flogging. The code further stripped enslaved blacks of any kind of protection under the law. 1740

3.) Virhginia Slave Code The Virginia Slave Code codifies slave status, declaring all non-Christian servants entering the colony to be slaves. It defines all slaves as real estate, acquits masters who kill slaves during punishment, forbids slaves and free colored peoples from physically assaulting white persons, and denies slaves the right to bear arms or move abroad without written permission. 1705   4.) //ACT XII. December, 1662// // IMpacts: Negro womens children to serve according to the condition of the mother.

5.) ACT 1. October, 1669) Impacts: An act about the causal killing of slaves. WHEREAS the only law in force for the punishment of refractory servants resisting their master, mistris or overseer. //