The Civil War 1861-1865

•Eleven South states broke off the United States and called themselves "The Confederate States of America"

•The war was between the Union and Confederacy

•The president of confederacy was Jefferson Davis

•Ulysses S. Grant was the commander of the union army

•On April 12, 1861 the war began at Fort Sumter

•African Americans began to join the Union after the Emancipation Proclamation

•Women were part of the Civil War and worked as nurses

•One of the most famous nurses known during this war was Clara Barton

•The North defeated the South

•The Civil War was ended at Appomattox, Virginia signed by General Robert E. Lee