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The Civil War

The meeting lasted approximately an hour and a half. When it was over, the Army of Northern Virginia had surrendered.

The guns have long since ceased to sound. The zest and fury of the time have gone. But the salient and polarizing force, ushered forth by a strong-willed and God-fearing people who pitted their strength and energy against each other, reflects the vanguard of pre-eminence by which this nation was built and thrives on today - shall not these memories live on?

W.K. Vardaman, Jr.

The War Between the States

Robert E. Lee Born: 1807 (Virginia) Died: 1870 Military Education: West Point, 1829 (2nd in a class of 46) Military Experience: Mexican War, put down John Brown raid. Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, Lee had the formidable task of checking the Federal army's advance into Virginia. Outnumbered and poorly equiped, Lee's army struggled with what became a war of attrition. Personal Description: Great leader of the lost Confederate cause. After the War: Became President of Washington College.

Ulysses S. Grant Born: 1822 (Ohio) Died: 1885 Military Education: West Point, 1843 (21st in a class of 39) Military Experience: Mexican War, frontier duty After his victories around Chattanooga, he was made General-in-Chief of the U.S. army and took over the strategic direction of the war. Directed the "relentless pounding" of Lee's army in a costly campaign. Personal Description: "His face has three expressions: deep thought; extreme determination; and great simplicity and calmness." After the War: Became President of the U.S.

United States 1861
	Red: the federal, non-slaveholding states Blue: the border slaveholding states Yellow: the confederate states Green: Indian territory, or present day Oklahoma Remainder: U.S. territories

U.S. Census Population In 1860 - 31,443,321				Admission & Secession Dates Of States At Time Of Civil War Period
Free and Slave				State	Admission	Seceded
	Free	27,489,561		Alabama	Dec 14, 1819	Jan 11, 1861
	Slave	3,953,760		Arkansas	Jun 15, 1836	May 06, 1861
Cities Over 100,000				California	Dec 09, 1850
	New York	805,651		Connecticut	Jan 09, 1788
	Philadelphia	562,529		Delaware	Dec 07, 1787
	Baltimore	212,418		Florida	Mar 03, 1845	Jan 10, 1861
	Boston	177,812		Georgia	Jan 02, 1788	Jan 19, 1861
	New Orleans	168,675		Illinois	Dec 03, 1818
	Cincinnati	161,044		Indiana	Dec 11, 1816
	St. Louis	160,773		Iowa	Dec 28, 1846
	Chicago	109,260		Kansas	Jan 29, 1861
Cities Over 50,000				Kentucky	Jun 01, 1792
	Buffalo	81,129		Louisiana	Apr 30, 1812	Jan 26, 1861
	Newark	71,914		Maine	Mar 15, 1820
	Louisville	68,033		Maryland	Apr 28, 1788
	Albany	62,367		Massachusetts	Feb 06, 1788
	Washington	61,122		Michigan	Jan 26, 1837
	San Francisco	56,802		Minnesota	May 11, 1858
	Providence	50,666		Mississippi	Dec 10, 1817	Jan 09, 1861
Other				Missouri	Aug 10, 1821
	Charleston	40,578		New Hampshire	Jun 21, 1788
	Richmond	37,910		New Jersey	Dec 18, 1787
	Montgomery	35,967		New York	Jul 26, 1788
	Mobile	29,606		North Carolina	Nov 21, 1789	May 20, 1861
	Memphis	22,623		Ohio	Mar 01, 1803
	Savannah	22,292		Oregon	Jan 14, 1859
Horse Population				Pennsylvania	Dec 12, 1787
	Federal	4,417,130		Rhode Island	May 29, 1790
	Confederate	1,698,338		South Carolina	May 23, 1788	Dec 20, 1860
Mule Population				Tennessee	Jun 01, 1796	Jun 08,1861
	Federal	328,890		Texas	Dec 29, 1845	Feb 01, 1861
	Confederate	800,665		Vermont	Mar 04, 1791
Working Oxen				Virginia	Jun 25, 1788	Apr 17, 1861
	Federal	856,645		West Virginia	Jun 20, 1863
	Confederate	1,382,430		Wisconsin	May 29, 1848

Best Available Number Of Major And Minor Military Actions - 10,458

Total Union Prisoners Held In The South:

Approximately 126,950, With The Prisoner Fatality At 22,576.

Total Confederate Prisoners Held In The North:

Approximately 220,000, The War Department Lists Prisoner Fatalities At 26,436.

Play Movie Trailer

Gods And Generals This epic film from writer-director Ron Maxwell chronicles the early events of the American Civil War. It's a prequel to his earlier Gettysburg, with some of the same cast, and is part of a planned trilogy. Stephen Lang plays Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, the famous (and deeply religious) Confederate general who, along with fellow General Robert E. Lee (Robert Duvall), must weigh the mighty consequences of his actions, as each battle costs the lives of thousands of men. Over on the Union side there's Jeff Daniels as Colonel Joshua Chamberlain, who, like Jackson and Lee, is fond of making long, poetic speeches to his troops. Beginning with the start of the war and ending with Jackson's death, the film chronicles the three main battles leading up to Gettysburg, using their actual locations and thousands of actual Civil War re-enactors as extras. Maxwell pays careful attention to authentic period detail as he chronicles the minutiae of the generals' domestic lives in the intervals between the harrowing battle scenes. While a little on the long side, the end result should serve as an invaluable document for history buffs.

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