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The Civil War

Appomattox Court House, Virginia - April 9th 1865. by Keith Rocco.
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 StateAdmissionSeceded
 Free27,489,561 AlabamaDec 14, 1819Jan 11, 1861
 Slave3,953,760 ArkansasJun 15, 1836May 06, 1861
Cities Over 100,000 CaliforniaDec 09, 1850
 New York805,651 ConnecticutJan 09, 1788
 Philadelphia562,529 DelawareDec 07, 1787
 Baltimore212,418 FloridaMar 03, 1845Jan 10, 1861
 Boston177,812 GeorgiaJan 02, 1788Jan 19, 1861
 New Orleans168,675 IllinoisDec 03, 1818
 Cincinnati161,044 IndianaDec 11, 1816
 St. Louis160,773 IowaDec 28, 1846
 Chicago109,260 KansasJan 29, 1861
Cities Over 50,000 KentuckyJun 01, 1792
 Buffalo81,129 LouisianaApr 30, 1812Jan 26, 1861
 Newark71,914 MaineMar 15, 1820
 Louisville68,033 MarylandApr 28, 1788
 Albany62,367 MassachusettsFeb 06, 1788
 Washington61,122 MichiganJan 26, 1837
 San Francisco56,802 MinnesotaMay 11, 1858
 Providence50,666 MississippiDec 10, 1817Jan 09, 1861
Other MissouriAug 10, 1821
 Charleston40,578 New HampshireJun 21, 1788
 Richmond37,910 New JerseyDec 18, 1787
 Montgomery35,967 New YorkJul 26, 1788
 Mobile29,606 North CarolinaNov 21, 1789May 20, 1861
 Memphis22,623 OhioMar 01, 1803
 Savannah22,292 OregonJan 14, 1859
Horse Population PennsylvaniaDec 12, 1787
 Federal4,417,130 Rhode IslandMay 29, 1790
 Confederate1,698,338 South CarolinaMay 23, 1788Dec 20, 1860
Mule Population TennesseeJun 01, 1796Jun 08,1861
 Federal328,890 TexasDec 29, 1845Feb 01, 1861
 Confederate800,665 VermontMar 04, 1791
Working Oxen VirginiaJun 25, 1788Apr 17, 1861
 Federal856,645 West VirginiaJun 20, 1863
 Confederate1,382,430 WisconsinMay 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.

*Size Of Armies*Size Of
Navies
*Total
Cost Of War
Army
Deaths
Total War
Federal1,550,000 to 2,300,000 132,554 $6,190,254,700 360,222623,026Deaths
Confederate800,000 to 1,600,0005,827$714,379,372258,000471,427
Wounded
*Estimate Only1,094,453Casualties

GODS AND GENERALS
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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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