The+Civil+War

//**By: Yasline**//
 * __The Civil War__**

The Civil War was important to the civil rights movement. Over 3 million men fought on the American Soil by Americans. About 12,401 Union Men where killed. It was the Union against the Confederate. It started April 12th, 1861 and ended on April 9th, 1865. One of the Battles of the Civil War is the Battle of Gettysburg. It started July 1st, 1863 and ended July 3rd, 1863. The Union Lines Collapsed in the battle lines of Gettysburg. The little mountain top has became synonymous with the struggles of July 2nd, 1863. The Battle of Gettysburg had ended in a bad moment. Another Battle is the battle of Vicksburg. It was from mid-October, 1862. It was lead by Maj. Gen Ulysses Grant. In the spring of 1863 he prepared to cross his troops from the west bank of the Mississippi River. So that’s the Battle of Vicksburg. This last battle is the Battle of Antietam. That day was the bloodiest day of the whole Civil War. It started September 8,1862 Lee had his army set. The Union forces had gathered an army about 90,000. There where about 40,000 southerners were pitted against 87,000 men. The Civil War was very important to the civil rights movement. Because if the Union had not won we still today would have slaves. The Confederate thought that slaves where a good Idea and the Union says no slaves so they fought. We thank the Union to have one The Civil War because if it wasn’t for them we still would have African American slaves. So now the United States of America is a free country

//By: Kenny// I am talking about the civil war. The civil war is a war to let the slaves free. The war started because Lincoln had a speech about the war .The war is called the civil war. The war starts in 1861 and ends in 1863. The war started on April 12, 1861, when Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter, a U.S. military post in Charleston, South Carolina. Lincoln had a speech that the slaves should be free. But the south says no not to let them free. Then they had a war to let the slaves free. The war was called the civil war. Was fought between the forces of King Charles I and those of the English Parliament. The war took place in two parts. This war was important because the slaves can’t serve others forever. Also some other treat them like dogs and don’t even care about them. The first part lasted from 1642 to 1646, the second from April to November 1648. The war led to the execution of Charles I in 1649 and a period of more than 11 years when no //monarch// (king or queen) ruled England. The Union soldiers were called //Yankees,// a nickname originally applied to the New England colonists. The Confederates were the //Rebs,// for //rebels. Also the Yankees at this time is a baseball team now.// Something interesting the civil war was that they could had hide or run away but I guess they were to scared. The American Civil War is also known by such names as the War Between the States and the War of Secession. The opposing sides were known as the Union, or the North, and the Confederacy, or the South.
 * Civil war**