The Civil War ( ) Through Maps, Charts, Graphs & Pictures
The President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis
The Confederate “White House”
The Confederate Seal MOTTO “With God As Our Vindicator”
Battle of Bull Run (1 st Manassas) July, 1861
Overview of the North’s Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda” Plan Overview of the North’s Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda” Plan
The “Anaconda” Plan
Lincoln’s Generals Irwin McDowell Winfield Scott George McClellan, Again! McClellan George McClellan Ambrose Burnside Joseph Hooker George Meade Ulysses S. Grant
McClellan: I Can Do It All!
The Confederate Generals Jeb Stuart James Longstreet George Pickett “Stonewall” Jackson Nathan Bedford Forrest Robert E. Lee
The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862 The Monitor vs. the Merrimac
The Cairo – an Ironclad that monitored the Mississippi River
Iron Covered Paddlewheels
Battle of Antietam “Bloodiest Single Day of the War” 23,000 casualties September 17, 1862
Emancipation in 1863
The Emancipation Proclamation
African-American Recruiting Poster
The Famous 54 th Massachusetts
Black Troops Freeing Slaves
The Progress of War:
Contraband – enslaved African Americans who sought protection behind Union Army lines