The American Civil War

Texas, Arkensas, Mississippi, Tennesee, Alabama, Virginia, N.&S. Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana were part of the Confederate States of America.
Two important people of the Civil War were Joseph Johnston ( February 3, 1807- March 21, 1891) and Robert E. Lee (January 19, 1807-October 12, 1870).
In 1862 was the battle of Antietam which became historicle meaning because of the victory of the union troupes. The result of the victory was the freedom of the slaveries.
One year after the battle of Antietam, Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address.It was about "a new birth of freedom", to create a unified nation in which States rights were no longer dominant and that the government of the people , by the people, for the people shall not pass away from the earth.

By Coleen and Denise