Montag, 13. Oktober 2008

Dawn of War


The american civil war start in 1861 end ended in 1865. In this 4 years died more than 600.000 people.

Answers no. 1: The states, which fought for the confederation were Texas, Florida, Arkansas, Mississipi, Alabama, Tennessee, Southand North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington.

The General of the Confederate Army was Joseph E. Johnston. He was born in 1807 and died after the war in 1870.

His enemy, the General of the Union Army, was George Brinton McClellan, which was born in 1826 and died in 1885.

The battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single day of war.

The battle of Gettysburg was the most important battle if the american civil war.

The speach of Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg was on November the 19th 1863.

It´s to honor the dead and the living soldiers of the war.

Three quotes of this spech are: ,,This war costs too many lives"
,,It should never be forget"
,,It should be ended very fast"

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