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Section 1
Americans Choose Sides
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Reactions to Lincoln's Call
Northern Resources
Southern Resources
Preparing for War
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Volunteer Armies
Helping the Troops
Training the Soldiers
Section 2
War in Virginia
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Bull Run/Manassas
More Battles in Virginia
Battle of Antietam
Breaking the Union's Blockade
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The Union's Naval Strategy
Clash of the Ironclads
Section 3
Union Strategy in the West
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The Fall of New Orleans
The Siege of Vicksburg
Struggle for the Far West
Section 4
Emancipation Proclamation
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Lincoln Issues the Proclamation
Reaction to the Proclamation
African Americans Participate in War
Growing Opposition
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Copperhead
Northern Draft
Life for Soldiers and Civilians
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On the Battlefield
Prisoners of War
Life as a Civilian
Section 5
Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
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First Day
Second Day
Pickett's Charge
Aftermath of Gettysburg
The Gettysburg Address
Union Campaigns Cripple The Confederacy
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wilderness campaign in the east
Sherman Strikes the South
The South Surrenders
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Fighting Ends
The Effects of The War
Photos
Home
Section 1
Americans Choose Sides
>
Reactions to Lincoln's Call
Northern Resources
Southern Resources
Preparing for War
>
Volunteer Armies
Helping the Troops
Training the Soldiers
Section 2
War in Virginia
>
Bull Run/Manassas
More Battles in Virginia
Battle of Antietam
Breaking the Union's Blockade
>
The Union's Naval Strategy
Clash of the Ironclads
Section 3
Union Strategy in the West
>
The Fall of New Orleans
The Siege of Vicksburg
Struggle for the Far West
Section 4
Emancipation Proclamation
>
Lincoln Issues the Proclamation
Reaction to the Proclamation
African Americans Participate in War
Growing Opposition
>
Copperhead
Northern Draft
Life for Soldiers and Civilians
>
On the Battlefield
Prisoners of War
Life as a Civilian
Section 5
Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
>
First Day
Second Day
Pickett's Charge
Aftermath of Gettysburg
The Gettysburg Address
Union Campaigns Cripple The Confederacy
>
wilderness campaign in the east
Sherman Strikes the South
The South Surrenders
>
Fighting Ends
The Effects of The War
Photos
Civil War
Life for Soldiers And Civilians
Many young troops were eager to fight. The more experienced ones, knew better.