1. WINFIELD PRESS
The American Times
By: Ms. Winfield’s Class
Volume 1, Issue 1 The Union vs. The Confederacy
Who’s Who in the War Who was the Union? The
Union were the northern states that
Jefferson Davis– President of Confederacy didn’t believe in slavery. There were
twenty four states with the Union.
Robert E. Lee– General of Confederacy States that stayed in the U.S. were
with the Union.
Ulysses S. Grant– General of the Union
Who was the Confederacy?
The Confederacy were the southern
states that wanted keep slavery an d
Abraham Lincoln– President of U.S. wanted to secede from the U.S. The
eleven states that left the U.S. be-
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Timeline The Union’s Difficult Victory
1860– Civil War started
The black soldiers went
1861-The Union and The through a rough training before they
Confederacy started fighting went to war. They had to learn how to
at Fort Sumter march, shoot, and load guns. The sol-
1863-The Emancipation diers were beaten, called names and
Proclamation was signed by yelled at. During their training they
Lincoln didn’t have shoes. Some had beat up
Summer of 1863– Battle of shoes and others didn’t. The black sol-
Gettysburg diers didn’t have equal rights as the
April 9, 1865– Robert E. Lee
white soldiers. The white soldiers had
surrendered to Ulysses S. suits and the blacks didn’t. The only
Grant at Appomattox Court way they got their suits is when they
House, VA. ripped up their checks because they
April 14, 1865– Lincoln was didn’t get equal pay.
assassinated by John Wilkes In 1861, the Union was ready
Booth to go to war. As the war went on, there
1868– Ulysses S. Grant were about 6,000 to 7,000 already
became president dead. Although most of the Union’s
soldiers died, the Union won the war.