Chapter 13, Lesson 2
ACOS #11: Identify causes of the Civil War, including states’
rights and the issue of slavery.
11a: Recognizing key northern and southern personalities,
including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses Grant,
Robert E. Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson, William Tecumseh
Sherman, and Joseph Wheeler.
11b: Describe social, economic, and political conditions that
effected citizens during the Civil War.
11c: Identify Alabama’s role in the Civil War.
11d: Locate on a map sites important to the Civil War.
11e: Explain events that led to the conclusion of the Civil War.
Vocabulary Words
•Camp – a group of temporary shelters, such
as tents.
•Home front – the people who are not in the
military.
•Civilian – a person who is not in the military.
The Human Face of War
• Men from all parts of the country and from all
walks of life fought in the Civil War.
• They thought they would find excitement and
glory. What they actually found was terror in
battle and boredom in camp.
• Camp is a group of temporary shelters, such as
tents.
• Food in the army was usually poor. Confederate
soldiers suffered even more than Union soldiers
because they often did not have enough to eat.
Who Were the Soldiers?
• At first, almost all were white and born in the
United States.
• Eventually, the North allowed African
Americans to join the army. About 180,000
served in the United States army.
• Immigrants also joined the Union army.
• Thousands of boys went into battle, even
though many were too young. Boys as young
as nine years old were known to have fought.
• Women on both sides also disguised
themselves as men and fought. Other women
became spies for one side or the other.
Casualties of War
• The Civil War was the deadliest war in
American history.
• Rifles could shoot farther and more accurately
than ever before.
• Battle was not the only danger in war. Disease
killed twice as many soldiers as the fighting did!
• Women such as Clara Barton, who later
founded the American Red Cross, cared for the
sick and wounded in hospitals and in their
homes.
On the Home Front
• The people a soldier left behind when they went to war where part of the
home front.
• Most of the battles of the Civil War took place in the South. Few people in
the North could see the war happening.
• The new technology of photography allowed civilians to see what the war
looked like. A civilian is a person who is not in the military.
• Life on the home front was especially hard in the South.
• Southern farms became battlefields. Their cities, homes, and barns were
destroyed.
• People in the South often did not have enough to eat.
• Inflation made food very expensive. Money printed by the Confederate
government became almost worthless.