1.	Události předcházející válce

2.	Abraham Lincoln

3.	Odtržení jižních států od USA

4.	Počátek války

4.1.	První bitva

4.2.	USA a jejich vojsko

4.3.	Ulysses S. Grant

4.4.	William Tecumseh Sherman

5.	Konfederace a její armáda

5.1.	Robert Lee

5.2.	Thomas Jackson

6.	Chronologický sled hlavních bitev

6.1.	Fort Sumter (1861)

6.2.	Bull Run (1861)

6.3.	Antietam (1862)

6.4.	Gettysburg (1. – 3. 7. 1863)

7.	Shrnutí problematiky

"Beginning of the war
First Battle
As was mentioned above the first battle of the war took place where Fort Sumter was situated. It was on April 12, 1861 and no one predicted the war was to last over four years of time. After Fort Sumter northern states felt a need to suppress the southerners, so Lincoln called 75 thousand of volunteers to arm.

Union and its army
President of the Union was Abraham Lincoln. The Union consisted of 23 states with total population of 22 million and in contrast with South the Union had economic superiority because it owned factories, metallurgy, textile industry, armaments industry and moreover four fifths of national capital was situated in the northern states. Total number of men that joined the Union army during the war was 2.9 million. Lincoln’s main aim was to preserver the United States of America, not the abolition of slavery although he was for emancipation.

Ulysses S. Grant
U. S. Grant was probably the most important and competent general of the unionist army. He became a general in 1863 and was well known as an outstanding strategist. Grant’s greatest achievements during the war was capturing Vicksburg and winning the battle at Chattanooga. On account of that Lincoln appointed Grant as general-in-chief of all Union armies. In 1869 Grant won the president seat and held this office for two terms – eight years. He passed away in 1885 at the age of 63.

William Tecumseh Sherman
W. T. Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He was born in 1820 in Ohio. Sherman was often heard as he was saying “War is hell” and consequently demonstrated truthfulness of this utterance by savage raids against states of Confederation. He was great strategist and believed in “total war” which meant he was determined to destroy everything his enemy would have find useful. Sherman served in Unions army from the beginning to the end of the civil war when the war ended he was appointed as Commanding general of army. William Tecumseh Sherman died in 1891."

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