CIVIL WAR
AMERICAS
EPIC STRUGGLE
CONTENTS OF Disk I
A. Quick Overview
B. Causes of the War
C. Chronology of the War
D. Major Battles
E. History Makers
F. View from Washington
G. View from Richmond
A. THE QUICK OVERVIEW SECTION
Provides a 15 minute multimedia presentation on the war. It starts with the
opening shots and ends with assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
B. THE CAUSES OF THE WAR
Covers the major events along the road to war. Each event is narrated and includes
a photo and text. There is also a multimedia presentation that gives the authors
opinion on the major causes of the war.
The following are the major entries in this section:
First Slaves Arrive
Slavery Grows
Slavery And Independence
Slavery And The Constitution
Cotton Gin Invented
Missouri Compromise
Walker's Appeal
The Liberator Published
Turner Revolt
Mexican War
Slavery Becomes n Election Issue
The Issue Of California
The Compromise Of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
Blood Spilled
Boston In Uproar
Uncle Tom's Cabin Published
Kansas Nebraska Act Enacted
Bloody Kansas
Violence Comes To Washington
Temporary Compromise In Kansas
DreddScott Decision
LincolnDouglas Debates
John Brown's Revolt
Democratic Party Splits
Lincoln Nominated
Lincoln Elected
South Carolina Secedes
C. CHRONOLOGY
The chronology includes a day to day chronology of the war. It can be accessed by
year. Events that are covered elsewhere in the program are linked. Thus if a general
is mentioned you can jump to the biography of the general. If a major battle is
covered in the chronology you can jump to the in-depth presentation on that battle.
D. MAJOR BATTLES
The major battles of the war are covered in this section. Each entry includes a
photo section, a series of first hand account on the battle. Also included in this
section is a battle narration that lasts from three to fifteen minutes. You can
stop the battle narration in the middle and print out an image, and then resume it
at any time. In most cases there are also a section screen on maps of the battle
and casualties.
The following are the battles and important events covered in this section.
40 Days
Antietam
Atlanta
Bull Run 2nd
Bull Run 1st
Chancellorsville
Chattanooga
Chickamauga
Draft Riots
Fredericksburg
Ft. Henry & Ft. Donelson
Ft. Sumter
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address
Monitor Vs.Virginia
Nashville, Battle Of
New Orleans
Pea Ridge, Battle Of
Peninsula Campaign
Petersburg
Reactions To Ft. Sumter
Red River Campaign
Seven Days
Sherman's March Across Georgia
Shiloh
Surrender
Vicksburg
West Virginia
Wilderness
E. THE HISTORYMAKER SECTION
Links you to separate section with biographies of Union Generals, Confederate Generals
and leading other civil war figures.
The following are the Confederate Generals covered in the biography section.
Adams, John
Alexander, Edward P.
Allen, Henry W.
Anderson, James P.
Anderson, Joseph R.
Anderson, Richard H.
Anderson, Robert H.
Archer, James
Armistad, Lewis
Ashby, Turner
Baker, Alpheus
Baldwin, William
Barksdale, William
Barton, Seth
Bartow, Francis
Brandon, William
Breckinridge, John
Buchanan, Franklin
Buckner, Simon
Bullock, Robert
Carter, John
Cheatham, Benjamin
Colquitt, Alfred
Colston, Raleigh
Cook, Philip
Drayton, Thomas
Early, Jubal
Echols, John
Elzey, Arnold
Ewell, Richard
Floyd, John
Forrest, Nathan
Frost, Daniel
Garnett, Richard
Gibson, Randall
Gladden, Adley
Gordon, George
Gracie, Archibald
Bragg, Braxton
Granbury, Hiram
Gray, Henry
Hampton, Wade
Hardee, William
Hill, Ambrose P.
Hood, John B.
Huger, Benjamin
Humphreys, Benjamin
Imboden, John
Jackson, Thomas (Stonewall)
Jenkins, Albert
Lowrey, Mark
Johnston, Joseph
Johnston, Sidney
Johnson, Bushrod
Kemper, James
Kershaw, Joseph
Law, Evander McIvor
Lawton, Alexander
Lee, Robert E.
Lee, Fitzhugh
Lee,Stephen
Logan,Thomas
Longstreet, James
Lovell, Mansfield
Lyon, Hylan
Magruder, John
McComb, William
McIntosh, James
McNair, Evander
McRae, Dandridge
McCullough, Henry
Mercer, Weedon
Moody, Marshall
Moore, John
Morgan, John
Munford, Thomas
Nicholls, Francis
Parson, Mosby
Pemberton, John
Pender, William
Perry, William
Pettigrew, James
Pettus, Edmund
Pickett, George
Pike, Albert
Pillow, Gideon
Polignac, Camille
Polk, Leonidas
Pryor, Roger
Reynolds, Daniel
Roberts, William
Robertson, Beverly
Rodes, Robert
Ross, Lawrence
Semmes, Raphael
Shoup, Francis
Sibley, Henry
Simms, James
Slack, William
Slaughter, James
Smith, William
Smith, Martin
Smith, Thomas
Starke, Peter
Steele, William
Stuart, James
Taliaferro, William
Taylor, Richard
Thomas, Bryan
Toombs, Robert
Trimble, Isaac
Van Dorn, Earl
Price, Sterling
Walker, John
Walker, Reuben
Whitfield, John
Wigfall, Louis
Wilcox, Cadmus
Wood, Sterling
Wright, Ambrose
Young, Pierce
Zollicoffer, Felix
Vaughan, Jefferson
The following are the Union Generals covered in the biography section.
Allen, Robert
Ames, Adelbert
Anderson, Robert
Augur, Christopher
Averell, Williams
Ayers, Romeyn
Bailey, Theodorus
Banks, Nathaniel
Barlow,Francis
Barnes, Joseph
Barry, William
Bartlett, Joeseph
Bayard, George
Belknap, William
Davis, Jefferson Columbus
Dix, John
Eaton, Amos
Blunt, James
Brown, Egbrty
Buell, John Carlos
Buford, John
Burnside, Ambrose
Butler, Benjamin
Butterfield, Daniel
Canby, Edward
Carr, Eugene
Carter, Samuel
Casey,Silas
Chamberlain, Joshua
Cooke, George
Cooper, Joseph
Corcoran, Michael
Corse, John
Cox, Jacob
Crook, George
Curtis, Samuel
Custer, George Armstrong
Hamilton, Andrew
Hancock, Winfield Scott
Egan,Thomas
Ellet,Alfred
Elliot, Washington
Ewing, Hugh
Farnsworth, Elton
Farragut, David
Fessenden, James
Foote, Andrew
Forsyth, James
Foster, John
Foster, Robert
Franklin, William
Fremont, John
French, William
Garfield, James
Gillem, Alvan
Gillmore, Adams
Granger, Gordon
Grant, Ulysses S.
Grierson, Benjamin
Griffin, Charles
Halleck, Henry
Harker, Charles
Hartsuff, George
Hascall, Milo
Hatch, Edward
Haupt, Herman
Hawkins, John
Hays, William
Hays, Alexander
Hazen, William
Heintzelman, Peter
Hooker, Joseph
Hovey, Alvin
Howard, Otis
Humphreys, Andrew
Hunter, David
Judah, Henry
Kearny, Philip
Keyes, Erasmus
Kilpatrick, Hugh
Kimball, Nathan
Leggett, Mortimer
Logan, John
Lyon, Nathaniel
McArthur, John
McClellan, George
McDowell, Irvin
McPherson, James
Meade, George
Miles, Nelson
Ord, Edward
Parke, Grubb
Patterson, Robert
Pope, John
Porter, David
Potter, Robert
Rawlins, John
Reynolds, John
Richardson, Bush
Rodgers, John
Rosecrans,William
Ruger, Thomas
Saxton, Rufus
Schenck, Robert
Schofield, John
Scott, Winfield
Sheridan, Philip
Sherman, William T.
Shields, James
Sickles, Daniel
Sigel, Franz
Slocum, Henry
Smith, Andrew
Smith, William
Stahel, Julius
Stanley, David
Steedman, James
Stone, Charles
Stoneman, George
Strong, George
Sturgis, Samuel
Sumner, Edwin
Sweeney, Thomas
Terry, Alfred
Thomas, George
Torbert, Alfred
Turchin, John
Sedgwick, John
Seymour, Truman
The following are other Civil War figures covered in the biography section.
Barton, Clara
Bates, Edward
Benjamin, Judah Philip
Blair Francis Preston
Blair Montgomery
Booth, John Wilkes
Boyd, Belle
Brown, John
Cameron, Simon
Chase, Salmon
Davis, Jefferson
Douglass, Frederick
Greeley, Horace
Lincoln, Abraham
Seddon, James Alexander
Seward, William Henry
Stanton, Edwin McMasters
Stephens, Alexander
Stevens, Thaddeus
Stowe, Harriet
Taney, Roger
Truth, Sojourner
F. WASHINGTON CHRONOLOGY
The Washington Chronology covers the major events that took place in Washington.
It includes many texts some narrated of Lincoln's important speeches.
Speeches include:
1861
February 9th- Lincoln departure from his home town
His speech Indianapolis
February 12th- His speech in Cincinnati
February 13th- His speech to Ohio legislature in Columbus
February 15th- Lincoln speech in Cleveland
February 19th- Lincoln arrival in New York and speech before 250,000
February 23th- Lincoln speech in Philadelphia- (also narrated)
March 4th Lincoln inaugural address- (also narrated)
April 15th- Lincoln's call for 250,000 troops (also narrated)
April 19th- President Lincolns call for blockade
1862
January 27th Lincoln issues general war order #1
September 22nd Emancipation proclamation
1863
November 19- Gettysburg Address
1864
March 8th Grants arrival in Washington (also narrated)
March 18th Lincolns Address before Sanitation Committee (also narrated)
1865
March 4th Lincoln second inaugural (also narrated)
G. RICHMOND CHRONOLOGY
This chronology of events taking place in Richmond's is presented in this section.
Also in this section is a the Confederate Constitution. How does it compare to the
US Constitution?
CONTENTS OF Disk I I
The Main Menu of Disk 2 of Civil War has the following selections:
A. Americans Of 1861
B. America Of 1861
C. Economics
D. Songs Of The War
E. The Navies
F. Medical Care
G. Further Reading
H. Technology
I. Photo Archives
J. Maps
K. Statistics
L. Railroads
M. Credits.
A. THE SECTION ON AMERICANS OF 1861
Includes an overview of the American population during this period.
There are also essays on:
African Americans*
Chinese American
Irish American
German Americans
Jewish Americans
Native American
Spanish American
Women*
*The sections on African Americans and Women include a photo gallery as well.
B. AMERICA OF 1861
This section which has entries with text photos and text present a picture of life
in America both in and out of the army as the civil war began.
Entries include:
Introduction
Life in the Military
Union Camp
Confederate Camps
Prison Camps
Spies
Families
Women
Homes
Food
Education
Clothing and Grooming
Life in the North and Northwest
Life in the South and Southwest
C. ECONOMICS
The section on economics includes a number of essays on economics. The first describes
contrasting economics between the North and the South. There is as essay on the
economics of secession as well as an essay on the economics of the Union victory.
D. SONGS OF THE CIVIL WAR
This section includes the words and in most cases original rendition of a number
of the major songs of the war.
The Songs include:
Battle Hymn of the Republic
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight
We are Coming father Abraham
Bonnie Blue Flag
Dixie
E. THE NAVIES
This section includes a day to day chronology of naval affairs. There is also an
extensive naval photo section.
F. MEDICAL CARE
This section includes of photo section depicting medical care during the war. It
also includes a narrated essay on medical care as well as an essay on medical care
written by a physician today.
G. FURTHER READING
This section contains an extensive bibliography of books on the Civil War.
H. TECHNOLOGY
This section shows the major technological advances of the war.
I. PHOTO ARCHIVES
This section contains a compendium of the various photos in the program.
The section is divided up between:
Battle Photos
Photos of Locations
Miscellaneous.
(The miscellaneous section includes a series of color watercolors of camp scenes.)
J. MAPS
The map section includes maps of the United States and of all the major battles.
K. STATISTICS
This section contains statistics on the casualties of the various major battles.
L. RAILROADS
This section contains photographs on the railroads during the war. There is also
a narrated presentation on the effect of railroads on the war.
M. CREDITS