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Six of the seven states that had seceded or withdrawn from the Union came together to form a new nation called “Confederate States of America”.
The southerners fought for the Confederacy and supported the Southern Rights and Southern Independence.
Jefferson Davis was the newly elected President of the Confederate States of America. He too called for volunteers to defend or protect the South. |
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| How was West Virginia formed? |
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| Western counties of Virginia did not want to secede so they left Virginia to become West Virginia. |
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Abraham Lincoln (Union)
Jefferson Davis (Confederacy) |
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North Advantages.
1. Larger population
2. More factories
3. More railroads, roads, & canals to move troops
4. Strong navy
5. Leader(Lincoln)
6. Good economy
7. government
a. The North had a population of 22 million.
b. The North manufactured about 90% of the Nation’s goods. c. The North had more farms to produce food for the Union soldiers or troops.
d. The North had about 21,000 miles of railroad track. These railroad tracks helped in transportation of people and goods.
e. Most of the Nation’s banks and wealth in the form of gold were in the North. The North therefore had a good economy. |
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had to fight in unfamiliar territory
fewer skilled military leaders
i.The North’s one major weakness was that 1/3 of the military officers resigned to lead the South and many of the remaining officers were too old to lead in the battlefield. |
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1. The Southerners were confident of their victory as they would be fighting the war in their own territory with a passion to defend their property and way of life.
2. The Southerners were skilled hunters, horsemen, riflemen.
3. The greatest strength of the south was its military leadership. Most of America’s best military officers were Southerners who chose to fight for the Confederacy and not the Union. |
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1. fewer people than the north
2. The South did not have a good economy.
3. The South had fewer factories to manufacture guns and other military supplies.
4. The Southerners depended on Europe for weapons and supplies in exchange for cotton.
5. When the Union military blocked Southern ports, there was no cotton trade and there was a shortage of weapons and supplies.
6. The Confederate States had fewer and shorter railroads. This caused transportation problems. They also had a short supply of horses and mules that were used in transportation.
7. Wealth in the South was invested in land and slaves. |
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| What were the goals for North |
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1.blockade southern ports, this would shut off the South's tade with Europe 2.West: take control of the Mississippi River -This would stop trade on the river & separate Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana from the rest of the Confederacy
3. East: Union generals hope to seize Richmond and capture the Confederate Government |
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| What were the goals for South |
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1.fight a defensive war
2. war of attrition
3. gain support of Europeans for money & supplies to end the war quickly |
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| Robert E. Lee (tell which side they commanded for)? |
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| Robert E. Lee (Confederate general) |
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Ulysses S. Grant
(tell which side they commanded for)? |
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Ulysses S. Grant (Union general)
His stratergy was to find themand get to your enemy;get to him as fast as you can;stike as hard as you can,and move on
he was a victories union general
best union general |
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| Terms of surrender? when? where? |
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1.Confederates were to take horses & mules and go home. 2. not punished as traitors as long as the laws were obeyed where they lived 3. feed starving Confederate army 4. rifles taken but they could keep pistoles
when:April 1865
where: Appomattox Courthouse |
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1.Antietam(1862)- big enough victory to get the Emanicpation Proclamation announced; kept Europe out of the War
2.Vicksburge- accomplished one of the north's goals to get control of the Mississippi River
3.Gettysburg- it was a major victory that destored a the flame of the Confederate army's drive to fight and let it as a spark. This battle also inspired the Gettysburg Adress delived by Lincoln (Nov. 19, 1863) |
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| first president of the confedercy |
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| What are Confederate States Of America? |
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| On Dec. 20 1860 th south started to slowly secede , and created there own confedercy called the Confederate Staes of America |
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| Souths best military leader/general who resigned from the U.S. Army and supported the South by enlinsting in the war. |
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| Describe First battle at Bullrun. |
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| On July 16 ,1861 the Civil War had began as the Union marched in with 32,000 troops led by general Winfield Scott and the confederates marched in with only 20,000 led by Thomas J. Jackson "Stonewall Jackson".This was the first major battle on the civil war |
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| Who was Thomas J. Jackson? |
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Also known as "Stonewall Jackson" stoped his troop to the union's advances
He was the first general to fight at bull run and in the civil war. |
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| Are the states that divide the north and the south these states are: Delaware Kentucky Maryland Missouri. |
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1. North planned to surround the South by land and sea to cut off its trade. This would cause a shortage of supplies in the South.
2. Plan to divide the Confederacy into section or groups in such a way that they could not help each other.
3. Plan to capture or take over the capital of the Confederacy, Richmond in Virginia and destroy the rebel government. |
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Southerners bombed Fort Sumter and started the Civil War.
A fort in Charlston, Virginia that the union had control over until the civil war started and the confedercy had won it back. |
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| your health and cleanliness; to promote to your health |
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| Who was George McClellan? |
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| Union General in the east; recruited the same army that got defeatd at bullrun |
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| April 5-6 1862 the Confederacy surprised the Union with an attack on the Tennesse river. This was the bloodest war any one had seen up to date led by general Grant |
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a.The Union Blockade
i.Prevented the South from importing goods or exporting cotton.
b.Dividing the Confederacy
i.Union aimed to divide Confederacy by controlling Mississippi River.
ii.Adm. David Farragut led 46 ships to New Orleans forcing a surrender without firing a shot.
iii.U.S. Grant toward Mississippi from Illinois.
1.Grant became known as “Unconditional Surrender” Grant for his terms of peace after his victories.
c.Attacking Richmond
i.Gen. McClellan failed to take Richmond despite larger force of 100,000 men.
d.The Battle of Antietam
i.Gen. Lee hoped invading Maryland would persuade them to join the Confederacy and convince Europe to support them.
ii.In Sept. of 1862, both armies met near Sharpsburg along Antietam Creek.
iii.McClellan held off Lee but nearly 5,000 were killed 21,000 injured in the battle (more than War of 1812 and Mexican War combined).
1.Bloodiest day of the Civil War.
e.The New Realities of War
i.Rifles and artillery made killing from a distance easier.
ii.Civil War doctors did not keep up sanitary conditions caused many deaths by infection.
iii.More soldiers died of disease than wounds during the War. |
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| On July 1st ,1862 the longest fight started when the union and the confedercy clashed ,and the fight lasted for a week. |
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| Union Strenghts & Weakness |
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Stregths
1. Anaconda Plan
2. Poplation
3. more Railroads
Weaknesses
1. not so good generals
2. soldier loss |
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| Confedercy Strenghths and weakness |
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Streghth
1. good generals
2. had more land
Weakness
1. small poplation
2. dieases |
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| Lesson Learned At Bullrun |
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1. The war would't be over soon
2. it would be a bloody battle
3. Southern soldiers will be fighting hard for what they want. |
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Typhoid and Pneumonia.
Biggest killer was disease(killed more than fighting)
Poor hygene
Insaitary Doctors and Surgens
Fleas,lice,tics |
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| North's preparation for the War |
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| President Abraham Lincoln prepared for the war quickly. He called for 75,000 volunteers to come forward to preserve and protect the Union. The Northerners felt that the secession of the Southern states was a treacherous act. They felt that the Southerners had done a rebellion against the Union. |
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1. It was the most painful war.
2. It divided not only the states but also families and friends.
3. It was the most destructive of all American wars.
4. It was also known as the “Brother’s War” as it was a result of conflict between two people of the same country. |
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1. Most Northerners thought that the war could be won just by capturing Richmond.
2. Many volunteers from the Union came to Washington D.C. shouting, “On to Richmond”.
3. Rose Greenhow had friends who worked as officers in the government.
4. Through these friends, Rose found out when and how the volunteers from the Union planned to attack Richmond.
5. She delivered this information to the Confederate leaders by sending coded or secret messages by hiding them in the curls of a young girl.
6. One morning the Union soldiers marched out of Washington D.C. singing and cheering towards Richmond.
7. When they reached a small town called Manassas on their way, they found the Confederate soldiers waiting for them.
8. The Union troops met the Confederate troops at a creek known as “BULL RUN”.
9. The Confederate General Thomas Jackson was standing like a stone wall along with his soldiers.
10. As the Union soldiers were inexperienced, they got scared and ran away back to Washington D.C. This was a victory to the Confederates and a shocking blow (defeat) to the Union. |
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1. As men were getting trained in the military, their wives and mothers took their place.
2. Women worked on farms and ran businesses that were taken care by men earlier.
3. Women went to work for the first time in factories.
4. Many women found jobs as nurses, teachers, government workers.
5. Women also served the military as messengers, guides, scouts, smugglers, spies and soldiers.
6. Women volunteered to help the sick and wounded soldiers.
7. Dorothea Dix was the Nurse Director of the Union army’s nursing services.
8. She had strict rules for women working as nurses and so was called, “DRAGON DIX”. |
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1. Most nurses worked in military hospitals and cared for the sick and wounded soldiers.
2. CLARA BARTON was a nurse who followed the Union armies on the battlefield.
3. She took care of the wounded soldiers at the battlefield.
4. She was therefore known as, “the angel of the battlefield”.
5 Clara Barton later founded the American Red Cross. |
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