Download Women of the Civil War

CIVIL WAR:
STRATEGY, BULL RUN, WOMEN
• Did the Civil War create “a more perfect Union”?
• How can strengths, weaknesses and goals determine the
outcome of war?
• What were the effects of war on civilians and soldiers?
OBJ: IDENTIFY THE GOALS OF THE UNION
Union’s Strategy:
1. Surround the South by land and sea to cut off trade
2. Divide the Confederacy into sections
3. Capture Richmond
OBJ: IDENTIFY STRENGTHS AND
WEAKNESSES
Battle of Bull Run
• Union soldiers headed out of Washington for Richmond, VA
• Politicians and society people followed the army to see the exciting
battle and end the rebellion of the South.
• With secret plans, Confederate soldiers waited to attack the Union
army outside of Manassas, VA
• Onlookers watched in horror at the brutality of war
• Confederates won the Battle of Bull Run, but it was clear that the war
was not going to be over quickly.
OBJ: RECOGNIZE HOW WOMEN TOOK
PART IN THE CIVIL WAR
Women’s Roles
• HOME FRONT: women took on traditionally male dominated
roles (farms, business, factories, nurses)
• MILITARY FORCES: messengers, smugglers, soldiers, spies
OBJ: RECOGNIZE HOW WOMEN TOOK
PART IN THE CIVIL WAR
Rose Greenhow – Spy:
• Used her friendships with Union leaders to learn plans of
WHEN & HOW they would attack. Secretly delivered those
plans to the Confederate leaders
• Used coded messages
OBJ: RECOGNIZE HOW WOMEN TOOK
PART IN THE CIVIL WAR
Clara Barton
• Famous CW nurse Later
founded the American Red Cross
• Followed soldiers into battle and
tended to them where they fell…
• Nicknamed “Angel of the Battlefield”
• Women of the Civil War