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The
Civil War
(1861-1865)
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 War did not begin as a war to
abolish slavery
 Lincoln had “no purpose,
directly or indirectly, to
interfere with the institution of
slavery in the states where it
exists”
 Passed by Congress in July 1861
 Stated that purpose of war was to maintain union
not end slavery
 “This war is not waged upon [for the]…purpose of
overthrowing or interfering with the rights or
established institutions of those States, but to defend
and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and
to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality,
and rights of the several States unimpaired…”
 Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and
Delaware between South and North
 All slave states and contained 5 million
people
 Therefore critical for Lincoln not to
antagonize them by pushing the
abolitionist issue
North
Advantages
Disadvantages
South
Rating the North & the South
Slave/Free States
Population, 1861
Railroad Lines, 1860
Resources: North & the South
Men Present for Duty
in the Civil War
Ohio Military Service
Soldiers’ Occupations:
North/South Combined
Immigrants
as a %
of a State’s
Population
in
1860
Overview
of
the North’s
Civil War
Strategy:
“Anaconda
”Plan
The “Anaconda” Plan
Lincoln’s Generals
Winfield Scott
Irwin McDowell
George McClellan
Joseph Hooker
Ambrose Burnside
Ulysses S. Grant
George Meade
George McClellan,
Again!
The Confederate Generals
“Stonewall” Jackson
Nathan Bedford
Forrest
George Pickett
Jeb Stuart
James Longstreet
Robert E. Lee
1. Color all the Union states one color
and mark the key. (Including Union
slave states)
2. Color all the Confederate states
another color and mark the key.
3. Mark both capital cities.
 Get together with a partner and assign roles:
Confederate Citizen and Union Citizen
 You will be writing letters to each other
 You should include in your letter:
 Why your side wants to go to war
 Why your side thinks it will win