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Civil War Begins Fort Sumter Confederation took Fort Sumter without much of a fight Lincoln did not defend nor abandon Fort Sumter, he just sent food for the hungry men Union and Confederate Forces Clash After Sumter fell, Lincoln called for volunteers Along the Upper Southern states, people were not willing to volunteer Massacre at Fort Pillow, TN. (April 1864) Nathan Bedford Forrest (Captured Fort Pillow) 262 African-Americans 295 white Union soldiers. Ordered black soldiers murdered after they surrendered! [many white soldiers killed as well] Became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan after the war There They Go!!!!!!!! In April and May, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee seceded They became part of the Confederacy Strengths and Strategies The North and South were unevenly matched The north had more factories, more people, greater food production, more railroads, and more first rate generals North’s Three Part Plan The navy would blockade Southern ports, so they could neither export cotton, nor import much needed manufactured goods Union riverboats and armies would move down the Mississippi River and split the confederacy in two Union armies would capture the Confederate Capital at Richmond, Virginia Bull Run Near a small creek 25 miles away from Washington D.C. “There stands Jackson like a stone wall” Famous Quote for General Jackson that sis not let up on the Union He became known as “Stonewall Jackson” The South won Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas) July, 1861 The Confederate Seal Ulysses S. Grant Brave and decisive military commander After 11 days on the job he captured two Confederate Forts While Grant pushed South, by ship General Farragut captured New Orleans, dividing the Confederate in two The Yankees Are Coming! Leaders of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee Confederate White House Battle of Antietam “Bloodiest Single Day of the War” September 17. 1862 23,000 casualties United Streaming. Real player video Here's hopin But your way out of service Emancipation Proclamation As Jefferson Davis’s Confederacy struggled to gain foreign recognition, abolitionist grew in the north Because he was winning, he could use the confederates resources, so he did…. To free them! (Slaves were the resources) Emancipation in 1863 Emancipation Proclamation The Southern View of the Proclamation African American Recruiting Poster Famous 54th Massachusetts African American battles Black Troops Freeing Slaves African Americans Although African Americans made up of only 1% of the Northern population, by wars end about 18,000 African Americans fought for the Union That’s about 10% They suffered from discrimination Soldiers Suffer on Both Sides Unhealthy conditions as filthy surrounding Limited diet Inadequate medical care Diarrhea was common In the 1860’s the technology of killing had outrun the technology of medical care Union Prison Camp at Andersonville, GA Union Survivors Burying the Dead Prison Camps Confederate camps were overcrowded and unsanitary The south lacked food and canvas tents The north had enough to eat but did not provide heat Many confederate soldiers died of phnemonia Women Women contributed as nurses Almost 3,000 in the North One was Clara Barton who later founded the Red Cross