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The War Begins
Introduction

Lasting 4 years and resulting in the
death of 620,000 Americans, the Civil
War is the costliest war in American

Both sides hoped for a quick victory
based on their individual strengths

The Civil War official began April 12,
1861 at the Battle of Fort Sumter
Union v. Confederate

Union Advantages:
Confederate
Advantages:
Union: Blue
 More
RobertMoney
E. Lee
○ Top General
 Larger
Army in the war
 Stronger
Motivation
○ 2X larger
than Confederate
 More
HomeFactories
field Advantage
○ Mostly
To make
fought
guns,insupplies
South
 More
WorldRailroads
reliance on Cotton
○ Hope
To transport
to get allies
troops,
supplies
 Military
Tradition
 Abraham
Lincolnsoldiers
○ More prepared
○ Becomes expert on war
strategy
Confederate:
Red
Union v. Confederate

Union Strategy to win
the War
 Anaconda Plan
○ Use navy to keep
South from getting
supplies
 Capture the Capital
(Richmond, Va)
 Divide the South into
thirds
○ Cut 1: Mississippi River
○ Cut 2: Through Georgia
Union v. Confederate

Confederate Strategy
to win the War
 Defend their territory
○ Keep North from
conquering
 Capture the Capital
(Washington D.C.)
 Cotton Diplomacy
○ Use Cotton resources
to gain European help
Union v. Confederate
 Border
States:
Slave states that
remained in the
Union
 Delaware,
Border States:
Light Blue
Kentucky, Maryland
and Missouri (West
Virginia later)
 Population in the
Border States were
deeply divided, lots
of civilian violence
The First battle: Fort Sumter
 The
Confederates began taking over
federal mints, armories and forts
across the South
 The Union forces refused to give up
Fort Sumter
 Controlled entry into Charleston Harbor
(Charleston, SC)
○ One of the biggest Southern ports
The First battle: Fort Sumter
 The
South
demanded the
Union to leave the
fort
 The Union refused
 The South opened fire
on April 12, 1861 (the
beginning of the Civil
War)
 The fort surrendered in
34 hours, 1 casualty…
The First Battle: Fort Sumter
Significance:
Lincoln rallies
support for
the war by
saying the
South started
it