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Girding for War: North & South 1861-1865 Social, Economic, Political, and Diplomatic Topics of the Civil War Mr. Pagliaro Seymour High School Diplomacy in Declaration of War • Lincoln: War was about UNION • NOT slavery • Wouldn’t upset BORDER STATES • DE, MD, VA (WV), KY, MO Native Americans in the War Cherokee confederates reunion in New Orelans, 1903 • Oct. 1861-Delaware Tribe swore allegiance to Union • 28,693 Native Americans served on both sides • Cherokee chose Confederacy • Slave ownership • Plains Indians joined Union Native Americans sworn into Union Army Advantages for each side UNION • • • • Population Industry Railroads Infrastructure CONFEDERACY • Defensive War • Home Territory • Better military leadership • Lee, Jackson • Europe’s need for Cotton Immigration during Civil War • All #s are to Northern ports Year 1860* 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 Total Immigrants 153,640 91,918 91,985 176,282 193,418 248,120 French Zuoaves Trent Affair • CSA Ambassadors aboard RMS Trent • John Slidell & James M. Mason • From Charleston to Cuba to Britain • Goal: Diplomatic recognition • Captured by USS San Jacinto • Americans wanted war w/ Britain CSS Alabama • Attacked American shipping around Europe • Boared 450 Ships • Captured 65 Union merchant ships • Took 2,000 P.O.W.s • Never stopped at an American port Violating Monroe Doctrine • Napoleon III (FR) sent Maximilian to be emperor of Mexico • Battle of Puebla, May 5, 1862 • No American intervention Habeas Corpus • Lincoln suspended the right to possible secessionists or Confederate sympathizers Drafts • Both North and South enacted drafts • Union draft • $300 commutation fee OR replacement got people out of service • Immigrants drafted • NYC Draft Riots • July 13-16, 1863 Economy of Civil War • Morrill Tariff: increased rate on dutiable imports 70% • Inflation: • Union: Greenbacks; costs rise 80% • Confederacy: Bluebacks; costs rise 9000% • Due to Union Blockade • National Banking System-1863 US Sanitary Commission • “…coordinate[d] the volunteer [war] efforts of women…” • • • • • • raised money ($25 million) via Sanitary Fairs nurses ran kitchens in the Army camps administered hospital ships Organized lodges for traveling or disabled soldiers made uniforms • Sewing machines • Permanent sizes
