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The Civil War Chapter 16 Choosing Sides Seven states left the Union and formed the Confederacy in February 1861 ● Four more states joined in April: Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas Choosing Sides The capital was Richmond, Virginia, about 100 miles south from the Union’s capital of Washington D.C. Choosing Sides The border states of Mississippi, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware started in the Union but were divided over which side to support ● They played an important part in the war because of their location, and they would seriously damage the North if they seceded Choosing Sides 1. Mississippi could control parts of the MIssissippi River and major routes west 2. Kentucky controlled the Ohio River Choosing Sides 3. Delaware was close to the North’s important city of Philadelphia 4. Maryland was very close to Richmond, had important railroad lines, and had the Union’s capital of Washington, D.C., within its borders Choosing Sides In April a mob in Baltimore attacked Northern troops ● Confederate sympathizers burned railroad lines and cut the telegraph line to Washington, isolating it Choosing Sides Lincoln had to be cautious in his response so as not to upset the people of the border states and especially Maryland ● He ended up arresting people who supported secession Choosing Sides His approach worked, the border states remained in the Union, but many of the citizens joined Southern armies Choosing Sides Most white Southerners supported secession, but people in the Appalachian region of Tennessee and Virginia opposed it Choosing Sides In Virginia a movement to secede from the state and rejoin the Union grew, and the separate state of West Virginia joined the Union in 1863 Comparing North and South Both sides had advantages and disadvantages, the following were the North’s advantages: 1. A larger population 2. More industry 3. More resources 4. A better banking system to help raise money Comparing North and South 5. More ships 6. Regular navy members who were mostly loyal to the Union 7. A larger and more efficient railway system 8. Abraham Lincoln’s dedication, intelligence, skill, and humanity Comparing North and South The following were the North’s disadvantages: 1. In order to bring the Southern states back into the Union it would have to invade and hold the South 2. Many people believed the South had a good chance of winning Comparing North and South The following were the South’s advantages: 1. Strong support for the war from the white population 2. Troops fighting on their own land 3. Superior military leadership at first (General Robert E. Lee) Comparing North and South The following are the South’s disadvantages: 1. A smaller population 2. Few factories Comparing North and South 3. Fewer resource, including an inferior railroad system with fewer than half the miles of track and fewer trains than the North 4. Belief in state's’ right that limited a strong central government’s power Comparing North and South War goals were different on both sides ● The North at first wanted to bring the Southern states back into the union and later wanted to also end slavery Comparing North and South The Union’s plan had three parts: 1. Blockade Southern ports to prevent supplies from entering and cotton from being exported Comparing North and South 2. Gain control of the Mississippi River to cut Southern supply lines and to split the Confederacy 3. Capture Richmond, the Confederate capital Comparing North and South The South’s goal was to win recognition as an independent nation so the South could preserve their traditional way of life, including slavery Comparing North and South The South’s strategy included 1. Holding on to as much territory as possible until the North tired of fighting Comparing North and South 2. Having Britain and France pressure the North to end the war 3. Sometimes going on the attack by moving north to threaten Washington, D.C., and other Northern cities American People at War Soldiers came from all walks of life although many came from farms ● One difficult aspect of Civil War was that Americans were fighting other Americans American People at War The average age was 25 years, but about 40% were 21 or younger ● A soldier’s term was 90 days at first, but then became longer when the war did not end quickly American People at War The number of soldiers from the North and South differed greatly ● By the summer of 1861, the Confederate army, also called Rebels, had about 112, 000 soldiers American People at War The Union, or Yankee, soldiers numbered about 187,000 ● By the end of the war, about 850,000 men fought for the Confederacy, and about 2.1 million men fought for the Union American People at War About 200,000 African Americans fought for the Union, and about 10,000 Hispanics fought in the conflict American People at War Both sides expected the war to end quickly ● Some leaders saw the war would be a long one American People at War Northern General william Tecumseh Sherman predicted a very long war, and his prediction was accurate First Battle of Bull Run The first major battle of the Civil War was called the First Battle of Bull Run ● It was fought in northern Virginia near a river called Bull Run First Battle of Bull Run The Confederates were victorious ● Union troops attacked Confederate forces led by General P.G.T. Beauregard First Battle of Bull Run Next, the Rebels rallied under General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s reinforcement troops and counterattacked the Yankees First Battle of Bull Run Then, the Union army retreated back to Washington, D.C., first in an orderly fashion and then in a panic First Battle of Bull Run The Confederate victory shocked the North ● Northerners realized that the war could be a long, hard, and costly one First Battle of Bull Run Abraham Lincoln signed two bills requesting a total of one million army volunteers to serve for three years First Battle of Bull Run He also appointed General B. McClellan to head the Union army of the East called the Army of the Potomac War at Sea Lincoln ordered a blockade of Southern ports to prevent the South from exporting its cotton and importing necessary supplies such as guns, ammunition, and food War at Sea It did not close off all Southern trade, but it did reduce trade by two-thirds ● Over time the North also built more ships to better enforce the blockade War at Sea A new era in naval warfare began when the North's Monitor and the South’s Merrimack, renamed Virginia, exchanged fire in March 1862 War at Sea Both ships were wooden ships covered with thick iron plates, making them sturdy and hard to sink ● The Union was the victor because the Merrimack never again threatened Northern ships War in the West The main goal of the North was to gain control of the Mississippi and Tennessee Rivers in the west to make it hard for the South to transport goods War in the West The North had early victories in 1862 under the command of Ulysses S. Grant 1. Grant captured Fort Henry on the Tennessee River in Feb 1862 2. Grant also captured Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River ten days later War in the West 3. The control of the lower Tennessee River allowed Union troops to march into Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama 4. The Union victories also drove the Confederacy out of Kentucky, a state that the South had hoped they would be able to persuade to secede War in the West Another major battle in the West, the Battle of Shiloh, saw the Union win a narrow victory ● A very bloody two-day battle with 20,000 casualties on both sides ended with Union forces gaining control of Corinth, Mississippi, on May 30, 1862, and Memphis, Tennessee, on June 6 War in the West 1. The fighting began on April 6 when Confederate forces led a surprise attack on Union troops, and the Confederacy drove Grant and his troops back to the Tennessee River War in the West 2. The second day the Union forces defeated the Confederacy with the help of 25,00 troops from Nashville and shelling from gunboats on the river, and the Confederacy withdrew from Corinth War in the West The North won another important victory on April 25, 1862, with the capture of New Orleans, under the command of David Farragut’s naval forces ● The capture meant that Confederacy could not longer use the Mississippi River to carry its crops to sea War in the East The war in the East was not as successful for the Union ● The union’s goal of capturing the Confederate capital of Richmond, VA, was never met War in the East The Southern strategy of making the North tired of fighting seemed to be working 1. General McClellan did not act promptly on Lincoln’s orders to advance directly to Richmond War in the East ● Instead, he took his troops on a several week circular route by ship known as the Peninsular Campaign to a peninsula between the York and James Rivers southeast of the city War in the East 2. When the Union and Confederate forces finally met in June, known as the Seven Day’s Battle, Confederate General Robert E. Lee took command ● He eventually drove the Yankees back to the James River War in the East Richmond was never captured, and the Confederates were only 20 miles away from Washington D.C. War in the East 1. McClellan’s army was pushed back, but it was larger than Lee’s and still closer to Richmond ● When McClellan did not renew his attack toward Richmond, Lincoln ordered him to Northern Virginia to join Major General John Pope’s troops War in the East 2. Stonewall Jackson’s troops met Lee’s army and were attacked by Pope’s troops on August 29 at Bull Run ● The Second Battle of Bull Run was won by the Confederacy War in the East Another major battle, the Battle of Antietam occurred on Sep 17 ● Both armies suffered severe losses, but neither was destroyed; General Lee withdrew to Virginia, so the Union claimed victory War in the East Additionally Lincoln used the battle to change northern war aims and take action against slavery War in the East 1. Lee’s army marched into Maryland in Sept 1862, and McClellan with his 80,000 troops moved slowly after them War in the East ● After a McClellan soldier found a copy of Lee’s orders, McClellan knew Lee’s plan, but because he was so cautious and acted so slowly, Lee was able to gather his forces along the Antietam Creek War in the East 2. On Sep 17 the bloodiest day of the war saw close to 6,000 soldiers dead or dying and another 17,000 seriously wounded War in the East 3. The next day Lee withdrew, and McClellan refused to obey Lincoln’s order to pursue Lee, Lincoln replaced McClellan with General Ambrose Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac Emanicpation The North’s original war goal was to preserve the Union rather than to destroy slavery ● Lincoln and other Republican leaders had stated they would act only to prevent the expansion of slavery Emanicpation Lincoln was hesitant to move against slavery because of the border states ● He did not want to divide the people and make the war less popular Emanicpation As the war went on, many Northerners thought that slavery was helping the war effort in the South ● Anything that weakened slavery weakened the Confederacy in the North’s view Emanicpation In 1861 and 1862, Congress passed laws that freed enslaved people who were held by people active in the rebellion against the Union ● Some African Americans escaped slavery by going into territory held by the Union army Emanicpation Lincoln decided to take action on slavery ● He thought that as president he should be the one to make the decision to end slavery no Congress Emanicpation On January 1, 1863, Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation ● It said that “all persons held as slaves within any state . . . in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” Emanicpation There were several effects of the proclamation: 1. It did not actually free anyone; the 13th Amendment, ratified by Congress in 1865, truly freed enslaved Americans Emanicpation 2. Lincoln hoped that word of the proclamation would encourage enslaved people to run away ● Before the Emancipation Proclamation, about 100,000 African Americans left for the safety of the Union Emanicpation 3. Northern African Americans were pleased by the decree 4. Because Britain and France opposed slavery, they decided to withhold recognition of the Confederation African Americans in the War African Americans helped the war effort in the North and South ● In the North, African Americans were not permitted to serve as soldiers at the beginning of the war African Americans in the War However, the Union navy accepted them, and others, such as Harriet Tubman of the Underground Railroad, were able to help the North as spies or guides behind Confederate lines African Americans in the War In 1862, African Americans were allowed to serve in the Union army ● Both free African Americans and those who escaped slavery enlisted African Americans in the War By the end of the war, African American volunteers made up almost 10% of the Union army and 18% of the navy ● ~200,000 African Americans served and 37,000 died defending the Union African Americans in the War African American regiments were separate from the rst of the Union army ● Most command officers were white, regardless after protest about unequal pay, African American and white soldiers received the same pay in 1864 African Americans in the War The 54th Massachusetts led by white abolitionists was on of the most famous African American regiments ● Their bravery in a battle against the Confederate fort near Charleston, South Carolina, in July 1863, won respect for African American troops African Americans in the War African Americans did not serve in the Confederate military at first because white Southerners were afraid of a slave rebellion ● Near the end of the war, though, the Confederacy needed men African Americans in the War The Confederate Congress passed a law in 1865 to enlist enslaved people ● The law did not include automatic freedom just because of service, and the war ended before any regiments were organized African Americans in the War People had different attitudes toward African Americans as soldiers ● Lincoln’s opponents criticized the use of African American soldiers African Americans in the War Many white Southerners were also outraged and threatened to execute any they captured and did execute some African Americans in the War Enslaved workers were overjoyed to see African American soldiers in the Union army