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PREPARING FOR WAR Chapter 16 Section 1 “…what ever may be the result of the contest, I forsee that the country will have to pass through a terrible ordeal.” –Robert E. Lee Southern Views Believed they had the right to leave the union “War for Southern Independence” Northern Views Fighting to save the union Slave States Choose Sides Slave States that Supported the South • Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas • NOTE: The western part of Virginia favored the Union and became West Virginia in 1863. Slave States that Supported the North • Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, West Virginia Southern Advantages/Disadvantages Advantages • • Defending Homeland Excellent Military training and skills Disadvantages Few Factories for war supplies • Few Railroads to move supplies. • Small Population (note: 1/3 of the 9 million population was enslaved.) • Northern Advantages Advantages • • • • 4 times as many free citizens than the south. Many volunteers for growing food, working in factories and making supplies. 85% of INDUSTRY Double the railroad Strong Navy Northern Disadvantages Disadvantages To win the war, the north had to conquer a large area. Invading unfamiliar land President Jefferson Davis • • • • West Point graduate Hero of Mexican War Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce Courageous and Honest President Abraham Lincoln • • • • Little Political and Military Experience Yet, he became Strong Leader, Fine War Planner The North’s greatest advantage Sense of humor Confederate or Union Army? • • When South seceded, officers from the south had to decide if they wanted to fight for the Union or Confederate Army. Robert E. Lee- Commander of the Confederate Army Lincoln’s Inaugural Address “I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states were it exists.” Preserve the Union We are not enemies but friends, We must be friends.” He believed slavery to be doomed Confederate Strategy South took a defensive position they did not have to win the war Depended on King Cotton to help win foreign aid Later in the war South invaded the North to get BIG victories Union Strategy Offensive strategy Called the Anaconda Plan by Gen. Winfield Scott Designed to smother S. economy Naval blockade Control Miss. River 1st Bull Run/Manassas 1st land battle of war Was in Virginia, just south of D.C. 7/21/1861 N. named battles after nearest creek S. named battles after nearest town Going to a picnic Bull Run-Manassas Va First True battle of the war What could go wrong- goes wrong!!! "You are green, it is true, but they are green also; you are all green alike." Troop movements Supplies Confederates show up wearing Blue uniforms 25 miles from Washington "There stands Jackson like a stone wall! Rally behind the Virginians” July 21st 1861 Union troops -28,000 Confederate Troops-32,000 Casualties-2,800(U) to 1,900(C) No more ninety day enlistments Lincoln asks for 3 years enlistments 1st Bull Run/Manassas Gen Thomas Jackson rallies Confederate troops gets nicknamed Stonewall Jackson Confederate Victory could have captured D.C. The first battle was an important Confederate victory. Manassas shows that the war was going to be very long and difficult for both sides. What was needed An army of 100,000One wagon for every 40 men one horse or mule for every 2-3 men That means---2,500 wagons, 35,000 animals 600 tons of supplies Winfield Scott is out!!!!! May 1861-McClellan comes to the rescue!! at 34 never known defeat—man of destiny-little Napoleon Case of the Slows Ft. Henry and Donelson Tenn. River and Cumberland River Joint navy and army maneuvers U.S. Grant gets things done Feb 1862 Unconditional surrender Capture the rivers and trade that goes with it "I mean to be whipped or to whip my enemy, and not be scared to death" David Farragut was the commander-inchief of the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. He is remembered for his famous order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!“ Captures New Orleans April 1862 "A Very Bloody Affair“ April 1862 Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing) Union Victory "You can hear the screams of the injured. They screamed for water, God heard them for the heavens opened and the rain fell." Union –13000 dead Conf.-10,500 dead Conf.Com. Johnston is killed bled to death Sunken Road-Hornets nest Back to the East Things are not going well for the Union Antietam: Sharpsburg, Maryland Bloody battle in Maryland resulted in a tie and Robert E. Lee’s army has to retreat back into Virginia. Lee attacked the north because he needed a victory on northern soil. The Bloodiest Day of the Civil War" The Battle of Antietam Confederate Losses Union Losses Killed-1,512 Killed--2,108 Wounded--7,816 Wounded--9,549 Captured/Missing--1,844 Captured/Missing--753 Cornfield-West Woods Morning Phase-one regiment lost 242 out of 310 men in about 12 minutes Stonewall Jackson v. Hooker "In the time I am writing," Hooker reported, "every stalk of corn in the and greater part of the field was cut as closely as could have been done with a knife, and the slain lay in rows precisely as they had stood in their ranks a few moments before." 1862 Antietam September 17th Sunken Road --Midday phase "Bloody Lane.“ Union officers who viewed the bodies of the Confederates in the sunken road stated that the lane was completely covered•4x’s with bodies as casualties far as the eye the number of D-day could see. This sunken road became known from this day forward as "Bloody Lane.“ They found one body with 57 bullet holes. Antietam One of the few battles of the Civil War were the generals chose the battle site. Orders 191 6,000 dead --another 17,000 wounded 4x’s the number of D-day casualties More than all of the War of 1812, Mexican war, and Spanish American War combined 1/3 of Lee’s troops 30,000 became casualties McClellan does not press the attack Emancipation Proclamation “Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history,….The fiery trail through which we pass, will light us down, in honor and dishonor, to the latest generation…..The dogmas of the quiet past , are inadequate to the stormy present…. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free….We disenthrall ourselves , and then we save our country” p.563 Emancipation Proclamation Congress requires West Virginia to abolish slavery as a requirement to enter Union New Year’s Day-1863-not an act to bring the slaves to revolt. Sanctioned the enlistment of the Black soldier and sailor into the Union Army Regular army never enrolled black soldiers It freed the slaves only in states that have seceded from the Union. It did not free slaves in border states. Reasons for the Emancipation Proclamation The war was going bad for the North. Lincoln needed a way to turn things around He thought that freeing the slaves in the South would help bring about that change Effects The war, and the Emancipation Proclamation effected the North and the South. The end of Slavery As a result of Abraham Lincoln’s decision. African slaves now had their freedom. They were no longer owned like property. The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in most Southern states. It didn't free slaves in the border states of Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia, or in southern states under Union control. Many African American men joined the Union forces and fought in the Civil War. The proclamation gained international support for the Union forces, especially from Great Britain and France. Both of these countries had already abolished slavery. Slavery wasn't completely abolished until 1865 when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.