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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
