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Beginning of the War • • NO GUIDED NOTES THIS CHAPTER, NOTEBOOK CHECK ON WEDNESDAY, MUST TAKE NOTES A New Kind of War – Main Ideas: • What are the military advantages and disadvantages of both the Union and Confederacy? • What changes ion warfare took place during the civil war? • Why did North think it would be a short war? • What was the importance of the border states? – Do Now: • Packet page 2 read the Biography on Robert E. Lee and answer the questions, answer the 2 questions with the political cartoon. – Topics: • Start of the War • Advantages and disadvantages • Border States • War strategy • Lincoln Calls out Militia – Called for 75,000 militia for 90 day service – Most believed the war would be short • Southern states refused • Southern states secede rather than fight against Southerners • Robert E Lee chose to lead the CSA army instead of the US Army Virginia April 17 1861 Arkansas May 6 1861 Tennessee May 7 1861 North Carolina May 20 1861 Maryland was very important to the United States Mason Dixon Line Arrested all pro-southern lawmakers Maryland Legislature then voted on whether to secede Maryland voted to stay in Union North vs South Strengths Union Confederacy • 22 million people • 9 million people • Most mineral, factory and naval resources • Had better and experienced generals • Abraham Lincoln • Were on defensive – convinced north of need to fight to save democracy and union – shorter supply lines, more motivation (defending their homes) North vs South Strategy Union • Conquer south and return them to Union • Conquer South by destroying economy – capture Mississippi river and blockade coast Confederacy • Only needed to outlast north • Avoid large battles and hope north tire of fighting • South withheld cotton from world – Hoped to force Britain and France to ally with CSA • There was too much cotton in 1861 – Europe didn’t need CSA cotton – CSA plan to get Europe to join war failed Rating the North & the South Slave/Free States Population, 1861 Railroad Lines, 1860 Resources: North & the South The Union & Confederacy in 1861 Men Present for Duty in the Civil War Ohio Military Service Soldiers’ Occupations: North/South Combined Immigrants as a % of a State’s Population in 1860 Decisive Victory Strategy Union Confederacy • Decisive Victory needed to destroy Confederate army to win • Decisive Victory needed to ruin north’s fighting spirit and impress Europeans to join war Resulted in large battles with high numbers of casualties Beginning of War •North unprepared -- no experience with guns or horses •South had been preparing •No standard uniform – caused confusion as to who was fighting Women in the War Women joined to cook and take care of men Women passed as men to fight in the war Women served as nurses Worked farms and businesses at home Clara Barton Served as a nurse during war Created aid society to support soldiers Elizabeth Blackwell Created Soldiers Aid Society Inspected health conditions of hospitals in war Anaconda Plan • Winfield Scott’s plan to strangle South with blockade and land invasions • Designed to have a quick war Naval War Union blockaded the South As war continued blockade became more effective USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia (Merrimack) Both were iron clad ships Battle was a draw Emancipation Proclamation Frees all slaves in REBELLING states on January 1, 1863 Old South will be destroyed and replaced with new values Emancipation Proclamation Why does Lincoln free slaves in South not the North? Freeing slaves in South seen as military action Can’t free slaves in north because of Constitution As Commander in Chief Government can’t take (head of military) property without due Lincoln can take process military actions • Emancipation Proclamation does 1 NOT abolish ALL slavery in US • Why Not? – Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri might secede – Lincoln hoped Confederate states would stop fighting and return to the Union Does Lincoln have authority to make Emancipation Proclamation? No • Confederates created an independent nation • Lincoln has no more authority to pass laws in the CSA than he does to pass laws in Canada Yes • US is fighting an internal civil war – Lincoln keeps authority over the south • If it is a civil war – European nations are not allowed to join the war – North should not blockade the South Black Americans Join Up • Emancipation Proclamation also allows blacks into US Army • Fought under white commanders and had unequal pay and duties • Used them for support work • 54th Massachusetts – Glory Union Generals General McClellan Fired after Antietam for not pursuing Lee General Burnside General Hooker Fired after Fired after Fredericksburg for losing to Lee Chancellorsville for losing to Lee General Meade given control of Union Army • Union losses decrease the North’s will to fight • North cannot get enough volunteers for it’s army • Congress implements a draft Draft Riots in NY • northerners opposed to being forced into fighting – Copperheads – Northern Democrats who want peace with South Summer 1863 Lee goes north again --- Out of supplies --- Wanted to force peace Heth Confederates attack Buford’s Cavalry at Cemetery Hill near Gettysburg Buford Pender Pickett’s Charge 15,000 Confederate soldiers attack Union positions Confederates make it to Ridge, but are driven back Gettysburg marks the “high water” point of the Confederacy Gettysburg is the turning point of the Civil War Confederates never go on the offensive again Meade does not pursue Lee Gettysburg Address Lincoln gives speech at dedication of a military cemetery in Gettysburg States that the Union is fighting to save democracy for the World Gettysburg Address “It is … for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us … that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain --- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom --- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth” Battle of Vicksburg • Union wanted to divide South at Mississippi River • Union had total control except Vicksburg MS and New Orleans • Grant wins and gets complete control of Mississippi for Union Total War • Sherman’s March to the Sea – Begins September 1864 – Sherman led his army from Tennessee to Atlanta • Destroy not only army of enemy but homes, factories, farms – wanted to destroy the will of the people to fight • Sherman used total war on his march to the sea • “We are not only fighting hostile armies, but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.” • Lee becomes surrounded in Virginia • Decides to surrender to Grant on April 9 1865 Appomattox Courthouse • Grant accepts Lee’s surrender • Terms are generous – soldiers kept homes, horses, land and were given food Assassination of Lincoln • John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln at Fords theater in Washington DC • Booth was captured and killed • • Lincoln died on April 15, 1865 First President to be assassinated • People who helped Booth escape were executed Results of the Civil War Slaves were freed Casualties of the War Nation is more important than States People start identifying themselves as American Manufacturing and Industrial industries expanded during and after the war Results of the Civil War Income tax created to pay for war Land for Homesteads in West Transcontinental Railroads Federal Government grew in size and power State Universities were created