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The Civil War Begins Union and Confederate Forces Clash Fort Sumter • One of the four remaining southern forts controlled by the Union. • Confederates opened fire and seized the fort. The Civil War begins. Fort Sumter Strengths Union • More people, more factories, greater food production, and more extensive railroad system. Confederacy • King Cotton, first-rate generals, and highly motivated soldiers. Strategies The Union, which had to conquer the South to win devised a three-part plan: • The navy would blockade Southern ports, so they could neither export cotton nor import much-needed manufactured goods. • Union riverboats and armies would move down the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two. • Capture the Confederate capital at Richmond Bull Run • First bloodshed on the battlefield. • Seesaw battle • Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson stood firm. • First Southern victory Bull Run Union Armies in the West • Forces in the West began the fight for control of the Mississippi River. • General Ulysses S. Grant led forces captured two Confederate forts in Western Tennessee. The War for the Capitals Union forces led by McClellan headed toward Richmond, VA. After a series of battles the confederate general was wounded and command of the army passed to Robert E. Lee. Lee drove McClellan away from Richmond. Confederate forces split and headed towards Washington D.C. Antietam • Bloodiest single-day in American history, with casualties totaling more than 26,000. • Instead of pursuing the Confederate army into Virginia and possibly ending the war, McClellan did nothing. • Lincoln removed him from command. Lincoln and McClellan Antietam The Politics of War Emancipation Proclamation • It did not free any slaves immediately because it applied only to areas behind Confederate lines, outside Union control. Both Sides Face Political Dissent • North harbored thousands of Confederate sympathizers, while the South had thousands of Union sympathizers. • Lincoln dealt forcefully with disloyalty. He suspended the writ of habeas corpus, prevents government from holding citizens without formally charging them with crimes. Life During Wartime Conscription- a draft that forced men to serve in the army. African Americans Fight for Freedom • By war’s end about 180,000 fought for the Union (10 percent of the Northern army) African American Troops The 54th Regiment Massachusetts • The 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. • The regiment was one of the first official black units in the United States during the Civil War. Life During Wartime Soldiers suffer on both sides • Filthy surroundings, limited diet, and inadequate medical care. • Most soldiers lived amid heaps of trash and open restrooms. Body lice, dysentery, and diarrhea were common. Women Work To Improve Conditions • 3,000 women served as Union army nurse. • Clara Barton- founded the American Red Cross Nurses During Civil War The War Affects Regional Economies • The war expanded the North’s economy and shattered the South’s • Food prices skyrocketed and inflation rate rose 7,000 percent. • Food shortage due to the drain of manpower into the army. • Congress decided to help pay for the war by collecting the nations first income tax.