The American Civil War 1861-1865

North and South Who has the advantage?

Immigration in 1861

List and explain the advantages the North had over the South in 1861. Question List and explain the advantages the North had over the South in 1861.

Who is Doing the fighting? North and South Who is Doing the fighting?

Ohio Military Service

Soldiers’ Occupations: North/South

Questions What was the principle occupation of both Northern and Southern forces? Who made up the smallest group in both forces?

North and South Who was led the South?

Pres. Jefferson Davis (Miss.) VP Alexander Stevens (Georgia)

The Confederate “White House” Richmond

“With God As Our Vindicator”

Northern Strategy: Anaconda Plan North and South Northern Strategy: Anaconda Plan

North and South The Generals

George McClellan, Again! Lincoln’s Generals Winfield Scott Joseph Hooker Ulysses S. Grant Irwin McDowell George McClellan George Meade Ambrose Burnside George McClellan, Again!

Lincoln and McClellan

The Confederate Generals Nathan Bedford Forrest “Stonewall” Jackson Nathan Bedford Forrest George Pickett Jeb Stuart James Longstreet Robert E. Lee

North and South Key Battles, 1861-1863

Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas) July, 1861

The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862 Monitor v. Merrimac

The Deck of the Monitor

The East: 1861-1862

Battle of Antietam (Md) “Bloodiest Single Day of the War” September 17, 1862 23,000 casualties

North and South Emancipation

The Emancipation Proclamation January 1863

The Southern View of Emancipation

Black Americans in Battle North and South Black Americans in Battle

African-American Recruiting Poster

The Famous 54th Massachusetts

August Saint-Gaudens’ Memorial to Col. Robert Gould Shaw

African-Americans in Civil War Battles

Black Troops Freeing Slaves

Extensive Legislation Passed Without the South in Congress 1861 – Morrill Tariff Act 1862 – Homestead Act 1862 – Legal Tender Act 1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act 1862 – Emancipation Proclamation (1/1/1863) 1863 – Pacific Railway Act 1863 – National Bank Act

The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg

The Road to Gettysburg: 1863

Gettysburg Casualties

Buy Your Way Out of Military Service

The North Initiates the Draft, 1863

Recruiting Irish Immigrants in NYC

Recruiting Blacks in NYC

NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)

NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)

A “Pogrom” Against Blacks

Inflation in the South

The Progress of War: 1861-1865

Sherman’s “March to the Sea” through Georgia, 1864

1864 Election Pres. Lincoln (R) George McClellan (D)

The Peace Movement: Copperheads Clement Vallandigham

1864 Copperhead Campaign Poster

Cartoon Lampoons Democratic Copperheads in 1864

Presidential Election Results: 1864

The Final Virginia Campaign: 1864-1865

Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865

Casualties on Both Sides

Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars

Ford’s Theater (April 14, 1865)

The Assassin John Wilkes Booth

The Assassination