CIVIL WAR ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES NORTH ADVANTAGES Larger population More industry More resources Better banking system More railroad mileage Better leader (Abraham Lincoln) More ships Better balance between farming and industry Functioning Government DISADVANTAGES Faced hostile people Southern territory unfamiliar

CIVIL WAR ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES SOUTH ADVANTAGES Strong popular support Familiar territory Superior military training facilities DISADVANTAGES Smaller population Few factories Less food production Fewer railroad miles Fewer ships Jefferson Davis Belief in states’ rights

CIVIL WAR PROBLEMS NORTH AND SOUTH “Peace Democrats” (also called “Copperheads”) favored a truce with the Confederacy Enlistments declined Bounties offered – failed Draft law drew names of men 20-45 Could buy out of it for $300 Draft riots took place in New York City in July, 1863 SOUTH Enlistments declined Draft law drew names of men 18-35 to serve for 3 years could hire a substitute Bombing raids caused people to have to leave their homes Blockade caused imported goods to disappear Crops were destroyed, railroads were torn apart Clothing wore out and could not be replaced

CIVIL WAR STRATEGIES NORTH The Anaconda Plan Blockade the South Split the Confederacy by gaining control of the Mississippi River Capture Richmond, the Confederate capital

CIVIL WAR STRATEGIES SOUTH WIN RECOGNITION AS AN INDEPENDENT NATION Capture Washington, D.C. Seize central Pennsylvania Defend homeland until North tired of fighting Get Britain to pressure North to end blockade to restore cotton supplies

1st BATTLE OF MANASSAS/ BULL RUN CIVIL WAR BATTLES, 1861-1862 1st BATTLE OF MANASSAS/ BULL RUN July 21, 1861 - Northerners expected a quick victory and an early end to the war. Residents of Washington, D.C. came out to watch Confederates won the battle General Thomas Jackson earned the title “Stonewall Jackson at this battle

BATTLE OF THE MONITOR AND MERRIMAC CIVIL WAR BATTLES , 1861-1862 BATTLE OF THE MONITOR AND MERRIMAC March 9, 1862 first battle between two ironclad warships; marked new age in naval warfare battle ended in a “draw”, neither side won

CIVIL WAR BATTLES , 1861-1862 Shiloh (Tennessee) April 6, 1862 bloodiest battle of the war to that point -- 1,735 Union dead -- 7,882 Union wounded -- 1,728 Confederate dead -- 8,012 Confederate wounded - Union victory

CIVIL WAR BATTLES , 1861-1862 ANTIETAM (Maryland) September 17, 1862 bloodiest single day of battle in America’s history -- 2,010 Union dead -- 9,416 Union wounded -- 1,512 Confederate dead -- 7,816 Confederate wounded Confederate defeat which prevented Gen. Lee from convincing Britain to support the South

CIVIL WAR EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION                                                                                                                              CIVIL WAR EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION January 1, 1863 Political move on the part of Abraham Lincoln when he was concerned the North was tiring of war - Freed only the slaves in the “rebellious” states Gave the North a new reason to continue the war Britain decided to withhold recognition of the Confederacy

CIVIL WAR WOMEN IN WAR ran farms and businesses worked in factories became teachers and government workers served the military as nurses, messengers, guides, scouts, smugglers, soldiers, and spies Clara Barton, nurse in the war, eventually organized the American Red Cross