Johnny Rebel vs. Yankee Bill: The American Civil War Chapter 2 Section 3

Lecture Focus Question What factors and events led to the Union victory in the Civil War?

Rating the North & South

Railroad Lines, 1860

Resources

Military Forces

Union Soldier “Yankee Bill” Confederate Soldier “Johnny Rebel”

Union Generals Winfield Scott Joseph Hooker Ulysses S. Grant Irwin McDowell George McClellan George Meade Ambrose Burnside

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

War Strategies North Had to crush the South Anaconda Plan: strategy to starve the South into submission Seize the Miss. River & Gulf of Mexico → South could send/receive shipments Seize strategic railroad junctures

War Strategies South South enjoyed advantage Simply had to survive Keep Conf. armies in the field until Union armies tired of fighting

President Lincoln Personally opposed to slavery Main goal was to preserve the union Emancipation Proclamation: freed slaves in rebel states Suspended habeas corpus Habeas corpus: constitutional right requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge in court and have specific charges filed

Lincoln & Presidential Power Without congressional approval: He increased the size of the Army and Navy, expended funds for the purchase of weapons instituted a blockade--an act of war Lincoln termed these actions not the declaration of "civil war," but rather the suppression of rebellion.

Union Victories Battle of Gettysburg Turning point: last time Conf. army tried to invade the North Bloodiest battle of the war Gettysburg Address: famous Lincoln speech which dedicated the Gettysburg cemetery Reaffirmed ideas for which Union was fighting

Union Victories Sherman’s March to the Sea: Union used strategy of total war on 400 mile march through GA and SC Total war: strategy which targeted not only troops but all of the resources needed to feed, clothe, and support an army Civil War is over! President Lincoln assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 in Ford’s Theatre

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