Civil War: Fighting 1861-1862
Confederate War Effort Jefferson Davis Negatives of Rule Positives Davis’ Cabinet Confederate Government Financing War Hyperinflation Slaves Issue of morale
Price in January 1862 Price in January 1865 Wheat $2.00 $65.60 Flour $1.50 $49.20 Cotton $3.00 $98.40 Tobacco $4.00 $131.20 Wood $10.00 $328.00 Apples $6.00 $196.80
Union War Effort Abraham Lincoln Issue of military experience Cabinet Congress/Government Financing War & New Taxes Women/Suffrage NY Draft Riots
Into War Military Leadership Robert E Lee Union Generals Anaconda Plan Blockade
First Battles of War Issue of Names Issue of pursuit/continued victory First Manassas/Bull Run George McClellan War in the West First Union Victory
Peninsula Campaign and Continued Fighting Issue with McClellan 121,000 v. 11,000 Stonewall Jackson Confederate Issues Halt of Union Recruiting 2nd Manassas/Bull Run
Battle of Antietam Decision of Offensive Reasons for Lee’s Decision Mistakes Bloodiest Single Day
Emancipation Proclamation Confiscation Act Position of Lincoln Necessity of Military Victory Status of Slavery War on Slavery Confederate Morale British/Foreign Intervention