The Civil War ( ) Through Maps, Charts, Graphs & Pictures
Who’s Who? The North = Union, Yankee, (Blue) - Abraham Lincoln (President), - Ulysses S. Grant (General) - Abraham Lincoln (President), - Ulysses S. Grant (General) The South = Confederate, Rebels, (Gray) - Jefferson Davis (President) - Robert E. Lee (General) - Jefferson Davis (President) - Robert E. Lee (General)
Strategy for the South –Fight a defensive war –Entice England or France to join them in order to keep its immense textile industry supplied with cotton –Fight a “war of attrition” - make the war as long, bloody and costly as possible in hopes that the North would simply quit
Strategy for the North - Gain control of the West via the Mississippi River and march east towards Richmond –Gain control of the far South and march northward towards Richmond –Gain control of the Atlantic and march west towards Richmond
Strategy for the North –Fight an offensive war and overwhelm the Confederacy. Protect the Union –Anaconda Plan - Blockade and “squeeze” South
Overview of the North’s Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda” Plan Overview of the North’s Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda” Plan
The “Anaconda” Plan
Lincoln’s Generals Irwin McDowell Winfield Scott George McClellan, Again! McClellan George McClellan Ambrose Burnside Joseph Hooker George Meade Ulysses S. Grant
McClellan: I Can Do It All!
The Confederate Generals Jeb Stuart James Longstreet George Pickett “Stonewall” Jackson Nathan Bedford Forrest Robert E. Lee
The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862 The Monitor vs. the Merrimac
Battle of Antietam “Bloodiest Single Day of the War” 23,000 casualties September 17, 1862
Emancipation in 1863
The Emancipation Proclamation
African-American Recruiting Poster
The Famous 54 th Massachusetts
Black Troops Freeing Slaves
The North Initiates the Draft, 1863 (after Vicksburg and Gettysburg) The North Initiates the Draft, 1863 (after Vicksburg and Gettysburg)
Recruiting Irish Immigrants in NYC
Recruiting Blacks in NYC
NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)
Buy Your Way Out of Military Service
The Progress of War:
Medical Care No understanding of how germs and disease is transmitted No antibiotics like today Surgery was harsh by our standards
Nurse Ann Bell tends to wounded
Inflation in the South Over the Years
Sherman’s “ March to the Sea” through Georgia, 1864
The Final Virginia Campaign:
Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865
Ford’s Theater (April 14, 1865)
The Assassin John Wilkes Booth
The Assassination
WANTED~~!!WANTED~~!!
Lingers through the night
The Execution