The War Begins!. Let’s think back…November, 1860 Lincoln Elected 16 th President What does the South think Lincoln will do? The South thinks Lincoln will.

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The War Begins!

Let’s think back…November, 1860 Lincoln Elected 16 th President What does the South think Lincoln will do? The South thinks Lincoln will end slavery and take away the Southern way of life.

Deep South: first 7 states to leave.

December, 1860: Major Robert Anderson moves 100 troops into Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Preparations In Face Of Succession

Fort Sumter Crisis South Carolina has prevented any supplies from getting in since December, Anderson and his men are running low on food. Anderson refuses to give the fort to the CSA.

What should Lincoln do? If he uses force to help Fort Sumter the North starts the war! If he does nothing, the men will starve to death and he will appear “weak”.

April 12, 1861: Start of the Civil War! The South (P.G.T. Beauregard) fires the first shot at Fort Sumter, starting the Civil War. Lincoln calls for 75,000 militia to put down the rebellion. This causes four more southern states to secede.

After Lincoln requests troops… North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Arkansas leave the Union. Why? They didn’t want to help the Union attack their “sister states.” The CSA is now 11 states.

What is a Border State? Slave states that did not join the CSA and border the North. Vital to both North and South: can provide food, supplies, money, even men. Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri. Remember, Washington DC is bordered by Virginia and Maryland. If Maryland joins the CSA, D.C. would be surrounded by two CSA states!

Western part of Virginia refuses to secede; forms new state of West Virginia Washington D.C.

First Bull Run Casualties: U.S.: 2,950 CSA: 1,750 A casualty is a person who was either killed, wounded, or is missing.

Why will the war last four years?

Advantages of the Union: Bigger population: 3.5 million white males times the manufacturing output of the South; 25 times greater locomotive and firearm production, 90 warships at start of war; South has zero! More money from a diversified economy.

Advantages of the CSA: 1. Better military leaders. 2. Most of the battles are in the South, so CSA has “home court advantage”. A. North has to bring men and equipment over long distances (remember what we did to the British in the Revolutionary War!). B. The CSA knows the land. C. The CSA will fight harder---protecting their own homes. D. More difficult to convince Union soldier why he should be fighting.

Advantages of the CSA: 3. CSA is fighting a “defensive war”; they don’t have to “win” every battle, just wear the North out (N. spending $30 per second!). To win, the North must completely destroy the South and break their will, not an easy task. The longer the war goes on, the more likely the CSA will get support from Europe (England and France).