BOTH SIDES FEEL THE WAR WILL BE SHORT UNION “ARMY OF POTOMAC”MASSES IN DC CONFEDERATE FORCES DIG IN NEAR MANASSAS JUNCTION IN VA
CITIZENS WATCH THE BATTLE THE BATTLE! “STONEWALL” JACKSON
“THERE STANDS JACKSON LIKE A STONE WALL!” ABOUT JACKSON
UNION TROOPS DEFEATED – RUN BACK TO DC CONFEDERATES DO NOT FOLLOW RESULTS
UNION HAS THE NAVAL ADVANYAGE – BLOCKADES SOUTH NEW TYPE OF WARSHIP “IRONCLADS” SHIPS MADE OF METAL NOT WOOD – CHANGES NAVAL WARFARE FOREVER!
SOLDIERS NEEDED TO FIGHT – ASKED FOR VOLUNTEERS PAID TO ENLIST (NORTH) – “BOUNTY RUNNERS” “CONSCRIPTION ACT 1863” FIRST NATIONAL DRAFT “POOR MAN’S WAR” - $300 TO GET OUT OF DRAFT DRAFT RIOTS – NYC 1863 CONFEDERATES USED DRAFT THROUGHOUT THE WAR ALL MEN 17-50
LINCOLN LOSSES A SON (1861) MRS. LINCOLN’S REACTION
ENGLAND WANTS TO SUPPORT SOUTH – CAUSES RESENTMENT IN NORTH TRENT AFFAIR: UNION SHIP SIEZES CONFEDERATE DIPLOMATES ON BOARD AN ENGLISH SHIP- ENGLAND SENDS TROOPS TO CANADA MEXICO IS OCCUPIED BY FRANCE & NAPOLEAN III -MAXIMILIAN EMPEROR OF MEXICO
NORTH: TARRIFF, BONDS, “GREENBACKS” YEARS OF GOOD HARVESTS – 85% OF INDUSTRY SOUTH: SELLS COTTON (UK), EXCISE TAXES, BORROWS MONEY FROM FOREIGN BANKS, PAPER MONEY (INFLATION) ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE CIVIL WAR
THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER CAMP LIFE & FOODS PERSONAL ITEMS
ABNER DOUBLEDAY BECOMES POPULAR DURING WAR EARLY RULES