1. Civil War: War Begins

2. Crisis! Seven states had seceded prior to Lincoln’s inauguration South Carolina Georgia Florida Mississippi Alabama Louisiana Texas

3. “In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict, without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn oath to ‘preserve, protect and defend’ it.” —Abraham Lincoln First Inaugural Address

4. Fort Sumter

5. Federal fort that controlled entrance to Charleston Harbor in South Carolina

6. Fort Sumter Confederates ordered fort to surrender Pierre Beauregard

7. Fort Sumter Union commanders inside refused to leave Robert Anderson

8. Fort Sumter April 12, 1861: Confederates fire!!!

10. Fort Sumter Fort surrenders after 34 hour bombardment- THE WAR HAS BEGUN!!

11. Choosing Sides After Fort Sumter, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, & Arkansas secede

12. Choosing Sides Border States—slave states in between the Union and Confederacy that stayed with the Union. Delaware Kentucky Maryland Missouri

13. West Virginia later broke away from Virginia and was added to the Union (slave state) Choosing Sides

14. Union Advantages Population Railroads Industry Money

15. Confederate Advantages Military Tradition/Leaders Defensive War

16. Union Strategy Anaconda Plan Winfield Scott

17. Union Strategy Naval Blockade of southern ports Control Mississippi River to divide Confederacy Take Confederate capital at Richmond, VA

18. Confederate Strategy Cotton Diplomacy “Wear Down” Union through Defense

19. Confederate Strategy Cotton diplomacy— gain foreign support (allies) in exchange for cotton

20. Confederate Strategy Attack Washington D.C. Cotton Diplomacy “Wear Down” Union through Defense

21. North v. South North: –Union –“Yankees” –Navy Blue Uniforms –Lincoln was president –Capital at Washington, DC South: –Confederacy –“Rebels” –Grey Uniforms –Jefferson Davis was president –Capital at Richmond, VA