2. North v. South at the Beginning NorthSouth Advantages?? Disadvantages??

3. NorthSouth Recruitment?? Financing the war?? Political Leadership??

4. Rating the North & the South

5. Railroad Lines, 1860

6. Resources: North & the South

7. The Union and Confederacy in 1861

8. Overview of Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda” Plan Overview of Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda” Plan

9. Battle of Bull Run (1 st Manassas), July, 1861 Southern victory destroyed Northern belief that war would end quickly.

10. Foreign Recognition ? Trent Affair, 1861 Confederate diplomats Mason and Slidell travelling to Britain Britain threatens war Lincoln released the P.O.W.’s

11. 1862 Major Battles Feb. 1862, Tennessee Grant captures Fort Henry and Fort Donelson at Tennessee and Cumberland River forcing Confederates south of Tennessee. Opened up Mississippi to Union attack

12. The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862: 1 st ironclad battle in history The Monitor vs. the Merrimac: Union maintains blockade

13. 1862 Major Battles April 1862 Shiloh (TN): Grant overcomes Southern forces 13,000 Union casualties and 11,000 Confed. casualties. April 1862 New Orleans (LA): Farragut seizes New Orleans. August 1862 2 nd Bull Run (Virginia): Stonewall and Lee defeat Union troops

14. War in the East: 1861-1862

15. Sept. 1862, Antietam July 1863 Vicksburg (MS): all of MS. River now under Union control July 1863 Gettysburg (Penn): 165,000 soldier; 3 days 51,000 casualties Gettysburg Address Gettysburg Address

16. Emancipation in 1863

17. The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg

18. The Road to Gettysburg: 1863

19. Extensive Legislation Passed Without the South in Congress  1861 – Morrill Tariff Act  1862 – Homestead Act  1862 – Legal Tender Act  1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act  1862 – Emancipation Proclamation  1863 – Pacific Railway Act  1863 – National Bank Act  1861 – Morrill Tariff Act  1862 – Homestead Act  1862 – Legal Tender Act  1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act  1862 – Emancipation Proclamation  1863 – Pacific Railway Act  1863 – National Bank Act

20. The Progress of War: 1861-1865

21. Sherman’s March through Georgia to the Sea, 1864

22. Presidential Election of 1864

23. The Final Virginia Campaign: 1864-1865

24. Casualties on Both Sides

25. Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars