1. Chapter 14 War of Brothers War in the East War in the West
On the Home Front
Road to Appomattox

2. Causes Union vs. Independence Do the states have a right to secede?
States’ rights view
Article VI

3. Causes Economics North: Industry & manufacturing South: Agriculture
Views on tariffs

4. Causes Slavery Integral part of southern culture
Many in the North opposed it

5. Causes
Patriotism
Soldiers on both sides had reasons for going to war

6. Comparisons Resources North had huge advantages Population
Manufacturing
Agriculture

7. Comparisons
Leaders
South had the advantage, especially in the early years

8. Comparisons Strategy North had to invade
General Scott proposed the Anaconda Plan

10. Comparisons
Strategy
South had a defensive strategy

11. In the East Attempt to capture Richmond
Most initially believed a quick, decisive battle would end the war

12. In the East First Manassas Festive event Union: McDowell
Confederate: Beauregard

13. In the East First Manassas “Stonewall” Jackson Union retreat
McDowell replaced

14. In the East
Peninsular Campaign
Union: McClellan
Army of the Potomac

15. In the East Peninsular Campaign Ironclad ships C.S.S. Virginia
U.S.S. Monitor
Fought to a draw

16. In the East Peninsular Campaign Valley Campaign Stonewall Jackson
Army of Northern Virginia

17. In the East Peninsular Campaign Johnston wounded Lee put in command
Seven Days’ Battles
McClellan retreats

18. In the East Second Manassas Union: Pope
Confederate: Stuart, Jackson, Lee
Union forces leave VA

19. In the East Antietam Lee’s plans become known to Union
Union: McClellan
Near Sharpsburg, MD

20. In the East Antietam Union forces attack
Bloodiest single day of the Civil War
Confederates withdraw

21. In the East Fredericksburg Union: Burnside
Assaulted Confederates but forced to withdraw

22. In the East Chancellorsville Union: Hooker
Confederates surprise Union army
Jackson killed

23. In the East
Chancellorsville
Union retreats

24. In the East Frustration for Union Unable to capture Richmond
Raised morale of South and lowered it in North

25. In the East
Continued Southern victories increased chances of recognition and aid from Europe

26. Gettysburg Lee desires a victory on Northern soil
Armies find each other at Gettysburg

27. Gettysburg Pickett’s Charge Lee’s army retreats to Virginia
Lincoln later delivers the Gettysburg Address

28. In the West Mississippi River campaign Kentucky-Tennessee campaign
North’s best commanders fought in the West

29. In the West Mississippi River campaign
Capture of the river would split the Confederacy in two
Major fortifications

30. In the West Union gunboats a powerful force
Ulysses S. Grant captured Forts Henry and Donelson

31. In the West Shiloh Union: Grant Confederate: Johnston
Costly Union victory
Island No. 10

32. In the West Farragut captured New Orleans Grant moves to Vicksburg
Natural fortress

33. In the West Grant makes some unconventional decisions
Vicksburg besieged
Surrenders on July 4
Union now controls Mississippi

34. In the West Kentucky-Tennessee campaign Kentucky a very divided state
Confederates had an early advantage

35. In the West
Battle of Mill Springs
Union: George Thomas

36. In the West Perryville Confederate: Bragg Union: Buell
Invasion of Kentucky
Bragg forced to retreat

37. In the West Battle of Stones River Union: Rosecrans Confederate: Bragg
Bragg again forced to retreat

38. In the West Chickamauga Rosecrans and Bragg Confederate victory
Role of George Thomas
Union army now trapped in Chattanooga

39. In the West Chattanooga Thomas replaced Rosecrans
Grant became chief of all Union forces in West
Broke the siege

40. In the West Lookout Mountain Battle of Missionary Ridge
Bragg’s troops retreated into Georgia
Grant promoted to chief of all Union forces

41. Home Front Life was much more difficult in the South during the war
Lack of gold and silver
Blockade runners

42. Home Front
Some in the North prospered because of the war

43. Government
Conscription
Resistance
New York draft riot
Black soldiers

44. Government Border states Missouri Delaware Kentucky Maryland
West Virginia

45. Government
Constitution
Writs of habeas corpus
Copperheads

46. Diplomacy
South hoped Britain or another European power would recognize her independence
The Trent affair

47. Diplomacy
Britain would only recognize the Confederacy if it thought the South could actually win

48. Diplomacy
Emancipation Proclamation
War-time emergency act

49. Wilderness Grant moved toward Richmond The Wilderness
Spotsylvania Court House
North Anna River
Cold Harbor

50. Georgia William Tecumseh Sherman Atlanta campaign Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Atlanta

51. Georgia March to the Sea Battle of Nashville
Did not interrupt Sherman’s march to Savannah

52. 1864 Lincoln ran for another term Democrat: George McClellan
Lincoln won by wide margin

53. Collapse Grant had almost surrounded Richmond and Petersburg
Sheridan was destroying the Shenandoah Valley

54. Collapse Lee, Davis, and others escaped Richmond
Lee’s army could not get away

55. Appomattox Lee surrenders to Grant April 9, 1865
Generous surrender terms

56. Afterward More than 650,000 men had died
Thousands more were maimed for life

57. Afterward
John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln on April 14, 1865