1. The Civil War ( )

2. North vs. South in 1861
North
South
Advantages ?
Disadvantages

3. Rating the North & the South
Based on the chart who do you think has the advantage in the war North or South? Explain your answer!

4. Slave/Free States Population, 1861

5. Railroad Lines, 1860

6. Resources: North & the South

7. The Union & Confederacy in 1861
According to the map was Slavery allowed in the North in 1861?

8. Men Present for Duty in the Civil War

9. Soldiers’ Occupations: North/South Combined

10. Immigrants as a % of a State’s Population in 1860

11. Strengths of North and South
Northern Strengths
Greater population
More railroad tracks
More manufacturing
More money
Strong navy
Southern Strengths
Defending homes
Skilled Commanders
United and motivated
Fighting in familiar country

12. Weaknesses of North and South
Northern Weaknesses
Divided public opinion
Fighting away from home.
Inept commanders at first
Southern Weaknesses
Few supplies
No army and navy
No gov at first
Few railroads
Small population

13. The Leaders of the Confederacy
Pres. Jefferson Davis
VP Alexander Stevens

14. MOTTO  “With God As Our Vindicator”
The Confederate Seal
MOTTO  “With God As Our Vindicator”

15. A Northern View of Jeff Davis

16. Strategies Southern Strategy Survive
Northern Strategy
“The Anaconda Plan” Divide and Conquer
> Capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, VA
> Strangle the Confederacy through the use of blockade
> Advance down the Mississippi R. cut the Confederacy in half, and defeat its armies.
Southern Strategy
Survive
> Strategic Defensive – The North had to invade and attack Southern resources and its military.
> Protect critical weak points, conserve limited resources and simply hold out until the North gave up.

17. Overview of the North’s Civil War Strategy:
“Anaconda” Plan

18. The “Anaconda” Plan

19. George McClellan, Again!
Lincoln’s Generals
Winfield Scott
Joseph Hooker
Ulysses S. Grant
Irwin McDowell
George McClellan
George Meade
Ambrose Burnside
George McClellan, Again!

20. The Confederate Generals Nathan Bedford Forrest
“Stonewall” Jackson
Nathan Bedford Forrest
George Pickett
Jeb Stuart
James Longstreet
Robert E. Lee

21. Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas) July, 1861

22. The Monitor vs. the Merrimac
The Battle of the Ironclads,
The Monitor vs. the Merrimac
Monitor vs. Merrimac- Map Page 520
The Monitor and Merrimac were ironclad warships (wooden ships
covered with iron for protection).
The Monitor was the Union ship and the Merrimac was the Confederate ship.
This battle was fought on March 9, 1862 off the coast of Virginia
The battle was a Union victory because the South was not able to break
the North’s naval blockade.

23. Damage on the Deck of the Monitor

24. Buy Your Way Out of Military Service

25. War in the East:

26. Battle of Antietam “Bloodiest Single Day of the War”
September 17, 1862
24,000 casualties
In 12 hours of fighting
Battle of Antietam- Map Page 520
The Battle of Antietam was fought on September
17, 1862 at Sharpsburg, Maryland.
The North won the Battle of Antietam and as a
result England decides not to fight with the South.
The Union victory at Antietam leads to Lincoln issuing the
Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863).

27. Emancipation in 1863

28. The Emancipation Proclamation

29. The Southern View of Emancipation

30. African-American Recruiting Poster

31. The Famous 54th Massachusetts

32. August Saint-Gaudens Memorial to Col. Robert Gould Shaw

33. African-Americans in Civil War Battles

34. Black Troops Freeing Slaves

35. Extensive Legislation Passed Without the South in Congress
1862 – Homestead Act
1862 – Legal Tender Act
1862 – Emancipation Proclamation (1/1/1863)
1863 – Pacific Railway Act
1863 – National Bank Act

36. The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg Battle of Vicksburg- Map Page 520
The Battle of Vicksburg was fought from April to July 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
The North won the Battle of Vicksburg and gained control of the Mississippi River.
This victory prevented the South from getting weapons, supplies and reinforcements to their soldiers.

37. The Road to Gettysburg: 1863
Battle of Gettysburg- Map Page 534
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought from July 1 to July at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Lee invades the North hoping for a big victory so that countries would send aid to the South and that the North would grow tired of fighting and surrender.
The Battle of Gettysburg is the turning point of the war-(the North will win the war). Lincoln gives the Gettysburg Address.

38. Gettysburg Casualties

39. The North Initiates the Draft, 1863

40. Recruiting Irish Immigrants in NYC

41. Recruiting Blacks in NYC

42. NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)

43. NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)

44. Inflation in the South

45. The Progress of War:

46. Sherman’s March to the Sea”
William T. Sherman and his army marched from Atlanta eastward to Savannah from November to December 1864.
The region from Atlanta to Savannah was the South’s industrial center
Sherman’s Army burned or destroyed everything the South could use in war- factories, railroad lines, telegraph lines, farms/plantations and livestock- to bring a quick end to the war ( this is called “total war”).
D. The South no longer has the ability to make weapons and supplies for war

47. 1864 Election
Pres. Lincoln (R)
George McClellan (D)

48. The Peace Movement: Copperheads
Clement Vallandigham

49. 1864 Copperhead Campaign Poster

50. Cartoon Lampoons Democratic Copperheads in 1864

51. Presidential Election Results: 1864

52. The Final Virginia Campaign: 1864-1865

53. Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865

54. Casualties on Both Sides

55. Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars

56. Ford’s Theater (April 14, 1865)

57. The Assassin
John Wilkes Booth

58. The Assassination

59. WANTED~~!!

60. Now He Belongs to the Ages!

61. The Execution