1. The Civil War
Chapter 5

2. The Confederacy began to form a government design a currency
build an army and navy
built factories to manufacture munitions

3. North’s Advantages twice as many people
more industry and manufacturing
more railroads
had ships and a navy to blockade the southern ports
well established governments
banks and gold reserves
grew more food

4. South’s Advantages
the war was fought on southern soil, so they were fighting in familiar territory
boys often went to military school
men who were serving in the U.S. Army came home and joined the Confederate army

5. Fort Sumter
Northern troops controlled the fort in Charleston, South Carolina
North refused to surrender to the South
Confederate troops fired on the fort
April 13, 1861 the North surrendered
The Civil War began

6. Alabama during the War
Approximately 90,000 Alabama men and boys were in the Confederate armies.
Churches and government tried to find food for the hungry
Store supplies cost lots of money
Inflation made Confederate money worth little, so most people bartered for goods

7. Alabama during the War
Confederate troops requisitioned supplies when they went through an area.
Federal troops invaded Athens and Huntsville.
Union raiders rode deep into the state cutting railroad lines, destroying iron furnaces, and disrupting society.

8. Mobile
The port allowed supplies to be imported with the help of blockade runners.
guns, medicines, and other supplies were brought in by ships

9. Casualties Disease took the greatest number of lives during the war.
typhoid, dysentery, and gangrene
Men, weakened by wounds and hunger were likely to be sick.

10. Blacks in the War
free blacks and runaway slaves joined the Union army and navy
won admiration of white officers for their bravery
some slaves went to battle for their masters
dug the fortifications around Mobile
drove wagons, washed clothes, cooked, and tended the horses
former slaves aided northern troops

11. Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.
It freed the slaves.

12. Women in the War
Some women helped nurse wounded men on the battlefield.
Wives at home were told to raise all the food and not spend any money.
Some depended on trusted slaves to run the farm and raise food.
Some were sent to live with family.

13. Battle of Mobile Bay
Union ships sailed over torpedoes into Mobile Bay.
The navy engaged the Confederate forces.
Confederate forces were out numbered, but continued to fight.
The North won and controlled Mobile Bay.
They took over Mobile the next spring.

14. Wilson’s Raid
He headed to Selma to destroy the naval arsenal and Confederate manufacturing.
Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest had about 3,000 poorly armed and untrained men to defend Selma.
Wilson had a repeating rifle that could be fired seven times.
Forrest had single-shot rifles that had to be reloaded each time.

15. Wilson’s Raid He defeated Confederate troops in Selma.
As he was moving to raid Montgomery, Wilson heard that Confederate general, Robert E. Lee, surrendered.
The surrender was signed at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia on April 9, 1865.

16. Battle of Blakeley
Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley were the reason Union forces had not been able to take Mobile.
Union troops overran Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley.
Mobile surrendered on May 5, 1865.
The war was over.