1. The Civil War (1861-1865) Interactive Through Maps, Charts, Graphs, & Pictures

2. 1860 –LINCOLN’S ELECTION BRINGS CHAOS

3. Presidential Election of 1860

5. Map of The Union & Confederacy in 1861
Doc 1:
Map of The Union & Confederacy in 1861

8. Doc 2: War officially begins when Southern forces fire on FT
Doc 2: War officially begins when Southern forces fire on FT. SUMTER, a fort held by Union Soldiers in South Carolina.

9. Where was Fort Sumter Located?

10. Doc 3a: The Leaders of the Union
(Election of 1860)
Pres. Abraham Lincoln
VP Hannibal Hamlin

11. Doc 3b: The Leaders of the Confederacy
Pres. Jefferson Davis
VP Alexander Stevens

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

13. Doc 4: Rating the North & the South

14. Doc 5: Resources: North & the South

15. Doc 6: Immigrants as a % of a State’s Population in 1860

16. Doc 7: Men Present for Duty in the Civil War

17. Doc 8: Confederate Generals Nathan Bedford Forrest
“Stonewall” Jackson
Nathan Bedford Forrest
George Pickett
Jeb Stuart
James Longstreet
Robert E. Lee
7 of 8 military colleges in the U.S. were in the South
South had strong military traditions & leadership b/c of constant fear of slave uprising

18. Doc 9- STRENGTHS OF THE COMBATTANTS
NORTH ADVANTAGES
SOUTH ADVANTAGES
Industrial Power
Better Connected (Roads, Trains)
Larger Population (More Men for Army)
Stronger Economy
No Slavery in Country (Foreign allies who also disagree with slavery)
-Fighting on Home Territory
Fighting to preserve their way of life
-Better Army Commanders
(General Robert E. Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson, and Longstreet are decorated military officers)
-Control of Mississippi and Ohio Rivers

19. Problems for Confederacy =
Country starting from scratch – nothing set up (gov’t, taxes, army)
No foreign Allies with slavery
Can’t sell cotton (Union Naval Blockade)
Little Money for Gov’t, Army, Supplies

20. Doc 10a: Civil War Battles Fought (location)

21. Doc 10b (Con.)

22. Doc 11: The “Anaconda” Plan Northern War Strategy-
Use powerful navy to blockade the South. Why?

23. Doc 12a: Southern War Strategy
Simply to prevent the North from gaining territory for long enough that the northern people would decide the war could not be won, or at least would not be worth the cost of winning so that Lincoln would be forced, politically, to stop the fighting and grant Southern independence.

24. Doc 12b

26. EXCITED FOR THE WAR!!! in the beginning at least…
Can’t wait to join in the fight
Notions of glory and romance and adventure

27. Doc 13: Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas) July, 1861

28. Watching the “show” at Bull Run

29. The carnage begins…

30. This war will NOT end quickly!!

31. “The Anonymous War” New weapons technology Less close combat
Killing is Distant

32. CIVIL WAR MEDICINE
60% of all Civil War Deaths NOT from being shot dead
Die from diseases in Camps and infections from wounds