1. Chapter 4.3 The North Takes Charge
President Lincoln favored a quick military action which would end the talk of secession
The Battle of Bull Run victory for South, led to less people volunteering for military
After Bull Run the North realized that a long war was coming
After the loss of Peninsula Lincoln drafted the Emancipation Proclamation

2. Strategies
After the Peninsula Campaign the Union cut the Confederacy in half, marched through Georgia and then the Carolinas, blockaded the coastline and liberated slaves
The Union never went to guerrilla warfare
The Merrimack was the biggest threat to the Union blockade
The Confederates destroyed the Merrimack to keep it out of Union hands

3. Battle Of Antietam
Victory for the Union probably prevented intervention by Britain and France on behalf of the Confederacy
After the North’s victory at Antietam, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation

4. Strategies
General George McClellan was removed from his field command after he halted Lee’s troops at Antietam
The Union was able to advance due to finding General Lee’s battle plans
Gettysburg and Antietam were fought on Union soil

5. Ending Slavery
The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution ended slavery in the U.S.
The Emancipation Proclamation strengthened the moral cause and diplomatic position of the Union.
The Emancipation Proclamation 1863 declared slaves free in states in rebellion against the U.S.

6. Emancipation Proclamation
As a result of the proclamation the following happened
Opposition in the North to an “abolition war”
Sharp increase in Union desertions
Heavy congressional defeats for Lincoln’s administration
Complaints from abolitionist that it did not go far enough

7. African Americans & Slaves During the Civil War
African Americans who fought for the Union suffered extremely heavy causalities
The Confederacy enlisted slaves into their army a month before the war ended

8. Battles
When Robert E. Lee decided to invade the Union through Pennsylvania it delivered a blow that would strengthen the Northern peace movement
The Battle of Gettysburg was a victory for the North, only a matter of time

9. Battle of Vicksburg Union victory important because
It reopened the Mississippi River to Northern trade
Foreign help for the Confederacy was lost
Stopped the Northern peace agitation
Cut off supplies of cattle and other goods from Texas and Louisiana

10. General William T. Sherman
His style of warfare resulted in a shorter war that saved lives

11. Election of 1864 Democratic candidate: George McClellan
Against Lincoln and running mate Andrew Johnson
The capture of Atlanta was probably a critical part of Lincoln’s success in the election

12. Misc. War Facts
General Ulysses S. Grant’s basic strategy in the War involved assailing the enemy's armies simultaneously and directly
During the Civil War, Grant lost one many to every 10, and Lee lost one many to every 5
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was a calamity for the South
The Civil War was the supreme test of American democracy in the 19th century

13. Results of the Civil War
Expanded federal powers of taxation
Ended nullification and secession
Created the first federal social welfare agency
Ended slavery