1. Start of Civil War

2. Timeline of Start Lincoln elected in 1860
By Feb 1861 lower South secedes
SC, MS, FL, AL, GA, LA, TX
Confederacy Founded (Pres. Jefferson Davis, States power)
Lincoln takes office (March 1861)
Promises to not end slavery, occupy federal property in all states
Attack on Fort Sumter
By June 1861 VA, AR, NC, TN also secede
Union secures Border states of DE, MD, KY, MO

3. Hanging on to the Border States
If these states leave then DC will be surrounded and Union wants to keep number advantage
Declares Martial Law in MD
KY tries to remain neutral but confederate forces invade pushing KY to the Union side
MO convention voted against secession fighting breaks out and Federal Union forces keep it in the Union

4. Advantages and Disadvantages

5. Advantages North South
Navy
¾ sailors, all but 1 shipyard
Pop 22 million
Industry
80% of factories RR
Money
National treasury
Large banks
Greenbacks (paper money)
Military
7/8 military colleges
Produce food
Home soil
No party opposition
Defense

6. Disadvantages North South
Lack good military leaders, less trained soldiers
Less farm land
Don’t know land as well
Political Parties
Concern over Civil Liberties
conscription/draft
suspend Habeas Corpus
Offensive
Pop 9 million
1/3 enslaved
1 factory until 1862
1 major RR
Small banks
9,000 % inflation
States more powerful then Federal
No European aid (Trent Affair)

7. Union/North Strategy
Anaconda Plan
Union/North forces are going to slowly surround Confederacy/South until they suffocate and give up
Blockade the ports, get control of the RR in Tennessee, capture the Mississippi river to cut off Confederacy and supplies
Offensive Plan

8. Defensive war of Attrition
Force the North to exhaust all their resources until they give up, only fight battles that they can win
South doesn’t have enough troops or supplies to fight the North
South think the plan is insult to military tradition/superiority, Don’t follow it end up taking the offensive position which cost them more lives/supplies