1. Fighting the Civil War: Americas First Total War

2. Writing My First 17B Paper Was… A. A better experience than I thought. B. A worse experience than I thought. C. The worse experience of my college career.

3. How Do We Define Total War? Number of Casualties (620,000 dead or 5.9 million in todays terms). Growth of Government and Mobilization of Resources War Against Civilian Population Thesis: North was able to attack southern home front and thus won the war.

4. A Quick War? Huge Northern Advantages Manpower, Industrial Capacity

6. A Quick War? Huge Northern Advantages Manpower, Industrial Capacity Naval Power (Move Supplies, Attack)

7. Southern Advantages Win by Not Losing (Example of American Revolution)

8. Southern Advantages Win by Not Losing South Has Best Officers in Early Years

9. Southern Advantages Win by Not Losing South Has Best Officers in Early Years South Attacked Northern Supply Lines

10. Southern Advantages Win by Not Losing South Has Best Officers in Early Years South Attacked Northern Supply Lines Advent of Rifled Musket

11. The Rifled Musket Inflicts Staggering Casualties The Rifled Musket Increased Range From 80 Yards to More than 400 Yards.

12. Glory Demonstrates Impact of Rifled Musket Story of Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54 th Regiment Massed Attacks Face Huge Casualties Amputations Frequent and Dangerous Officers Have Particularly High Casualty Rates

13. The Development of Trench Warfare Adds to the Slaughter Between May 4 and June 20, 1864, U. S. Grants Army Suffered 65,000 Causalities.

14. Huge Causalities Made Home Front Crucial How does your side maintain support of the war over long period of time?

15. North Made Political Decision to Make War on Southern Homefront Emancipation of slaves (Thursdays lecture)

16. North Effectively Made War on Southern Homefront Emancipation of slaves Naval blockade caused severe shortages, inflation.

17. North Effectively Made War on Southern Homefront Emancipation of slaves Naval blockade caused severe shortages, inflation. Direct destruction of southern homes, farms, and railroads

18. Decisive Blow: Shermans March to the Sea, 1864- 1865

19. Impact on Confederate Morale: Desertion and Manpower Women and children suffered greatly: honorable to come home. Lee in February 1865: Hundreds of men are deserting nightly. Eight percent of his army deserts that month.

20. Was Total War Justified? A. Yes B. No

21. Costs of Total War A. The Moral Problem of Civilian Deaths B. Reconciliation More Difficult C. The Rise of the Corporatist State