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Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY The Civil War (1861-1865) Through Maps, Charts, Graphs & Pictures
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North vs. South in 1861 NorthSouth Advantages?? Disadvantages??
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Rating the North & the South
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Slave/Free States Population, 1861
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Railroad Lines, 1860
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Resources: North & the South
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The Union & Confederacy in 1861
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Men Present for Duty in the Civil War
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Ohio Military Service
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Soldiers’ Occupations: North/South Combined
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Immigrants as a % of a State’s Population in 1860
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The Leaders of the Confederacy Pres. Jefferson Davis VP Alexander Stevens
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The Confederate “White House”
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The Confederate Seal MOTTO “With God As Our Vindicator”
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A Northern View of Jeff Davis
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Overview of the North’s Civil War Strategy: “Anacond a” Plan Overview of the North’s Civil War Strategy: “Anacond a” Plan
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The “Anaconda” Plan
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Lincoln’s Generals Irwin McDowell Winfield Scott George McClellan, Again! McClellan George McClellan Ambrose Burnside Joseph Hooker George Meade Ulysses S. Grant
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McClellan: I Can Do It All!
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The Confederate Generals Jeb Stuart James Longstreet George Pickett “Stonewall” Jackson Nathan Bedford Forrest Robert E. Lee
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Battle of Bull Run (1 st Manassas) July, 1861
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The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862 The Monitor vs. the Merrimac
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Damage on the Deck of the Monitor
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Buy Your Way Out of Military Service
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War in the East: 1861-1862
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Battle of Antietam “Bloodiest Single Day of the War” 23,000 casualties September 17, 1862
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Emancipation in 1863
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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The Southern View of Emancipation
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African-American Recruiting Poster
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The Famous 54 th Massachusetts
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August Saint-Gaudens Memorial to Col. Robert Gould Shaw
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African-Americans in Civil War Battles
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Black Troops Freeing Slaves
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Extensive Legislation Passed Without the South in Congress 1861 – Morrill Tariff Act 1862 – Homestead Act 1862 – Legal Tender Act 1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act 1862 – Emancipation Proclamation (1/1/1863) 1863 – Pacific Railway Act 1863 – National Bank Act 1861 – Morrill Tariff Act 1862 – Homestead Act 1862 – Legal Tender Act 1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act 1862 – Emancipation Proclamation (1/1/1863) 1863 – Pacific Railway Act 1863 – National Bank Act
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The North Takes Turns the Tide of War I.The war continues 1.Dec. ’62 Lee beats Union at Fredericksburg, VA 2.May ’63 south wins at Chancellorsville, VA (Stonewall Jackson dies) 3.Lee goes on the offensive into Maryland and up into PA – Gen. Meade (union) follows north, they meet at Gettysburg, PA
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The Road to Gettysburg: 1863
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II.Gettysburg (three days in July) 1.July 1, 1863 Battle begins in morning when Confederates led by A.P. Hill attack North of town & confront John Buford and Union troops. a.Buford holds despite being outnumbered, but by end of day Union pushed back into town. b.At end of day reinforcements show up for both sides –90,000 Union troops under command of Gen. Meade –75,000 Confederate troops under Robert E. Lee
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2.July 2 1863 Confederates push Union out of Gettysburg & take control of town. a.Union sets up defense south of town at Cemetery Ridge to Big Round Top (High Ground) b.Union forms the “fish hook” defense (communication & quick reinforcement) c.Attacks by south led by Gen. James Longstreet Little Round Top (extreme left flank of union army) Devil’s Den (slaughter pen/valley of death) The Wheatfield (heaviest fighting of civil war) The Peach Orchard (union army split in two, pushed back to Culp’s Hill)
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3.July 3, 1863 Union regains high ground at Culp’s Hill a.Gen. Lee orders artillery barrage on center of Union lines on Cemetery Ridge for 2 hours b.Around 3 PM 12,500 Confederate troops charge out of tree line at Seminary Ridge – Pickett’s Charge – All out frontal assault on center of Union lines Union guns fire back & devastate Confederate lines = Union wins Battle of Gettysburg Lee depressed, retreats to Virginia, never takes offensive again 3 day battle claims 23,000 union soldiers dead/wounded 28,000 confederates dead/wounded approx. 51,000 = almost as many as Vietnam (58,000)
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Gettysburg Casualties
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III.U.S. Grant wins at Vicksburg, MS 1.surrounds city after Confederates refuse to surrender and orders artillery barrages for several hours a day a.Confederate soldiers and towns people out of food and supplies = Vicksburg falls on July 4, 1863 (one of last Confed. Forts of Miss. R.) 2.Nov. ’63 Lincoln gives the Gettysburg Address @ cemetery in Gettysburg a.2 minute speech = USA a single union
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The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg Vicksburg
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The North Initiates the Draft, 1863
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Recruiting Irish Immigrants in NYC
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Recruiting Blacks in NYC
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NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)
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A “Pogrom” Against Blacks
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IV.The Confederacy Wears Down 1.Gettysburg & Vicksburg cost south a lot of manpower. low on shoes, food, uniforms, guns, ammo = just want to hold on now southern morale low = troops leave to go back to farms
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Inflation in the South
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The Progress of War: 1861- 1865
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2.Grant & Sherman wage “Total War” on south a.fight not only armies and gov.’t, but civilians. Break their will to fight! b.May to June 1864 Grant fights with Lee in Virginia – Grant nicknamed the “Butcher” cause he continuously attacks despite heavy casulties c.Gen. Shermans’s March – destroyed every city on path through GA to Atlantic Burns Atlanta, Savannah – frees slaves, they join Turns North though SC into NC to help Grant finish Lee in VA
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Sherman’ s “March to the Sea” through Georgia, 1864
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d.election of 1864 Lincoln beats George McClellan & John C. Fremont (He wins 55% of pop vote) e.Grant pushes from NW, Sherman from S – Jefferson Davis & Gov.’t flee Richmond and burn it down f.April 9, 1865 @ Appomattox Court House Lee & Grant meet to arrange Confederate surrender = Civil War over, ends without punishment to south g.Lincoln assassinated April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Wash, DC
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1864 Election Pres. Lincoln (R) George McClellan (D)
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Presidenti al Election Results: 1864
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The Peace Movement: Copperheads Clement Vallandigham
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1864 Copperhead Campaign Poster
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Cartoon Lampoons Democratic Copperheads in 1864
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The Final Virginia Campaign: 1864-1865
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f.April 9, 1865 @ Appomattox Court House Lee & Grant meet to arrange Confederate surrender = Civil War over, ends without punishment to south
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Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865
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Casualties on Both Sides
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Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars
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V.Costs of War 1.Union = 360,000 men dead 2.Confederacy = 260,000 dead
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Ford’s Theater (April 14, 1865)
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The Assassin John Wilkes Booth
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The Assassination
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WANTED~~!!WANTED~~!!
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Now He Belongs to the Ages!
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h. Union and Reconstruction of South now in hands of southerner and former slave owner Andrew Johnson (VP)
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The Execution
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