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The Civil War (1861-1865) Through Maps, Charts, Graphs & Pictures
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Who’s Who? The North = Union, Yankee, (Blue) - Abraham Lincoln (President), - Ulysses S. Grant (General) - Abraham Lincoln (President), - Ulysses S. Grant (General) The South = Confederate, Rebels, (Gray) - Jefferson Davis (President) - Robert E. Lee (General) - Jefferson Davis (President) - Robert E. Lee (General)
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Strategy for the South –Fight a defensive war –Entice England or France to join them in order to keep its immense textile industry supplied with cotton –Fight a “war of attrition” - make the war as long, bloody and costly as possible in hopes that the North would simply quit
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Strategy for the North - Gain control of the West via the Mississippi River and march east towards Richmond –Gain control of the far South and march northward towards Richmond –Gain control of the Atlantic and march west towards Richmond
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Strategy for the North –Fight an offensive war and overwhelm the Confederacy. Protect the Union –Anaconda Plan - Blockade and “squeeze” South
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Overview of the North’s Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda” Plan Overview of the North’s Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda” 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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The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862 The Monitor vs. the Merrimac
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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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African-American Recruiting Poster
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The Famous 54 th Massachusetts
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Black Troops Freeing Slaves
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The North Initiates the Draft, 1863 (after Vicksburg and Gettysburg) The North Initiates the Draft, 1863 (after Vicksburg and Gettysburg)
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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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Buy Your Way Out of Military Service
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The Progress of War: 1861-1865
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Medical Care No understanding of how germs and disease is transmitted No antibiotics like today Surgery was harsh by our standards
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Nurse Ann Bell tends to wounded
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Inflation in the South Over the Years
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Sherman’s “ March to the Sea” through Georgia, 1864
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The Final Virginia Campaign: 1864-1865
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Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865
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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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Lingers through the night
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The Execution
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