1. 1860 Presidential Election -S. Democrats (v-p Breckinridge) -N
1860 Presidential Election S. Democrats (v-p Breckinridge) N. Democrats (Douglas -popular sov.) Constitutional Union Party (old Whig, & American Parties) Republican (Abraham Lincoln)
Lincoln - 40% popular / 59% electoral
6 weeks - SC secedes from Union 6 others
GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX
Feb “Confederacy Formed”

2. Secession!: SC Dec. 20, 1860

3. Confederacy Created Fort Sumter (P.G.T. Beauregard)
Jefferson Davis (MS) Montgomery, AL
Confederate soldiers occupy Federal offices & Forts in the South
What Happens Now? Lincoln ‘new’ Pres
Fort Sumter (P.G.T. Beauregard)

4. Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861

5. Nation Divides for WAR

6. Nation Divides for WAR

7. Secede after Election
of 1860

8. SC

9. GA

10. FL

11. AL

12. MS

13. LA

14. TX

15. Confederate States of America
Fort Sumter
Confederate States of America

16. April 12, 1861 Confederate Troops fire on Union troops in Fort Sumter
April 15th Lincoln calls for volunteers to Stop the Rebellion ( Preserve the Union )
Other States Secede VA, NC, TN, AR

17. Secede after
Ft. Sumter

18. VA

19. NC

20. TN

21. AR

22. April 12, 1861 Confederate Troops fire on Union troops in Fort Sumter
April 15th Lincoln calls for volunteers to Stop the Rebellion ( Preserve the Union )
Other States Secede VA, NC, TN, AR
Border Slaves States remain in the Union DE, MD, KY, MO

23. Border Slave States

24. MD DE WV MO KY

25. FREE STATES

27. April 12, 1861 Confederate Troops fire on Union troops in Fort Sumter
April 15th Lincoln calls for volunteers to Stop the Rebellion ( Preserve the Union )
Other States Secede VA, NC, TN, AR
Border Slaves States remain in the Union DE, MD, KY, MO
Copper Heads – Southern sympathizers in North (Border States)
UNION
CONFEDERACY

29. Map Part of Unit Test MO, KY, MD, DE AR, TN, NC, VA SC TX MS AL GA
LA FL
TX, LA, MS, AL, GA, FL, SC

30. Civil War

31. CIVIL WAR Western Campaign BATTLES Eastern Campaign BATTLES 1861 1862
1863
1864
1865

32. Robert E. Lee - SURRENDERS
“CIVIL WAR”
Western Campaign
BATTLES
Feb - Grant / Tennessee
April - Battle of Shiloh
June - Memphis
- New Orleans
July 4 - Vicksburg Surrenders
Sept - Chickamauga
Nov Chattanooga
Sherman Attacks Georgia
Sept - Atlanta Captured
* Sherman’s March to the SEA *
Eastern Campaign
BATTLES
July - 1st Battle of Bull Run
March - Monitor v. Merrimac
Aug nd Battle of Bull Run
Sept - Antietam
Dec Fredericksburg
May Chancellorsville
July 3 - Gettysburg
March – Grant Eastern Commander
* Lincoln Re-Elected
Grant Wears Down Lee
April - Richmond Surrenders
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
Robert E. Lee - SURRENDERS

33. The Union & Confederacy in 1861

34. Civil War Strategy

35. The UNION “Anaconda” Plan
Capture the capital of the Confederacy (Richmond, VA)
Capture the Mississippi R. and Split the Confederacy
Blockade the Confederacy and … STARVE TO DEATH!
Eastern Campaign
Western Campaign

36. War Strategies (Union v. Confederate)
Union - Anaconda Plan (Three Prong Attack) capture Richmond (capital) capture Mississippi River Blockade the South (starvation)
South - War of Attrition fight to make the other side “QUIT”
1st Modern Industrial War
New War Technologies (mass production)
Trench Warfare
Means EXTREMELY HIGH CASUALTIES

37. North vs. South in 1861
North
South
Advantages ?
Disadvantages

38. Rating the North & the South

39. Railroad Lines, 1860

40. Resources:
North &
the South

41. Men
for Duty in the
Civil War

42. Advantage & Disadvantage
UNION +
+population 22 mil. ( 3 X fighting men)
+90% of Factories
+2/3 Railroads
+3/4 countries Financial resource
+Civil Leadership
Disadvantages
-Poor Military Leadership
Difficult Strategy
CONFEDERATE +
+Defend it’s soil
+Better Military Leadership
+Used to Guns
+”King Cotton”
Disadvantages
-NO factories
-Less Resources
-Poor Civil Leadership