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TheCivil War,1861-1865
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1860PresidentialElection
John Bell Constitutional Union
v Abraham LincolnRepublican
John BreckinridgeSouthern Democrat
Stephen A. DouglasNorthern Democrat
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1860 Election Results
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President Buchanan Does Nothing!

• He believed that secession was illegal but that
  coercion was also.
• Constitution gave him no right to act against the
  South
• He did nothing!
• Country was now Abraham Lincolns, just wait

President Buchanan dismayed and hesitant failed
to deal with secession!
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Secession Begins South Carolina Dec.
20, 1860
Border States
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Leaders of the Union, 1861-1865
What makes a president
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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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North vs. South in 1861
North South
Advantages ? ?
Disadvantages ? ?
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Resources North the South
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The Anaconda Plan
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Overviewofthe NorthsCivil WarStrategy Anaco
ndaPlan

Suffocate Cut Chop Seize
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Souths Civil War Strategy

• Jefferson Davis

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Lincolns Generals
Winfield Scott
Joseph Hooker
Ulysses S. Grant
Irwin McDowell
George McClellan
George Meade
Ambrose Burnside
George McClellan,Again!
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The Confederate Generals
Stonewall Jackson
Nathan Bedford Forrest
George Pickett
Jeb Stuart
James Longstreet
Robert E. Lee
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Fort Sumter April 12, 1861
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Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas)July, 1861
Significance
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Gen. George McClellan
Trained the Army of the Potomac!

• After the humiliating loss at the First Battle of
  Bull Run George McClellan
• He spent the entire summer creating a
  disciplined, well-trained fighting machine!
• He was an indecisive general but he whipped that
  army into shape before the next battle!

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The Battle of the Ironclads,March, 1862
The Monitor vs.the Merrimac
Significance
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New Military Technology

• 1.Breech-loading rifles no more muskets
• 2. Ironclad ships
• 3.Gatling Guns
• 4.Spiral Grooves
• in gun barrels
• 5. Shells with gun powder
• 6. Canisters filled
• with bullets

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Battle of Antietam Bloodiest Single Day of the
War
September 17, 1862
Lee vs. McClellen
Significance
23,000 casualties
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War in the East 1861-1862
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He has a case of the slows. --Abraham
Lincoln
Results
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Emancipation in 1863
. . . January 1, all slaves in any state still
in rebellion shall be and forever free.
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TheEmancipationProclamation
Significance
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Fighting a just fight
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The Famous 54th Massachusetts
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August Saint-Gaudens Memorial to Col. Robert
Gould Shaw
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Women and the War

• What were their contributions?
• Dorothea Dix
• Clara Barton
• How were womens role the alike in the North and
  South?

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US Sanitary Commission
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The South Had Poorly Organized Medical Care

• Most hospitals were in the field
• Home hospitals had the best success!

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Chancellorsville

• Stonewall Jackson

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The War in the West, 1863 Vicksburg Significanc
e
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The Road to Gettysburg 1863
Lee vs. Meade Significance
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Gettysburg Casualties
Four score and seven years ago our father
brought forth on this continent a new nation
conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created equal. .
. -Lincoln
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Dealing With Dissent

Copperheads
Copperhead 1864 pamphlet
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The North Initiates the Draft, 1863
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Buy Your Way Out of Military Service
Bounty Jumpers
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A Pogrom Against Blacks
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1864 Election
Pres. Lincoln (R)
George McClellan (D)
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Cartoon Lampoons Democratic Copperheads in 1864
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Presidential Election Results 1864
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The Final Virginia Campaign1864-1865
Grant Heads the Union Army
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ShermansMarchto theSeathroughGeorgia,1864
War is Hell
Significance
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Surrender at AppomattoxApril 9, 1865
Let them have their horses to plow with, and, if
you like, their guns to shoot crows with. I want
no one punished Abe Lincoln
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Casualties on Both Sides
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Civil War Casualtiesin Comparison to Other Wars
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Fords Theater (April 14, 1865)
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The Assassin
John Wilkes Booth
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The Assassination
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WANTED!!
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Now He Belongs to the Ages!
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The Execution