Transcript Union troops were stationed in Fort Sumter, which is

The Civil War
• The First Shots
• The Strengths and
Weaknesses
• The Game Plans
First
Shots
Union troops were stationed in
Fort Sumter, which is part of SC
SC did not like having a foreign
nation in its territory
Confederate forces fired upon
Fort Sumer
Lincoln ordered the Union
army to put down the
rebellion
CATEGORY
NORTH
SOUTH
CATEGORY
Other Names
No. Of States
Population
NORTH
SOUTH
Confederacy,
Union, United States
Confederate States of
of America, USA
America, CSA
23
22,000,000
11
9,000,000
(includes 3,500,000 slaves)
Leadership
Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis
Railroads
75% of nation’s 25% of nation’s
railroads
railroads
Border State: state that allowed slavery but did not
secede the Union.
Generals
Ulysses S. Grant
George McClellan
-inexperienced
Capital
Washington, D.C.
Army
1,500,00 army
Navy
Large Navy which
grew larger as war
progressed
Cause for fighting?
- Preserve the
country
- Free the Slaves
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
- well trained,
experienced
Richmond, VA
(briefly in
Montgomery, AL)
1,000,000 army
No navy at
war’s start
- Maintain “southern
way of life,” which
includes slavery
What is the game plan?
Strategies of the Union
and Confederacy!
What’s the Strategy…
Confederate Strategy:
1.) We broke
away. It’s up
to the Union
to make us stay!
All we need to
do is defend!
2.) Make the war
drag on.
Northerners will
eventually get
sick of it!
Can you guess what
the Union plan was?
What’s the Strategy…
Union Strategy was the “Anaconda Plan.”
The plan was
to:
- Block off
ports
-Control the
Mississippi
River
- Starve the
Can you guess what
the Union plan was?
Confederacy
of supplies