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APRIL 1861 CHARLESTOWN
SC – UNION FORT
SC
ATTACKS!
36 HOURS OF BOMBARDMENT
– ANDERSON SURRENDERS
MORE STATES SECEDE
LINCOLN CALLS FOR VOLUNTEERS &
BLAMES THE SOUTH
MOBILIZATION: GETTING READY & PREPARING FOR WAR
FORT SUMTER GIVES LINCOLN A STRATEGIC
VICTORY -THE SOUTH FIRED FIRST
LINCOLN ASKS FOR 75,000
VOLUNTEERS – 90 DAY ENLISTMENTS
EXCITEMENT!
THOUSANDS OF
SOUTHERNERS
ENLIST - CSA
22 UNION
STATES
11 CSA
STATES
BORDER STATES – MISSOURI, KENTUCKY, MARYLAND,
DELAWARE – FORCED TO STAY WITH UNION – WEST VIRGINIA
SLAVE STATES THAT STAY WITH THE UNION
LINCOLN SENDS UNION TROOPS INTO
BORDER STATES TO PREVENT THEM
FROM LEAVING THE UNION.
LINCOLN BREAKS THE CONSTITUTION IN
ORDER TO SAVE IT – EXCEEDS HIS POWERS
MARYLAND VERY STRATEGIC – WASH. D.C
1. POPULATION (22 MILLION)
2. 3/4TH OF NATION’S INSUSTRY
5. NAVAL ADVANTAGES
3. BANKING & FINANCING
4. ¾ OF ALL RAILROADS
6. NATURAL RESOURCES
TAKES TIME TO MOBILIZE
POOR GENERALS
1. DEFENSIVE WAR OF ATTRITION 2. FIGHTING ON HOME SOIL
- KNOW THE LAND
3. MORAL CAUSE –
DETERMINATION
4. BEST WEST POINT OFFICIERS
5. GOOD SOLIDERS – RAIDERS – SELF CONFIDENT
6. SUPPORT FROM EUROPE (INITIALLY)
1. SUPPLY SHORTAGES
3. POOR TRANSPORTATION
2. POPULATION (9 MILLION
– 3.5 MILLION ARE SLAVES)
4. ORGANIZE A NEW GOVERNMENT
5. ARMIES FIGHT FOR INDIVIDUAL STATES
6. JEFFERSON DAVIS UNPOPULAR
PERSERVE THE UNION
LATER TO FREE THE SLAVES
FIGHT UNTIL NORTH
GIVES UP
INDEPENDENCE
– PERSERVE SLAVERY
ABOUT LINCOLN
PATIENCE &
CHARACTER
ACTS BOLDLY, EXCEEDS
THE POWERS OF PRESIDENT
ABOUT DAVIS
COURAGEOUS &
INTELLIGENT
FAILS TO DELEGATE
AUTHORITY
LINCOLN LOOKS FOR A COMMANDER
TO LEAD THE UNION ARMY
ONLY REAL QUALIFIED
COMMANDER
IS WINFIELD SCOTT
– NOT IN HIS PRIME
SCOTT SUGGESTS ROBERT E. LEE
ABOUT LEE
WEST POINT, MEXICAN WAR
OFFERED
COMMAND
OF UNION ARMY
“I CANNOT
RAISE MY
SWORD AGAINST
MY COUNTRY.”
ABOUT FIREARMS
BULLETS & BLADES
ABOUT THE ARTILLERY
NO ANTIBIOTICS – FEW ANTISEPTICS – NO STERILIZATION
PROCEDURES
DONE
IN TENTS &
HOUSES
DISEASES &
INFECTION
GRIM OUT LOOK
FOR PATIENTS
FIRST TIME WAR WAS DOCUMENTED
WITH PHOTOGRAPHS
SOME PICTURES WERE
FORMAL & STAGED WHILE
OTHERS WERE
GRUSOME BATTLE PICS
CAMERAS HAVE NO SHUTTERS – PULL AWAY CAP – LETS LIGHT
IN – EXPOSES NEGATIVE – CHEMICALS TO DEVELOP
BRADY, O’SULLIVAN, & GARDNER – FAMOUS PHOTOS
UNION WEARS BLUE – CONFEDERATES WEAR GRAY
BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER
CIVIL WAR
(WAR BETWEEN THE STATES)
NORTH NAMES BATTLES
AFTER RIVERS & STREAMS
SOUTH NAMES BATTLES
AFTER CITIES & TOWNS
1. NAVAL
BLOCKADE
2. TAKE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER & SPLIT SOUTH
IN HALF
3. TAKE RICHMOND
1. DEFENSIVE WAR
2. TAKE WASHINGTON
3. ATTACK PA
TO CUT OFF
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