Transcript Fort Sumter-Bull Run (April

Fort Sumter-Bull Run (April-July 21, 1861)
J.A.SACCO
Civil War Matching Who is Who?
Yanks
South
Rebel
Confederate
Billy
Blue
Union/Federal
Johnny
North
C.S.A
Gray
U.S.A
Results of Fort Sumter
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Lincoln calls up 75,000 volunteers for 90 days
After Sumter, Upper South secedes.
VA, AK, NC, TE. Border states of MD, DE, KY, and
MO have not yet seceded.
Robert E. Lee offered command of all Union forcesDECLINES!
Capital of the Confederacy is moved from
Montgomery, AL to Richmond, VA.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE EVENTS?
Border States- Delaware and Maryland
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Delaware- seemed safe. Even though had slavery
acted more as a Northern state.
Maryland- Why was it important to keep Maryland
from seceding?
When pro-Confederate mobs
attack advancing federal troops,
Lincoln put MD under martial law.
Border States-Kentucky/Missouri
Why was it important to keep both Missouri and
Kentucky in the Union?
Lincoln- “I hope to have God on my side, but I must have
Kentucky.”
Try this Civil War fans- Why are there
thirteen stars on the Confederate
flag?
The Union & Confederacy in 1861
North vs. South in 1861
Balance Sheet of War
North
South
Advantages
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Disadvantages
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Rating the North & the South
Slave/Free States Population, 1861
North- 22.5 million.
South- 9 million total/3.7 million slaves.
Railroad Lines, 1860
Resources: North & the South
The Battle of First Bull Run (July 21, 1861)
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Why were these advantages not that important at
the start of the war?
Lincoln orders Gen. Irwin McDowell and 35,000 men
into Virginia to take Manassas Junction which was 29
miles SW of Washington. Objective is to take the
railroads Manassas Gap and the Orange/Alexandria
RR’s and destroy the Confederate Army.
McDowell feels the Union is not ready, men poorly
trained.
Lincoln’s reply- “You are green it is true, but they are
green also”
The Battle of First Bull Run (July 21, 1861)
“There stands Jackson like a “stonewall”, rally around the Virginians”- Gen. Bernard Bee
Results of First Bull Run
Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard (CSA)
Gen. Irwin McDowell (USA)
Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson (CSA)
The Anaconda Plan
The Anaconda Plan
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Army of the Potomac created
to protect Wash. D.C. and
destroy the Southern army.
Gen. George B. McClellan to
train the new army.
Blockade the South.
Army/Navy to take control of
Mississippi R. to split the
South in half.
Create another army (Army
of the Tennessee) to keep
pressure in East Tennessee.
Problems?
Southern Strategy to Win?
President Jefferson Davis
V-P Alexander Stevens