Transcript The Civil War Through Maps & Charts

North v. South at the
Beginning
North
South
Advantages
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Disadvantages
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North
South
Recruitment
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Financing the war
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Political Leadership
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Rating the North & the
South
Railroad Lines, 1860
Resources: North & the
South
The Union and Confederacy in 1861
Overview
of
Civil War
Strategy:
“Anaconda”
Plan
Battle of Bull Run
st
(1
Manassas),
July, 1861
Southern victory destroyed Northern
belief that war would end quickly.
Foreign Recognition ?
Trent Affair, 1861
Confederate diplomats Mason and Slidell
travelling to Britain
Britain threatens war
Lincoln released the P.O.W.’s
1862 Major Battles
Feb. 1862, Tennessee
Grant captures Fort Henry and Fort
Donelson at Tennessee and Cumberland
River forcing Confederates south of
Tennessee.
Opened up Mississippi to Union attack
The Battle of the Ironclads,
March, 1862: 1st ironclad battle in history
The Monitor vs.
the Merrimac: Union
maintains blockade
1862 Major Battles
April 1862 Shiloh (TN):
Grant overcomes
Southern forces 13,000
Union casualties and
11,000 Confed.
casualties.
April 1862 New Orleans
(LA): Farragut seizes
New Orleans.
August 1862 2nd Bull Run
(Virginia): Stonewall and
Lee defeat Union troops
War in the East: 1861-1862
Sept. 1862, Antietam
July 1863 Vicksburg (MS): all of MS. River
now under Union control
July 1863 Gettysburg (Penn): 165,000
soldier; 3 days 51,000 casualties
Gettysburg Address
Emancipation in 1863
The War in
the West,
1863:
Vicksburg
The Road to Gettysburg: 1863
Extensive Legislation Passed
Without the South in Congress
 1861 – Morrill Tariff Act
 1862 – Homestead Act
 1862 – Legal Tender Act
 1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act
 1862 – Emancipation Proclamation
 1863 – Pacific Railway Act
 1863 – National Bank Act
The Progress of War: 1861-1865
Sherman’s
March
through
Georgia
to the
Sea, 1864
Presidential
Election of
1864
The Final Virginia Campaign:
1864-1865
Casualties on Both Sides
Civil War Casualties
in Comparison to Other Wars