Transcript War Erupts Leading to Life in the Army As the South Secedes and

War Erupts Leading to Life in
the Army
As the South Secedes and conflicts
between the North and the South begin,
Union and Confederate Soldiers begin to
Endure many Hardships
Key Terms and Key Figures
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Key Terms
Fort Sumter
Border State
King Cotton
Anaconda Plan
Blockade
First Battle of Bull Run
Hygiene
Rifle
Minie Ball
Ironclad
Key People
 Robert E. Lee
Where were you at 4:30am??
After the Succession of the South the Union
Tried to Hold on to Fort Sumter
As Lincoln tried to Resupply Fort Sumter, the
Confederacy decided to attack the supply
ships and weaken the Union
When the South Fired shots at the supply
ships the WAR had begun
Like Rats off a sinking Chip!
 As Lincoln called out the Militia to attack the
Confederacy, four more states would join the
Confederacy
 As more states joined the confederacy, their citizens
would begin to join the Army
 When Virginia Joined the Confederacy, Robert E. Lee
Joined the Confederate Army though he disagreed
with their Beliefs
If at FIRST you don’t secede….
 After Virginia joined the Confederacy, the Border States
became more important to the Union
 Lincoln Kept Maryland by arresting secessionists, protecting
Washington DC
 After a Confederate invasion Kentucky stayed in the Union
providing important waterways
 Missouri and Delaware stayed with the Union as West Virginia
broke away from Virginia and joined the Union
Strengths and Weaknesses
NORTH
 More Soldiers (22
Million)
 More Factories (85%)
 Double the Railroad
Mileage
 Better Navy
 Abraham Lincoln as
Leader
South
 Less Soldiers (9 Million)
 Better Generals
 Defensive War
 Longer Supply Lines for
the North
 More to Fight For
Here’s what we gonna do!
Northern Strategy
 Under the Anaconda Plan the
Union wanted to kill the
Southern Economy
Southern Strategy
 The South fought a defensive
war hoping to tire out the
North
 By Capturing the Mississippi
river and forming a Blockade,
the Union hoped to split the
south
 The South wanted to use King
Cotton to gain European
Support but Europe stayed out
of the war
 The Plan would take time to
work, and Lincoln ordered an
invasion of Virginia
 The South would soon look to
take the offensive side of the
war to wreck the North
Southern Hospitality
 Looking to take Richmond Virginia, Union forces
attacked Manassas at the First Battle of Bull Run
 Led By Stonewall Jackson, the south held off the
North until more troops arrived and battled back the
North under a rebel yell
 The South would win the First Battle of Bull Run
and force the North to call in a 500,000 man army
A Tale of TWO soldiers
 Most Civil War Soldiers were farmers between 18-30
years old
 Immigrants would serve, mostly in the North, and
Africans would join the war for the north in time
and Native Americans would join the war for both
sides
 As soldiers joined the war voluntarily, the North
began to double up the South in troop numbers
In the Army Now
 After Enlisting in the Army soldiers would move to camps for
basic training to prepare for the war
 Soldiers Would receive their uniforms. Which did not fit and
were in poor quality
 The North had inferior supplies due to greedy contractors
and the south would not share supplies leading to troops
without proper uniforms
 During training Soldiers were well fed, but as they joined the
war the supplies would become limited
It’s a Hard Knock Life for Us**
 Civil War Soldiers faced harsh conditions outdoors
and horrible living shelters during the war
 Soldiers often could not bathe so they became dirty
and infested with lice and fleas
 Poor hygiene led to disease and sickness
 Poor medical care also led to the spread of sickness,
amputation, and death
High Tech War
Rifles with Minie Balls made war more deadly
as guns shot farther and Faster making
defense easier
Ironclad Ships would replace Wooden ships as
the Virginia would battle the Monitor to a tie
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