The Civil War

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TheCivil War(1861-1865)ThroughMaps,
Charts,Graphs Pictures
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Whos Who?

• The North Union, Yankee, (Blue)
• - Abraham Lincoln (President), - Ulysses
  S. Grant (General)
• The South Confederate, Rebels, (Gray)
• - Jefferson Davis (President) - Robert E.
  Lee (General)

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Strategy for the South

• Fight a defensive war
• Entice England or France to join them in order to
  keep its immense textile industry supplied with
  cotton
• Fight a war of attrition - make the war as
  long, bloody and costly as possible in hopes that
  the North would simply quit

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Strategy for the North

• - Gain control of the West via the Mississippi
  River and march east towards Richmond
• Gain control of the far South and march northward
  towards Richmond
• Gain control of the Atlantic and march west
  towards Richmond

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Strategy for the North

• Fight an offensive war and overwhelm the
  Confederacy. Protect the Union
• Anaconda Plan - Blockade and squeeze South

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Overviewofthe NorthsCivil WarStrategy Anaco
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The Anaconda Plan
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Lincolns Generals
Winfield Scott
Joseph Hooker
Ulysses S. Grant
Irwin McDowell
George McClellan
George Meade
Ambrose Burnside
George McClellan,Again!
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McClellan I Can Do It All!
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The Confederate Generals
Stonewall Jackson
Nathan Bedford Forrest
George Pickett
Jeb Stuart
James Longstreet
Robert E. Lee
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The Battle of the Ironclads,March, 1862
The Monitor vs.the Merrimac
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Battle of Antietam Bloodiest Single Day of the
War
September 17, 1862
23,000 casualties
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Emancipation in 1863
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TheEmancipationProclamation
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African-American Recruiting Poster
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The Famous 54th Massachusetts
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Black Troops Freeing Slaves
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The North Initiates the Draft, 1863 (after
Vicksburg and Gettysburg)
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Recruiting Irish Immigrants in NYC
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Recruiting Blacks in NYC
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NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)
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NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)
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Buy Your Way Out of Military Service
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The Progress of War 1861-1865
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Medical Care

• No understanding of how germs and disease is
  transmitted
• No antibiotics like today
• Surgery was harsh by our standards

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Nurse Ann Bell tends to wounded
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Inflation in the SouthOver the Years
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ShermansMarchto theSeathroughGeorgia,1864
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The Final Virginia Campaign1864-1865
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Surrender at AppomattoxApril 9, 1865
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Fords Theater (April 14, 1865)
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The Assassin
John Wilkes Booth
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The Assassination
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WANTED!!
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Lingers through the night
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The Execution