1. The Civil War (1861-1865) Through Maps, Charts, Graphs & Pictures

2. Who’s Who? The North = Union, Yankee, (Blue) - Abraham Lincoln (President), - Ulysses S. Grant (General) - Abraham Lincoln (President), - Ulysses S. Grant (General) The South = Confederate, Rebels, (Gray) - Jefferson Davis (President) - Robert E. Lee (General) - Jefferson Davis (President) - Robert E. Lee (General)

3. 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

4. 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

5. Strategy for the North –Fight an offensive war and overwhelm the Confederacy. Protect the Union –Anaconda Plan - Blockade and “squeeze” South

6. Overview of the North’s Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda” Plan Overview of the North’s Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda” Plan

7. The “Anaconda” Plan

8. Lincoln’s Generals Irwin McDowell Winfield Scott George McClellan, Again! McClellan George McClellan Ambrose Burnside Joseph Hooker George Meade Ulysses S. Grant

9. McClellan: I Can Do It All!

10. The Confederate Generals Jeb Stuart James Longstreet George Pickett “Stonewall” Jackson Nathan Bedford Forrest Robert E. Lee

11. The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862 The Monitor vs. the Merrimac

17. Battle of Antietam “Bloodiest Single Day of the War” 23,000 casualties September 17, 1862

18. Emancipation in 1863

19. The Emancipation Proclamation

20. African-American Recruiting Poster

21. The Famous 54 th Massachusetts

22. Black Troops Freeing Slaves

24. The North Initiates the Draft, 1863 (after Vicksburg and Gettysburg) The North Initiates the Draft, 1863 (after Vicksburg and Gettysburg)

25. Recruiting Irish Immigrants in NYC

26. Recruiting Blacks in NYC

27. NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)

29. Buy Your Way Out of Military Service

30. The Progress of War: 1861-1865

31. Medical Care No understanding of how germs and disease is transmitted No antibiotics like today Surgery was harsh by our standards

36. Nurse Ann Bell tends to wounded

37. Inflation in the South Over the Years

38. Sherman’s “ March to the Sea” through Georgia, 1864

39. The Final Virginia Campaign: 1864-1865

40. Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865

42. Ford’s Theater (April 14, 1865)

43. The Assassin John Wilkes Booth

44. The Assassination

45. WANTED~~!!WANTED~~!!

46. Lingers through the night

47. The Execution