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BOTH SIDES FEEL THE WAR WILL BE SHORT UNION “ARMY OF POTOMAC”MASSES IN DC CONFEDERATE FORCES DIG IN NEAR MANASSAS JUNCTION IN VA.

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3 BOTH SIDES FEEL THE WAR WILL BE SHORT UNION “ARMY OF POTOMAC”MASSES IN DC CONFEDERATE FORCES DIG IN NEAR MANASSAS JUNCTION IN VA

4 CITIZENS WATCH THE BATTLE THE BATTLE! “STONEWALL” JACKSON

5 “THERE STANDS JACKSON LIKE A STONE WALL!” ABOUT JACKSON

6 UNION TROOPS DEFEATED – RUN BACK TO DC CONFEDERATES DO NOT FOLLOW RESULTS

7 UNION HAS THE NAVAL ADVANYAGE – BLOCKADES SOUTH NEW TYPE OF WARSHIP “IRONCLADS” SHIPS MADE OF METAL NOT WOOD – CHANGES NAVAL WARFARE FOREVER!

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9 SOLDIERS NEEDED TO FIGHT – ASKED FOR VOLUNTEERS PAID TO ENLIST (NORTH) – “BOUNTY RUNNERS” “CONSCRIPTION ACT 1863” FIRST NATIONAL DRAFT “POOR MAN’S WAR” - $300 TO GET OUT OF DRAFT DRAFT RIOTS – NYC 1863 CONFEDERATES USED DRAFT THROUGHOUT THE WAR ALL MEN 17-50

10 LINCOLN LOSSES A SON (1861) MRS. LINCOLN’S REACTION

11 ENGLAND WANTS TO SUPPORT SOUTH – CAUSES RESENTMENT IN NORTH TRENT AFFAIR: UNION SHIP SIEZES CONFEDERATE DIPLOMATES ON BOARD AN ENGLISH SHIP- ENGLAND SENDS TROOPS TO CANADA MEXICO IS OCCUPIED BY FRANCE & NAPOLEAN III -MAXIMILIAN EMPEROR OF MEXICO

12 NORTH: TARRIFF, BONDS, “GREENBACKS” YEARS OF GOOD HARVESTS – 85% OF INDUSTRY SOUTH: SELLS COTTON (UK), EXCISE TAXES, BORROWS MONEY FROM FOREIGN BANKS, PAPER MONEY (INFLATION) ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE CIVIL WAR

13 THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER CAMP LIFE & FOODS PERSONAL ITEMS

14 ABNER DOUBLEDAY BECOMES POPULAR DURING WAR EARLY RULES


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