The Civil War (1861-1865)

Review Quiz In what harbor was Fort Sumter? Who was considered the best military General in the Civil War? Name one advantage for both the North and South as the Civil War started. Who was the President of the Confederacy? In what year was the Gettysburg Address delivered?

Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas) July, 1861

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

The “Anaconda” Plan

Battle of Antietam “Bloodiest Single Day of the War” September 17, 1862 23,000 casualties “No tongue can tell, no mind conceive, no pen portray the horrible sights I witnessed.” - Northern Soldier

Emancipation in 1863

African-American Recruiting Poster

African-Americans in Civil War Battles

The Famous 54th Massachusetts

Wartime Politics Union home front was wrought with problems. Democratic Party divided: War Democrats who supported the war effort Peace Democrats “Copperheads” did not. Democrats criticized Republicans: Centralization of power of President Efforts towards emancipation Lincoln responded to dissension in the border states by declaring martial law and declaring the suspension of Writ of Habeas Corpus.

Battle of Gettysburg: July 1-3, 1863

Pickett’s Charge – July 3

Gettysburg Casualties

Inflation in the South

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

1864 Presidential Election Results

Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865

Ford’s Theater (April 14, 1865)

The Assassination

“Thus always to tyrants” The Assassin “Sic semper tyrannis” “Thus always to tyrants” John Wilkes Booth

Now He Belongs to the Ages!

Civil War Casualties vs. Other Wars