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The Civil War The First Shots The Strengths and Weaknesses The Game Plans

First Shots

Union troops were stationed in Fort Sumter, which is part of SC SC did not like having a foreign nation in its territory Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumer Lincoln ordered the Union army to put down the rebellion

CATEGORYNORTHSOUTH

CATEGORYNORTHSOUTH Other Names No. Of States Population Leadership Railroads Union, United States of America, USA Confederacy, Confederate States of America, CSA ,000,000 9,000,000 (includes 3,500,000 slaves) Abraham LincolnJefferson Davis 75% of nation’s railroads 25% of nation’s railroads

Border State: state that allowed slavery but did not secede the Union.

Generals Capital Army Navy Cause for fighting? Ulysses S. Grant George McClellan -inexperienced Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson - well trained, experienced Washington, D.C. Richmond, VA (briefly in Montgomery, AL) 1,500,00 army 1,000,000 army Large Navy which grew larger as war progressed No navy at war’s start - Preserve the country - Free the Slaves - Maintain “southern way of life,” which includes slavery

What is the game plan? Strategies of the Union and Confederacy!

What’s the Strategy… Confederate Strategy: 1.) We broke away. It’s up to the Union to make us stay! All we need to do is defend! 2.) Make the war drag on. Northerners will eventually get sick of it!

Can you guess what the Union plan was?

What’s the Strategy… Union Strategy was the “Anaconda Plan.” The plan was to: - Block off ports -Control the Mississippi River - Starve the Confederacy of supplies Can you guess what the Union plan was?