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1 The American Civil War

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3 North and South Who has the advantage?

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8 Immigration in 1861

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10 List and explain the advantages the North had over the South in 1861.
Question List and explain the advantages the North had over the South in 1861.

11 Who is Doing the fighting?
North and South Who is Doing the fighting?

12 Ohio Military Service

13 Soldiers’ Occupations: North/South

14 Questions What was the principle occupation of both Northern and Southern forces? Who made up the smallest group in both forces?

15 North and South Who was led the South?

16 Pres. Jefferson Davis (Miss.) VP Alexander Stevens (Georgia)

17 The Confederate “White House”
Richmond

18 “With God As Our Vindicator”

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20 Northern Strategy: Anaconda Plan
North and South Northern Strategy: Anaconda Plan

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23 North and South The Generals

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

25 Lincoln and McClellan

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

27 North and South Key Battles,

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

29 The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862
Monitor v. Merrimac

30 The Deck of the Monitor

31 The East:

32 Battle of Antietam (Md) “Bloodiest Single Day of the War”
September 17, 1862 23,000 casualties

33 North and South Emancipation

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35 The Emancipation Proclamation
January 1863

36 The Southern View of Emancipation

37 Black Americans in Battle
North and South Black Americans in Battle

38 African-American Recruiting Poster

39 The Famous 54th Massachusetts

40 August Saint-Gaudens’ Memorial to Col. Robert Gould Shaw

41 African-Americans in Civil War Battles

42 Black Troops Freeing Slaves

43 Extensive Legislation Passed Without the South in Congress
1861 – Morrill Tariff Act 1862 – Homestead Act 1862 – Legal Tender Act 1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act 1862 – Emancipation Proclamation (1/1/1863) 1863 – Pacific Railway Act 1863 – National Bank Act

44 The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg

45 The Road to Gettysburg: 1863

46 Gettysburg Casualties

47 Buy Your Way Out of Military Service

48 The North Initiates the Draft, 1863

49 Recruiting Irish Immigrants in NYC

50 Recruiting Blacks in NYC

51 NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)

52 NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)

53 A “Pogrom” Against Blacks

54 Inflation in the South

55 The Progress of War:

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

57 1864 Election Pres. Lincoln (R) George McClellan (D)

58 The Peace Movement: Copperheads
Clement Vallandigham

59 1864 Copperhead Campaign Poster

60 Cartoon Lampoons Democratic Copperheads in 1864

61 Presidential Election Results: 1864

62 The Final Virginia Campaign: 1864-1865

63 Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865

64 Casualties on Both Sides

65 Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars

66 Ford’s Theater (April 14, 1865)

67 The Assassin John Wilkes Booth

68 The Assassination

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