1. The Battle of the Century (19th that is!!)
The North vs The South
The Battle of the Century
(19th that is!!)

2. North
Yankees – Nickname
Blue Uniforms
Army: 527,000

3. South
Rebels – nickname
Gray Uniforms
Army: 258,000

4. Average age of recruits
18 – 29 years old
Drummer boys – 9 years old

5. Warfare….oh you have changed…
Bullets
Buck shots were rounded
New bullets – pointed and aerodynamic
Faster and more accurate
Cannons
Exploding shells instead of solid iron

6. DANGER!!!! Disease Pain during surgeries Death from surgery OR shock
Unsanitary conditions
Infections
Malnutrition

7. Words to “fight by”…… Copperheads
Northern Democrats who sympathized with the South
Habeas Corpus*
Protection against lawful imprisonment
Right to have a trial before jail time
*Lincoln was the 1st to suspend this in the US

8. Clara Barton
Civil War Nurse who founded the Red Cross

9. Union Laws Draft Income tax
Required men (between the ages of 18 – 45) to serve in the war
Income tax
Workers had to give a small part of their salaries to the gov’t (Union)

10. Confederacy Laws Tax-in-kind “Income tax” of the South
Farmers had to give one-tenth of their crops to the gov’t (Confederacy)

11. Women – the strength of the WAR
Spies
Nurses
Disguised as men to fight
Took over men’s jobs while they were fighting (keep the economy going)
Farming
Organized donation sales to earn money for military needs