1. The Civil War

2. Choosing Sides
At the beginning of the War Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina had joined the Confederacy
Not long after Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas joined and brought needed supplies and man power to the confederacy.
What was the capital of the confederacy?
Richmond, Virginia

3. Choosing Sides
Four states that allowed slavery—Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware—remained in the Union- were known as????
Boarder States- these states were very important to the Union because of their strategic locations near major transportation routes.
Lincoln needed to be careful not to upset ether side. He went after the people who wanted secession.
In the end Lincoln's approach worked. The boarder states stayed in the Union, but many of their citizens joined armies of the South.

4. Choosing Sides
While most southern states supported the Confederacy and most Northern stayed loyal to the Union there was some side swapping.
In Western Virginia a movement to secede from the state and rejoin the Union grew. In 1861, 48 Virginia counties organized themselves as a separate state called West Virginia. Congress admitted this state to the Union in 1863.

5. Advantages in the North
Larger population
More industry
More abundant resources
Better banking system
The North also possessed more ships, and almost all the members of the regular navy remained loyal to the Union.
Larger and more efficient railway network.
Abraham Lincoln

6. Advantages in the South
More crops to feed soldiers during war
Southerners also had the advantage of fighting in familiar territory—defending their land, their homes, and their way of life.
The military leadership of the South, at least at first, was superior to the North's.
Southern families had a strong tradition of military training and service, and military college graduates provided the South with a large pool of officers.

7. Strategy of the War For the North?
Destroy the south's economy with a naval blockade of the southern ports
Gain control of the Mississippi River to divide the south.

8. Strategy for the South Wear down the North and capture Washington D.C.
Gain support from foreign allies such as Great Britain.

9. Civilans During War Raised Money
Provided aid for soldiers and their families
Ran emergency hospitals

10. Women during the War Over 3000 women served as nurses during the War.
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell – formed the U.S Sanitary Commission to send bandages , medicine, and food to Union Army camps and Hospitals.