1. The American Civil War

3. Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Date:
April 12, 1861
Significance:
First battle of the American Civil War
After this battle Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina to also seceded from the Union

4. President of the Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
President of the Union
President of the Confederacy

5. What one resource did the South have more of?

7. The North’s Anaconda Plan
Blockade Southern ports
Split Confederacy in two by taking Mississippi River
Capture Confederate Capitol at Richmond, VA

8. The South’s Strategy Defensive War
Didn’t need to invade the North
Make it a long, unpopular war in the North
Gain support from Great Britain and France
Need their trade and manufactured goods
Europe needed southern cotton
Convince Border States to Secede

9. In what state did most of the major battles take place?

10. Battle of Bull Run (Manassas, VA)
Date:
July 21, 1861
25 miles from Washington, D.C.
100 miles from Richmond, VA
First battle out of two fought here
Significance:
South won its first victory
Showed that war wouldn’t be quick and easy as many thought

11. Robert E. Lee Head of the Confederate Army
Had opposed secession and was even asked to head the Union army, but he was from Virginia and when Virginia seceded he chose to side with the Confederacy

12. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Led and inspired the Confederate victory at Bull Run
Earned the nickname “stonewall” during this battle
“There is Jackson standing like a stone wall!”

13. Union Victories in The west

14. Fort Henry and Fort Donelson
Union captured the two strategically placed Confederate forts on the Mississippi in 11 days

15. Shiloh 1 month later Surprise attack on Union that failed
Taught both sides to prepare for battle
Showed the potential devastation of battle

16. Ulysses S. Grant Head of the western Union armies
Eventually led the entire Union army at the end of the war
Decisive military commander
“No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender”
“U.nconditional S.urrender” Grant

17. New Weaponry
Ironclad Ships

18. More New Weapons
Rifle
Minié Ball
Land mines
Grenades

19. These new weapons led to death on a scale never before seen