1. “With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American Citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home. I have therefore resigned my commission to the Army, and save [except] in defense of my native State-with the sincere hope that my poor services may never be needed-I hope I may never be called on to draw my sword.”

2. civil war - a war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country.
The War Between the States
The War for Southern Independence The Second American Revolution The War for States' Rights Mr. Lincoln's War The Southern Rebellion The War for Southern Rights The Second War for Independence The War to Suppress Yankee Arrogance The Brothers' War The War of Secession The Great Rebellion The War for Nationality The War for Southern Nationality The War Against Slavery The War of the Sixties The War Against Northern Aggression The Yankee Invasion The War for the Union The Confederate War The War for Southern Freedom The War of the North and South The Lost Cause
The War of Northern Aggression
The War of Southern Independence

3. civil war - a war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country.
Confederate Names for the War
Union Names for the War
The Civil War
The War for the Union
The Southern Rebellion
The War of Abolition
The War Against Slavery
The War Between the States
The War for States’ Rights
The War to Suppress Yankee Arrogance
The War for Southern Independence
The Yankee Invasion

4. Let’s look at the numbers…
War
Participants
Deaths in service
American Revolution
290,000
4,000
Civil War
3,213,000
617,000
World War I
4,744,000
116,000
World War II
16,535,000
406,000
Korean War
6,807,000
55,000
Vietnam War
9,200,000
109,000

5. North Advantages Population: 22 million
Factories that produced more than 90% of the nation’s manufactured goods
Included 70% of the nations rail lines (connected)
Established military that included a large naval fleet

6. North Disadvantages
Needed to conquer 750,000 square miles of territory
Invading unfamiliar territory
Longer lines of transport to get supplies to troops
President: Abraham Lincoln (inexperienced)

7. North Significant People
President: Abraham Lincoln
War Hero: Ulysses S Grant

8. North Miscellaneous Facts
Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, California, Oregon
Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri (border states that remained part of the Union)
Capital: Washington D.C.
Military: Army of the Potomac
Named battles throughout the Civil War after bodies of water (ex. First Battle of Bull Run)

9. South Advantages
Fighting a defensive war – “We seek no conquest...All we ask is to let alone.”
Familiar with the countryside on which they would fight
Camaraderie among the states
Excellent military leadership

10. South Disadvantages Population: 9 million
Limited factories to produce supplies
Few railroads to move troops and supplies
Limited authority of the central government, since the Confederate constitution favored states’ rights
1/3 of its population were enslaved African Americans Slaves, therefore, reducing the number of possible volunteers to call upon
No established federal military (only state militias)
Limited naval fleet

11. South Significant People
President: Jefferson Davis
War hero: Robert E. Lee

12. South Miscellaneous Facts
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas (border states that eventually joined the Confederacy)
War for Southern Independence
Capital: Richmond, Virginia
Military: Army of Northern Virginia
Named battles throughout the Civil War after local reference points, land masses and towns (ex. First Battle of Manassas)