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1 The Civil War ( ) Through Maps & Charts

2 North v. South at the Beginning
Advantages ? Disadvantages

3 North South Recruitment ? Financing the war Political Leadership

4 Rating the North & the South

5 Railroad Lines, 1860

6 Resources: North & the South

7 The Union and Confederacy in 1861

8 Overview of Civil War Strategy:
“Anaconda” Plan

9 Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas), July, 1861
Southern victory destroyed Northern belief that war would end quickly.

10 Foreign Recognition ? Trent Affair, 1861
Confederate diplomats Mason and Slidell travelling to Britain Britain threatens war Lincoln released the P.O.W.’s

11 1862 Major Battles Feb. 1862, Tennessee
Grant captures Fort Henry and Fort Donelson at Tennessee and Cumberland River forcing Confederates south of Tennessee. Opened up Mississippi to Union attack

12 The Monitor vs. the Merrimac: Union maintains blockade
The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862: 1st ironclad battle in history The Monitor vs. the Merrimac: Union maintains blockade

13 1862 Major Battles April 1862 Shiloh (TN): Grant overcomes Southern forces 13,000 Union casualties and 11,000 Confed. casualties. April 1862 New Orleans (LA): Farragut seizes New Orleans. August nd Bull Run (Virginia): Stonewall and Lee defeat Union troops

14 War in the East:

15 Sept. 1862, Antietam July 1863 Vicksburg (MS): all of MS. River now under Union control July 1863 Gettysburg (Penn): 165,000 soldier; 3 days 51,000 casualties

16 Emancipation in 1863

17 The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg

18 The Road to Gettysburg: 1863

19 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 1863 – Pacific Railway Act 1863 – National Bank Act

20 The Progress of War:

21 Sherman’s March through Georgia to the Sea, 1864

22 Presidential Election of 1864

23 The Final Virginia Campaign: 1864-1865

24 Casualties on Both Sides

25 Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars


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