1. The Civil War
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2. Date: Soldier Nicknames: 1861-1865 Union: Ulysses S. Grant
Date:
Commanders:
Soldier Nicknames:
Union: Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate: Robert E. Lee (offered command of Union troops, but in 1862 was appointed to command the Army of Northern Virginia)
Union: Yankee
Confederate: Rebels

3. North vs. South
North
South
Advantages ?
Disadvantages

5. Rating the North & the South

6. Additional Information for Chart
Union:
Controlled the navy, set up blockade
Fight offensive war
Confederacy:
Excellent generals
Easier to defend
Had to import munitions

7. Slave/Free States Population, 1861

8. Soldiers’ Occupations: North/South Combined

9. The Union & Confederacy in 1861

10. The Leaders of the Confederacy
Pres. Jefferson Davis
VP Alexander Stevens

11. Jefferson Davis’s inauguration as Confederate president at the Alabama state capitol, Feb. 18, 1861.
Liberty: “but within each State its government has remained, so that the rights of person & property have not been disturbed.”

12. The Confederate “White House” MOTTO  “With God As Our Vindicator”
The Confederate Seal
MOTTO  “With God As Our Vindicator”

13. Overview of the North’s Civil War Strategy:
“Anaconda Plan”

14. George McClellan, Again!
Lincoln’s Generals
Winfield Scott
Joseph Hooker
Ulysses S. Grant
Irwin McDowell
George McClellan
George Meade
Ambrose Burnside
George McClellan, Again!

15. McClellan: I Can Do It All!

16. The Confederate Generals Nathan Bedford Forrest
“Stonewall” Jackson
Nathan Bedford Forrest
George Pickett
Jeb Stuart
James Longstreet
Robert E. Lee

17. First Battle of the Civil War: Battle of Ft. Sumter Ft
First Battle of the Civil War: Battle of Ft. Sumter Ft. Sumter was fired upon by rebel forces to begin the Civil War, April 1861

18. Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas) July, 1861

19. The Monitor vs. the Merrimac
The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862
The Monitor vs. the Merrimac

20. Damage on the Deck of the Monitor

21. War in the East:

22. Battle of Antietam “Bloodiest Single Day of the War”
September 17, 1862
23,000 casualties
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation 6 days after this battle.

23. Emancipation in 1863

24. The Emancipation Proclamation: Changed nature of war from preserving the Union to freeing the slaves. Only freed slaves in rebelling territories.

25. African-American Recruiting Poster

26. The Famous 54th Massachusetts
William Carney: 1st black to solder to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor

27. African-Americans in Civil War Battles

28. Black Troops Freeing Slaves

29. Philip Bazaar
Latino who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery during the assault on Ft. Fisher

30. 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 (1/1/1863)
1863 – Pacific Railway Act
1863 – National Bank Act

31. The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg,
North captured the strong hold to gain control of the Mississippi River & to divide the Southern states.

32. Turning Point: Battle of Gettysburg: 1863
The fate of the Confederacy was sealed with the Union victory here. This was the only attack the Confederacy made on Union territory.

33. Gettysburg Casualties

34. The North Initiates the Draft, 1863

35. Recruiting Irish Immigrants in NYC

36. Recruiting Blacks in NYC

37. NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)

38. NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)

39. Inflation in the South

40. The Progress of War:

41. Sherman’s “March to the Sea” through Georgia, 1864

42. 1864 Election
Pres. Lincoln (R)
George McClellan (D)

43. Presidential Election Results:

44. The Final Virginia Campaign: 1864-1865

45. Surrender (last battle) at Appomattox April 9, 1865
Lee surrenders the Confederate forces of Virginia to Grant.

46. Casualties on Both Sides

47. Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars

48. Ford’s Theater (April 14, 1865)

49. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth

50. WANTED~~!!

51. Now He Belongs to the Ages!

52. The Execution