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1860 Presidential Election -S. Democrats (v-p Breckinridge) -N
1860 Presidential Election S. Democrats (v-p Breckinridge) N. Democrats (Douglas -popular sov.) Constitutional Union Party (old Whig, & American Parties) Republican (Abraham Lincoln) Lincoln - 40% popular / 59% electoral 6 weeks - SC secedes from Union 6 others GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX Feb “Confederacy Formed”
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Secession!: SC Dec. 20, 1860
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Confederacy Created Fort Sumter (P.G.T. Beauregard)
Jefferson Davis (MS) Montgomery, AL Confederate soldiers occupy Federal offices & Forts in the South What Happens Now? Lincoln ‘new’ Pres Fort Sumter (P.G.T. Beauregard)
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Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861
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Nation Divides for WAR
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Nation Divides for WAR
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Secede after Election of 1860
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SC
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GA
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FL
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AL
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MS
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LA
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TX
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Confederate States of America
Fort Sumter Confederate States of America
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April 12, 1861 Confederate Troops fire on Union troops in Fort Sumter
April 15th Lincoln calls for volunteers to Stop the Rebellion ( Preserve the Union ) Other States Secede VA, NC, TN, AR
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Secede after Ft. Sumter
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VA
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NC
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TN
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AR
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April 12, 1861 Confederate Troops fire on Union troops in Fort Sumter
April 15th Lincoln calls for volunteers to Stop the Rebellion ( Preserve the Union ) Other States Secede VA, NC, TN, AR Border Slaves States remain in the Union DE, MD, KY, MO
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Border Slave States
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MD DE WV MO KY
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FREE STATES
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April 12, 1861 Confederate Troops fire on Union troops in Fort Sumter
April 15th Lincoln calls for volunteers to Stop the Rebellion ( Preserve the Union ) Other States Secede VA, NC, TN, AR Border Slaves States remain in the Union DE, MD, KY, MO Copper Heads – Southern sympathizers in North (Border States) UNION CONFEDERACY
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Map Part of Unit Test MO, KY, MD, DE AR, TN, NC, VA SC TX MS AL GA
LA FL TX, LA, MS, AL, GA, FL, SC
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Civil War
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CIVIL WAR Western Campaign BATTLES Eastern Campaign BATTLES 1861 1862
1863 1864 1865
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Robert E. Lee - SURRENDERS
“CIVIL WAR” Western Campaign BATTLES Feb - Grant / Tennessee April - Battle of Shiloh June - Memphis - New Orleans July 4 - Vicksburg Surrenders Sept - Chickamauga Nov Chattanooga Sherman Attacks Georgia Sept - Atlanta Captured * Sherman’s March to the SEA * Eastern Campaign BATTLES July - 1st Battle of Bull Run March - Monitor v. Merrimac Aug nd Battle of Bull Run Sept - Antietam Dec Fredericksburg May Chancellorsville July 3 - Gettysburg March – Grant Eastern Commander * Lincoln Re-Elected Grant Wears Down Lee April - Richmond Surrenders 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 Robert E. Lee - SURRENDERS
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The Union & Confederacy in 1861
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Civil War Strategy
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The UNION “Anaconda” Plan
Capture the capital of the Confederacy (Richmond, VA) Capture the Mississippi R. and Split the Confederacy Blockade the Confederacy and … STARVE TO DEATH! Eastern Campaign Western Campaign
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War Strategies (Union v. Confederate)
Union - Anaconda Plan (Three Prong Attack) capture Richmond (capital) capture Mississippi River Blockade the South (starvation) South - War of Attrition fight to make the other side “QUIT” 1st Modern Industrial War New War Technologies (mass production) Trench Warfare Means EXTREMELY HIGH CASUALTIES
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North vs. South in 1861 North South Advantages ? Disadvantages
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Rating the North & the South
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Railroad Lines, 1860
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Resources: North & the South
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Men for Duty in the Civil War
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Advantage & Disadvantage
UNION + +population 22 mil. ( 3 X fighting men) +90% of Factories +2/3 Railroads +3/4 countries Financial resource +Civil Leadership Disadvantages -Poor Military Leadership Difficult Strategy CONFEDERATE + +Defend it’s soil +Better Military Leadership +Used to Guns +”King Cotton” Disadvantages -NO factories -Less Resources -Poor Civil Leadership
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