secession- to leave or withdraw. starting with south carolina created a new nation: capital:...
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Review Secession- to leave or withdraw. Starting with South Carolina Created a new nation:
Capital: Richmond, VA President: Jefferson Davis
Election of 1860 Secession
1st (Unofficial) Battle: Fort Sumter, SC
April 12, 1861 – General PGT Beauregard opened fire
Major Robert Anderson tried to hold fort but ran out of supplies
Lincoln declared South in rebellion
After Fort Sumter… VA, NC, TN & AR joined
Confederacy Borders States - between
North & Southbecame very important to the North – DE, MD, WV, KY & MO
Union Strengths1. More Railroads2. More Factories3. Balanced Economy4. Larger Population5. Functioning Gov’t.
Increased Gov’t Power
Draft – required military service
Suspended Writ of Habeas Corpus – right to a trial before imprisonment
Increased Gov’t Power
Internal Revenue Act – tax on liquor, tobacco, medicine & paperbecame Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Increased Gov’t Power
Emancipation Proclamation: all enslaved people in areas of open rebellion were freed
Company C of the 54th MA Regiment
1st African American Regiment
Led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Most of the regiment was killed during attack on Fort Wagner
Election of 1864Rep. – Abraham LincolnDem. – George McClellan
Lincoln thought he would lose!
McClellan hated Lincoln!
Election of 1864 Just before the election
Sherman took Atlanta This victory changed the
country’s outlook Lincoln won re-election
Civil War Prison Camps
South Libby’s Prison, VA Andersonville, Ga
- 100 soldiers died a day- Commander guilty of war crimes
Medical Conditions
TERRIBLE! Docs did not sterilize
equipment! Went days w/out washing
equipment! High rates of infection
Medical Conditions
Some tried to make changes:1. Clara Barton – gave first aide
to troops & started Red Cross
2. Dorothea Dix – Organized Union’s nursing corps