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THE UNIONJoseph Yus amazing paper on the civil war
VSNorthern
Brothers
Southern
Brothers
Civil War
F Nov. 9th 2011
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Army Preparation:
There were recruits for soldiers
Atypical union soldier was a farmerwho volunteered to put down the
rebellion and defend his home
country.
The volunteers were organized into regiment
A regiment is made up of 10 companies,
which are commanded by a captain and 2
lieutenants.
The regiments were organized, clothed, fed,and armed by the state government, that the
regiments were assigned. Once the regiments
were organized, they were turned over to the
Federal government. Many regiments were
enrolled for 3-6 months, and on average they
served in the war for 3 ears.
SECTION 1
Getting ready for warResources:-The North had 2/3 of the nations
population, which meant they had
more people to enroll into the army.-They had major transportation
routes, such as railroads, canals,
and main highways. This made their
transportation of resources very
fast.
- Their navy was dominant in the
sea.
-The North was industrialized, sothey could make produce supplies and
ship them faster than the South.
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UNION
SOLDIER
Typical Union soldiers uniform consisted of:
Fatigue blouse: A light wool coat, that had an inside
pocket and 4 brass buttons.Forage cap: A union cap. Soldiers put brass numbers o
top of the cap to specify their regiment numbers.
Bootees: Army boots. Union army boots were made very
well and lasted a long time. Often times soldiers
nailed iron horse shoes to make the boots last longer
Belt: This included a cap box, cartridge box, and a
bayonet scabbard. The cartridge box had 40 cartridges
and the cap box had percussion caps.
Knapsack: Soldiers put personal belongings in their
knapsacks.
Haversack:Soldiers carried rations, such as pork,
hardtack, coffee, and extra packages of ammunition.
Canteen: Canteens had a wool cloth or cotton
surrounding its body, so when the cloth or the cotto
got wet, it would cool down the water.
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Section 2
Commanders and conflict
John Pope(March 16, 1822-September 23, 1892)
Born on March 16, 1822, in Louisville, Kentucky.
He graduated from West Point as a second lieutenant in the
Topographical Engineers.
He was stationed under Zachary Taylor, in the Mexican-American
war.
He was the Major General at one point.
He was given command of District North and Central Missouri, Army
of Mississippi, Army of Virginia, and Department of the
Northwest.
He had major victories along the Mississippi river, including the
siege against General P.G.T. (Island No. 10.). He also commanded
the Second battle of Bull Run and New Madrid.
When he resigned and was promoted to a brigadier general in the
regular Federal Army.
Interesting fact: His father was a prominent Illinois judge, who
was close to Abraham Lincoln.
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Joseph Hooker(1814-1879)
Graduated West Point Academy in 1837
and served in the Mexican-American war
as captain of artillery.
In the civil war he commanded the
division in the Army of Potomac during
the Peninsula Campaign, and was
promoted to major general of volunteers
later on.
He was involved in the Battle of Second
Bull Run, Battle of Antietam, Battle ofFredericksburg, and Battle of
Chancellorsville.
He remained active in duty until 1868.
The term hooker, whic
means prostitute was
coined after his lastname. The women around
him exhibited the
characteristics of the
word.
Robert Gould Shaw(1837-1863)
He avoided an injury when
bullet hit his pocket
watch.
He withdrew from Harvard after 3 years.
Served as a captain in the 2nd
Massachusetts, until Massachusetts
governor John Andrew assigned him to
the 54th Massachusetts. The 54th
Massachusetts was the first regiment
made up of black troops.
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Battles!
Battle of AntietamGenerals:
Union: Major General George B. McClellan
Confederate: General Robert E. Lee
Location: Sharpsburg, Maryland
Outcome: Inconclusive (Union victory
strategically) 23100 casualties
Why: General McClellan confronted General
Lee in Maryland. Hookers army attacked
first and started the bloodiest one day
battle of American military history.
This battle caused the Confederate army to
retreat back across the Potomac River. Also
this battle caused President Lincoln to
issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
Gettysburg
Generals:
Union: Major General George G. Meade
Confederate: General Robert E. Lee
Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Outcome: Union Victory. 51000 casualties(28000
Confederate)
Why:
Robert E. Lee attempted to invade the North and end the
war. The Picketts charge failed and ended the war.
This was the bloodiest battle of the war. It went on for
3 days.
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Siege of Vicksburg
Location:
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Generals:
Union: Major General Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate: Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton
Outcome: Union victory. 19233 casualties (10,142 were
Union)
Why:
This was the last stronghold the Confederates had on the
the Mississippi river.What happened:
General Ulysses Grant surrounded Vicksburg and sieged it.
This was one of the most brilliant military campaigns of
the war.
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African Americans
Women
The slaves were freed, they were then called
freemen. The 15th and the 14th amendment rights
to vote and other rights. Some of them actually
held office in local, state and federal
government.
Even though the Emancipation Proclamation freed
all slaves in rebel states and the Civil war
ended slavery, hatred was still going on in the
country.
Hatred against the blacks formed a group, called
the Ku-Klux-Klan (or KKK). Grant tried to get rid
of the KKK by the Enforcement Act of 1870, but it
was declared unconstitutional; because the 1st
amendment.
Minority Groups
Women served in the war as
nurses.
Dorothea Dix became the
nations first
superintendent of women
nurses. To prevent romance,
she recruited plain looking
women, who were at least
30.
Clara Barton was called the
angel of the battlefield,
after she was on the battle
of Antietam to cure
soldiers.
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Immigrants
Spies
Many European immigrants joined t
army because they were against
slavery. The immigrants consisted
of French, German, and Irish
immigrants.
About 400,000 immigrants served.
Out of these 170,000 were Irish a
216000 were German.
Spies were used in the civil war. Theywere dressed in the other sides attire
and acted like they were on their side.
Surprisingly many of them were women.
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Section 3 : Lives during the war
Soldiers in the front
Soldiers on both sides
suffered from the poor
conditions. Diseases such
as diarrhea, body lice,
and dysentery were
common.
Confederate soldiers
often ate cush, a stew ofsmall cubes of beef and
crumbled cornbread mixed
with bacon grease.
Union soldiers ate beans,
bacon, and hardtack
(square biscuits
supposedly hard enough to
stop bullets).
It was required to
wash their face andhands once a week
and take a complete
bath once a week,
but many failed to
follow these
regulations
The soldiers usually serv
for 3 years, if they didn
die. The run away soldier
were often put into priso
camps or sometimes they
were killed.
At least 618,000
soldiers died in the
civil war.
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LIFE IN THE
HOMES
Because the men were gone, women took ove
the mens jobs and worked to support thei
families.
Because most of money were used to fund
the war, there were difficulties in the
homes.
Also the South suffered food shortages an
inflation in prices rose.
Disagreements about the
war happened in the
homes. In some families
the son joined the Union,
while the father joined
the Confederates.
Usually the people
living near the
battlefields were
forced to move.
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Effects of Civil
Losses:
-At least 618,000 men died in the
Civil War.
-The towns in the South were
demolished.
-Families were torn apart.
Gain:
-Slavery officially ended.
-14th and 15th amendments were passed to
give the Freedmen civil rights and
voting rights.
-The Union was preserved.
-The Northern economy boomed because the
use of resources, such as uniforms andweapons, made the factories running.
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Reconstruction
Because 70% of the Southern
economy was destroyed and they
were part of the Union, the North
had to reconstruct the destroyedtowns of the South.
Originally Lincolns plan was proposed, but
he was assassinated. Therefore, Johnson
became president and his plans were proposed.
However, his plans were too lenient of the
South. Therefore, the Congress constructed aplan.
The Congress passed th14th and the 15th
amendment to give
Blacks civil rights.
The South gained an educational plan and
reconstructed the towns.
Scalawags and Carpetbaggers went to the
South to gain money and help the South
retrieve their normal lives.
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