WARM UP
① In your notes create a comparison of the Northern & Southern Advantages and Disadvantages
② Research what are advantages of both sides and disadvantages of both sides
Northern Advantages Southern Advantages
Northern Disadvantages Southern Disadvantages
NORTH VS. SOUTH
Rating the North & South
Railroad Lines, 1860
Resources: North &
South
1861-1865
THE BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WAR LEADERS
I. Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the
United States
II. Lincoln and the Union Army fought to preserve the United
States
I. Jefferson Davis was President of the Confederate States of
America.
II. Davis and the Confederate Army fought to be free from the USA
and form their own nation
THE GENERALS
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman
Robert E. Lee
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
George Meade James Longstreet
George B. McClellan James E.B. Stuart
The North’s Civil War Strategy:
“Anaconda” Plan
THE ANACONDA PLAN
SOUTHERN STRATEGY
UNIFORMS
Union soldiers = blue Confederate soldiers = grey
MAJOR BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR
FIRST BULL RUN/MANASSAS JULY 21, 1861
Virginia
I. The1stBattleofBullRun,alsoknownasthe1stBattleofManassaswasthefirstmajorbattleoftheAmericanCivilWar
II. BattlefoughtinManassas,VAabout25milesfromUScapitalofWashington,D.C.
III. EndsinConfederateVICTORY!!!!
IV. BoostedtheConfederatemoral&gavetheC.S.A.confidenceintheirbattleforindependence.
I. TheAnacondaPlanwascreatedtosqueezethesouthintosubmission.
II. InMay1861theUnionbeganablockadeofallSouthernportstostopsupplyshipmentsintotheConfederacy.
A. Southcan’tmanufacturestuffàneedtogetitfromothernations(GreatBritain)
III. NoitemscouldcomeintooroutoftheC.S.A
IV. Southernerbuiltsmallshipscalledblockaderunnerstosneakthroughtheunionblockade
V. Southcan’twinwiththeUnionblockade
UNION NAVAL BLOCKADE
BATTLE OF HAMPTON ROADS MARCH 8, 1862
I. TheConfederateNavyfoughtagainsttheUnionNavy&theblockade
II. TheironcladCSSVirginia(Merrimac)attackedtheblockademadeupofwoodenshipssheseemedunstoppableA. IroncladànavalboatsmadeofironB. Muchtougher&strongerthanwooden
boatsC. Cannonballsdon’thurttheseships
III. TheCSSVirginiawouldbattleagainsttheUSSMonitor(aunionironclad)
IV. Thetwofoughttoastalemate(noonewon)
V. TheUnionblockaderemainedinplace
CSS VIRGINIA USS MONITOR
UNION NAVAL BLOCKADE
SHILOH APRIL 6-7, 1862
Tennessee
I. After the Confederate victory at Bull Run/Manassas Lincoln requested more soldiers A. War will not be over quickly
II. In 1862 the Union Army invaded Tennessee in an attempt to control the Mississippi River
III. General Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army was able to defeat the Confederate Army near the town of Shiloh, TN
IV. The Battle of Shiloh demonstrated how bloody & violent the war would be
V. 100,000 soldiers à 25,000 were killed during Shiloh
FALL OF NEW ORLEANS APRIL 20, 1862
I. Following Grant’s victory at Shiloh in Tennessee the Union Army captured another key victory in New Orleans
II. The Union Navy captured the city of New Orleans in April 1862
A. New Orleans controls the Mississippi River B. River runs right through the south à if the rive is controlled
the south would be cut in two
III. The Union plan to divide the south was almost complete à city of Vicksburg, MS was the last Confederate stronghold on the river
Louisiana
ANTIETAM/SHARPSBURG SEPTEMBER 16-18, 1862
Maryland
I. In late 1862 General Lee planned to invade Union territory in an attempt to take the US capital Washington, D.C.
II. Lee wanted a signature victory to gain British support for the southern effort
III. Confederate & Union armies fought for three days at Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland
IV. Battle ended when both Confederate & Union armies withdrew (stalemate)
V. Single bloodiest battle of the Civil War A. Over 26,000 troops KIA at Antietam
THE WAR DRAGS ON
I. In 1863 the American Civil War was entering the third year of violence between north and south
II. Most people believed the war would be over quickly à ending with a Union victory
III. Ending the war is the number one goal of both north and south
A. Union à wants to win and save the union B. Confederacy à wants to win and become independent