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CIVIL WARCIVIL WAR1861-1865
GUIDING QUESTIONSGUIDING QUESTIONS•How did the Union win the How did the Union win the
war?war?
•How did the Civil War How did the Civil War change the United States change the United States politically, socially and politically, socially and economically?economically?
THE SECESSION
CRISIS
1860
Election
Results
1860
Election
Results
Election of 1860: Popular Vote Percentages
Secession: The Lower South
• secession• “fire-eaters”
• Confederate States of America• Jefferson Davis
Fort Sumter: April 12,
1861
Fort Sumter: April 12,
1861
TWO SOCIETIES AT WAR
The Divided NationLincoln by Alexander Gardner, 1861
Confederate States of AmericaOfficial Flags
1865
1861-1863 1863-1865
Jefferson Davis,
President, CSA
Comparing the North & the SouthComparing the North & the South
Resources: North vs.
South
Resources: North vs.
South
Railroad Lines, 1860
Railroad Lines, 1860
Overviewof
Civil WarStrategy
“Anaconda”Plan
Overviewof
Civil WarStrategy
“Anaconda”Plan
THE WAR IN
THE EAST
1861-1862
Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas), July, 1861
Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas), July, 1861
The Battle of the Ironclads, The Battle of the Ironclads, MMarch, 1862arch, 1862The Battle of the Ironclads, The Battle of the Ironclads, MMarch, 1862arch, 1862
N-Monitor
vs.S-
Merrimac
N-Monitor
vs.S-
Merrimac
USS Monitor Deck and Turret
The War in the East: 1861-1862
The War in the East: 1861-1862
Union General Ambrose Burnside
Squirrel tails on my face!
DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS
New York Draft Riots -
Battle in Second Avenue(Collection of Picture Research Consultants & Archives)
Social Unrest
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New York City Draft Riots (Gangs of
New York) (July 1863)
Recruiting station, New York Recruiting station, New York CityCity
FROM FROM GETTYSBURG TO GETTYSBURG TO
APPOMATTOXAPPOMATTOX1863-1865
Civil War in the West
General Ulysses S. General Ulysses S. GrantGrant
• Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant• ShilohShiloh • New OrleansNew Orleans• AdmiralAdmiral David David FarragutFarragut• VicksburgVicksburg (May 19-July 4, 1863)
Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863
Decisive Battle of the War Largest Battle ever in U.S.- 172,000 troops (97,000 in Union Army of the Potomac; 75,000 Conf. Army of N. Va.) Most casualties of any battle (51,000 combined) 569 tons of ammunition Over 5,000 dead horses
Lincoln at Gettysburg
The War in the South, 1863-1865• William T.
Sherman• Atlanta (Sept.
1864)
• “March to the Sea”
Union General William T. Sherman
Ruined railway near Atlanta, destroyed by Sherman’s troops
Richmond, VA
April 1865
After Burning by Union Forces
Surrender• Lee’s Surrender, Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
McClain House, Appomattox C.H., April 1865
War Deaths
Civil War Casualtiesin Comparison to Other Wars
Civil War Casualtiesin Comparison to Other Wars
Casualties on Both SidesCasualties on Both Sides
IMPORTANT RESULTS OF THE CIVIL WAR
POLITICALPOLITICAL ECONOMICECONOMIC SOCIALSOCIAL