THE CIVIL WAR AP US History Mrs Lacks

THE CIVIL WAR AP US History Mrs. Lacks

THE UNION & CONFEDERACY IN 1861

Rating the North & the South

RAILROAD LINES, 1860

Resourc es: North & the South

SLAVE/FREE STATES POPULATION, 1861

Men Present for Duty in the Civil War

Immigrants as a % of a State’s Population in 1860

THE CSA 11 states, 9 million people (including 3. 5 million slaves) Army: about 600, 000 – 1, 500, 000 Navy: no real navy Original capital: Montgomery, Alabama 2 n d (and longest) capital: Richmond, VA

CONFEDERATE CONSTITUTION “ We, the people of the Confederate States, each State acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Confederate States of America. ” Differences & Similarities: US & CS?

THE LEADERS OF THE CONFEDERACY Pres. Jefferson Davis VP Alexander Stevens

THE CONFEDERATE “ WHITE HOUSE ”

THE CONFEDERATE SEAL MOTTO “With God As Our Vindicator”

FORT SUMTER Charleston, SC Lincoln’s Dilemma Davis’ Dilemma

FORT SUMTER § No casualties § North leaves § 4 more states secede § Lincoln calls for troops

LINCOLN’S GENERALS Winfield Scott Irwin Mc. Dowell Joseph Hooker Ambrose Burnside Ulysses S. Grant George Meade George Mc. Clellan

GEORGE MCCLELLAN § 1 st General of Union Army (1861 & 1862)

MCCLELLAN: I CAN DO IT ALL!

ULYSSES S. GRANT

WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN § Leads “March to Sea” through Georgia and the Carolinas § Burns Atlanta § "General Grant is a great general. I know him well. He stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk; and now, sir, we stand by each other always. "

Overview of the North’s Civil War Strategy: Anaconda Plan

CONFEDERATE GENERALS “Stonewall” Jackson Nathan Bedford Forrest Jeb Stuart George Pickett James Longstreet Robert E. Lee

ROBERT E. LEE

ROBERT E. LEE

THOMAS JONATHAN “STONEWALL” JACKSON

SOUTHERN STRATEGY?

LINCOLN SENDS TROOPS SOUTH

Battle of Bull Run st (1 Manassas) July, 1861

The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862 The Monitor vs. the Merrimac

DAMAGE ON THE DECK OF THE MONITOR

Battle of Antietam “Bloodiest Single Day of the War” September 17, 1862 23, 000 casualties

The Emancipation Proclamation

WHAT DID THE EP DO? Allowed free blacks to fight for the Union

WHAT WILL ABOLISH SLAVERY IN THE US?

AFRICAN AMERICAN RECRUITMENT

54 TH MASSACHUSETTS

The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg

THE ROAD TO GETTYSBURG: 1863

GETTYSBURG CASUALTIES

The North Initiates the Draft, 1863 http: //www. youtube. com/w atch? v=LOFILwsi. LCc (Northern War Sentiment)

BUY YOUR WAY OUT OF MILITARY SERVICE

Recruiting Irish Immigrants in NYC http: //www. youtube. com/ watch? v=ns-qtoxn. AS 8

Recruiting Blacks in NYC

NYC Draft Riots, (July 13 -16, 1863) http: //w ww. you tube. co m/watc h? v=m dw. Lx. O K 7 x. Lc

Inflation in the South

Sherman’s “March to the Sea” through Georgia, 1864

1864 Election Pres. Lincoln (R) George Mc. Clellan (D)

Presidential Election Results: 1864

The Peace Movement: Copperheads Clement Vallandigham

The Final Virginia Campaign: 1864 -1865

Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865

Casualties on Both Sides

Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars

Civil War GREATLY aged President Lincoln 1865 1860

Ford’s Theater (April 14, 1865)

CONSPIRACY! § plan was to create disorder so the “south could rise again” § plans to kill 4 US leaders in one night § President - A. Lincoln § Vice President - Andrew Johnson § Secretary of State - Seward § General of the Army - Ulysses S. Grant

The Assassin John Wilkes Booth

The Conspirators Lewis Powell George Atzerodt David Herold

The Assassination

OTHER CONSPIRATORS § Mary Surratt - convicted of being an accomplice and hanged § Dr. Samuel Mudd - life imprisonment - set Booth’s broken leg § Edward Spangler - 6 years in prison stagehand at theater who held Booth’s horse

WANTED~~!!

Front Royal, VA – Place of Booth’s death

Now He Belongs to the Ages!

The Execution