Civil War

CIVIL WAR

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.

Confederate Strengths

1. More Trained Officers2. Defensive Position3. Preservation of Way of Life

New Technology1. Bullet – long piece of

metal w/ rounded end

New Technology2. Rifling – spiral groove cut

inside gun barrel

New Technology3. Shell –

Exploding cannon ball

New Technology4. Canister – Shell filled w/

tiny lead balls

New Technology5. Ironclad Gunboats –

steamships w/ iron plating

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 Created National

Currency: Greenbacks

Increased Gov’t Power Pacific Railroad Act of

1862 – project to connect East & West w/ railroads

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 1864

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

North Point Lookout, MA Camp Chase, OH Fort Delaware

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

EconomyNORTH Flourished Industry

boomed Women took

jobs in factories

SOUTH Declined Food

Shortages Still

produced cotton & not food crops