Total War Destroy the will to fight to win the war –Strategic –Psychological –Economic Sherman’s March to the Sea.

Total War• Destroy the will to fight to

win the war– Strategic– Psychological– Economic

• Sherman’s March to the Sea

“Sherman’s Neckties”

The Progress of the War: 1861-1865

Election of 1864

Surrender

– Appomattox Court House

– Lee surrenders• Within four

months all other Confederate forces surrendered

U.S. Civil War

• April 12, – April 9,

• Results:– – – –

Legacy of the War

• Political Changes– – Federal gov’t supremacy

• Economic Changes– Infrastructure

• Railroads and banking system • was booming while was in shambles

– North had 88% of nation’s wealth in 1870

• Costs– –

• Twice the last 80 years total spending– (1880s payments for war costs still were almost 2/3 of federal budget)

• Emancipation – – 13th Amendment ratified by end of 1865

Civil War Casualties:Comparison to Other Wars

Casualties on Both Casualties on Both SidesSides

Casualties on Both Casualties on Both SidesSides