THE WAR TO END SLAVERY

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1 THE WAR TO END SLAVERY Learning Target: I can discuss the impact of the Civil War on Americans, including the impact based on where they live, sex, ethnicity and economic status.

2 I-IN THE BEGINNING.. A-South said that if Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860, they would secede from the Union 1-Abraham Lincoln rand against Stephen Douglas A) Both from Illinois B) Ran against each other for US Senate in 1858 C) Had series of debates during campaign D) Put Lincoln in National spotlight eventhough Douglas won

3 I-IN THE BEGINNING.. A-South said that if Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860, they would secede from the Union 2-Lincoln defeats Stephen Douglas Name Party Electoral Votes Popular Votes Bell, John Constitutional Union ,879 Breckenridge, John Democratic ,781 Douglas, Stephen Democratic 12 1,376,957 Lincoln, Abraham Republican 180 1,866,452 Others 0 531

4 I-IN THE BEGINNING.. B-South Carolina secedes from the Union of Dec. 20, Lincoln had won the election but had not been sworn in yet, thus he was not president when S.C. secedes 2-Other states follow S.C. A) Mississippi (Jan. 9, 1861) B) Florida (Jan 10, 1861) C) Alabama (Jan 11, 1861) D) Georgia Jan. 19, 1861) E) Louisiana (Jan 26, 1861) F) Texas (Feb 23, 1861) G) Arkansas (May 6, 1861) H) North Carolina (May 20, 1861) I) Virginia (May 23, 1861) J) Tennessee (June 8, 1861)

5 I-IN THE BEGINNING.. C-Why secede? 1-States rights, which were protected by the Constitution, were violated 2-North refused to enforce Fugitive Slave Laws 3-South denied equal land in new territories 4-North controlled the money 5-Slavery A) Note: Some historians claim the Civil War was fought over states rights, and slavery was just ONE of those rights

6 II-THE NEW UNION A-Feb 1, 1861: Confederate States of America formed 1-Jefferson Davis elected the only president of the Confederacy B-Capitol: Moved 1-Montgomery, Alabama (until May 29, 1861) 2-Richmond, Virginia (until April 3, 1865)

7 III-BATTLE BEGINS A-April 12, 1861: First battle of the Civil War 1-Confederates attack Fort Sumter, a Union post in S.C. and won A) Confederates fired the first shot B) Union soldiers did not have supplies C) Lincoln used this as a rallying point for Union togetherness D) no one killed at this battle

8 III-BATTLE BEGINS B-Civil War becomes the first modern war 1-trench warfare 2-ironclad ships 3-railroads 4-telegraph 5-barbed wire 6-Gatlin gun

9 III-BATTLE BEGINS D-Leaders of the war 1-North A-Lincoln asked Robert E. Lee to be the commanding General, but Lee declined, saying it was his duty to fight for his state (he was from Virginia) B-Had 9 leaders!

10 1-Winfield Scott A) Came up with Anaconda Plan 1) Called for naval blockade to shut out imports from the South 2) Plan to split up confederacy by Mississippi River 3) Both were eventually successful

11 2-Henry Halleck

12 3-Irvin McDowell

13 4-George McClellan

14 5-John Pope

15 6-George McClellan (again!)

16 7-Ambrose Burnside

17 8-Joseph Hooker

18 9-Ulysses S. Grant

19 C-Other important Military Leaders 1-Gen. William T. Sherman 2-Gen. Benjamin F. Butler 3-Col. George A. Custer (Later promoted to General)

20 III-BATTLE BEGINS 2-South: Robert E. Lee

21 III-BATTLE BEGINS A-Lee s main Generals 1-P.G.T. Beureguard 2-Nathan Bedford Forest 3-Thomas Stonewall Jackson 4-Joseph E. Johnston 5-Albert S. Johnston 6-J.E.B. Stuart 7- James Longstreet

22 IV-STATISTICS A-Population 1-North: 21 million 2-South: 9 million A) 5 million whites B) 4 million slaves B-Economics 1-North A) War material industry B) Higher technology C) Buy way out of the army D) women worked in factories 2-South A) Relied on plantation farming 1) Problem selling cotton because of Union blockades B) Very little industry C) Rich did not have to fight D) Slave revolts

23 V-BATTLE PLANS A-Neither side wanted people of African heritage to fight at first 1-North begins using freed people of African heritage Jan. 1, 1863 A) prior to that, used behind the lines as cooks, and other non-combat jobs 2-South began arming slaves shortly after the north because of a shortage of people

24 V-BATTLE PLANS B-Battle Plan of the North 1-Blockade Confederate ports 2-Cut South in half by Mississippi River and later from Tennessee to Georgia 3-Capture Richmond (Capitol) 4-North had to win 5-Conscription Act of 1863 A) drafted all males B) Ways out of draft 1) Pay Government $300 2) Get someone to take your place

25 V-BATTLE PLANS C-Battle Plan of the South 1-Fight until the North wanted peace 2-continue to harass the North 3-had the brightest military minds in the U.S. 4-Conscription began in 1862

26 V-BATTLE PLANS D-Emancipation Proclamation changes the battle plan for the North 1-Lincoln writes it in September Says it will go into effect January 1, Says slaves in territories rebellious to the Union are now free 4-Did not free any slaves in slave states that did not leave the Union A) Kentucky B) Missouri C) Delaware D) Maryland E) West Virginia (joined U.S. June 20, 1863)

27 V-BATTLE PLANS 5-Did not apply to any part of a Confederate State that was under the control of Union army/navy 6-Allows for African American to fight for the North 7-After the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, when the Union Army came through a town, slaves who were in the Confederate Army would turn and fight for the Union 8-Lincoln s 10% Plan (1863) A) Lincoln believed that when 10% of the population of a seceded state take a loyalty oath to the US, the state should be re-admitted B) When 10% of 1860 registered voters took oath, can re-form government C) Set up Malice toward none, charity toward all concept D) rejected by Congress

28 V-BATTLE PLANS 9-Wade-Davis Bill A) Proposal to re-unite the country B) Required 50% of states white male voters take loyalty oath C) Demanded stronger efforts by states to emancipate slaves D) Lincoln pocket vetoed this

29 VI-BATTLES A-First conflict: Fort Sumpter B-First Manassas (First Battle of Bull Run) July 21, Union very confident 2-Civilians and politicians thought it would be an easy victory for the Union A) many from D.C. went to watch the battle like it was an athletic contest and they took picnic lunches 3-Both sides troops were poorly trained 4-Battle was so wild that the overran the spectators and some were killed 5-Confederates were said to have been standing like a stone wall A) leader: Gen. Thomas Jackson, who earned the nickname Stonewall because of this battle 6-Confederates, after being reinforced, did not know how to react to the success of winning 7-South is considered the winner of this battle

30 VI-BATTLES

31 VI-BATTLES C-Fort Henry/Fort Donelson (Feb-Apr 1862) 1-Gave U.S. Grant his first bit of national fame 2-took place in Tennessee 3-Easily overran Fort Henry 4-Moved to Fort Donelson A) Confederates stopped initial attack B) Grant knew they were low on supplies so he waited them out C) Grant demands Unconditional Surrender 1) Many people said the U.S. in U.S. Grant s name stood for Unconditional Surrender

32 VI-BATTLES D-Monitor vs. Merrimac/Virginia: March 8-9, First battle between ironclad ships 2-battle was a draw E-Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862) 1-begins the bloody battles the war is known for 2-Casulties A) North: 13,047 B) South: 10,699

33 VI-BATTLES F-Battles of the Seven Days (outside of Richmond, VA) 1-McClellan waiting to attack Lee 2-McClellan thinks he does not have enough troops to attack and defeat Lee A) McClellan had three times as many troops as Lee 3-Lee chases McClellan and the Union Army around for one week from town to town A) Fair Oaks (6/24/1862) B) Oak Grove (6/25/1862) C) Mechanicsville (6/26/1862) D) Gaine s Mill (6/27/1862) E) Savage Station (6/29/1862) F) Glendale/Frayser s Farm (6/30/1862) G) Malvern Hill (7/1/1862) 4-Causes Lincoln to remove McClellan as lead of the Union Arm (first time)

34 VI-BATTLES G-Gettysburg (June 3-July 24, 1863) 1-Farthest north Confederates attacked during the Civil War A) Gettysburg is in Pennsylvania 2-South tried to stop raids on Richmond by attacking first A) felt the North would move armies from west to help out. 1) this would slow Grant down in the west 2) get reinforcements & supplies to forces in the west 3-marked the beginning of the end for the Confederacy 4-Union had better advantage because of where they were positioned 5-Casulties A) Had positions on top of hills, which actually looked like cliffs when you are close by, but looked relatively flat from a distance B) Terrain was loaded with rocks C) As confederates got closer, there were many who were shocked at the Union s advantage A) North: 30, 100 B) South: 27,000

35 VI-BATTLES G-Gettysburg (June 3-July 24, 1863) 6-After the battle, the field is turned into a National Cemetery (and much later a National Park) A) Edward Everett gave the main dedication speech, Nov. 19, ) Speech lasted TWO HOURS B) Lincoln gives another speech 1) Speech lasts FOUR MINUTES 2) He felt his speech was an insult and apologized 3) Newspapers also insulted his speech 4) Today, considered one of the greatest speeches of all Time

36 VI-BATTLES H-Antietam (Sept. 16, 1982) 1-Bloodiest one day of the Civil War 2-Casulties A) North: 12, 401 B) South: 10, McClellan again in charge of the Army 4-Lincoln has a habit of visiting the battles close to D.C.

37 VI-BATTLES I-Vicksburg (Dec. 26, 1862-July 4, 1863) 1-Grant tries to take Vicksburg head on and fails 2-Develops plan which could get his whole army captured A) However, plan works perfectly 3-Travels south past Vicksburg, the crosses the river 4-Takes Vicksburg from the backside 5-Has help from the Navy and Admiral David Farragut 6-Grant wins and is named General of all Union armies

38 VI-BATTLES J-Wilderness (May 5-7, 1864) 1-First battle in the East under Gen. Grant 2-Union soldiers in the East were used to retreating under previous generals 3-Grant would not let them retreat 4-area was dense forest and think underbrush 5-casulties A) North: 17,666 B) South: 11, showed both Lincoln, the soldiers and the North that he was there to win A) War ends 11 months later

39 VI-BATTLES K-Sherman s March to the Sea (Nov. 15, 1984-Dec. 21, 1864) 1-Led by Gen. William T. Sherman A) Grant s right-hand man 2-destroyed everything from Atlanta, GA to Savannah, GA A) burned buildings B) ripped up railroad tracks and melted them until they could be bent 3-After taking Savannah, he turned north into the Carolinas to meet up with Grant A) Sent telegram to Lincoln giving him a Christmas gift of Savannah

40 VI-BATTLES L-Surrender (April 9, 1965) 1-Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, VA 2-Conditions horses A) me got to keep their arms 1) Why: many were hunters B) Soldiers to go home C) Officers got to keep their swords and M-War still wages in small pockets in the deep South until June, 1865 N-Interesting Tidbit: The war began in the front yard of Wilbur McClean and the Surrender was signed in McClean s home (McClean moved to get away from the war!!)

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43 VII-ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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