Goal 3; Civil War - Copy.ppt

(1)

1. What years were the Civil War?

2. Who was the Union President?

3. Who was the Confederate President?

4. What battle was the turning point of the war?

5. The attack of what fort in Charleston was seen

as the start of the war?

6. What is the war over? Cause?

7. What is a nickname for the Union soldiers?

8. What is a nickname for the Confederate

soldiers?

(2)

A house divided cannot stand. I

believe this government cannot

endure half slave and half free

Abraham Lincoln

(3)

2006 Hill Pearsall-Topsail High School 3

Lincoln’s reason for fighting

was to save the Union……not

free the slaves

(4)

B

(5)

(6)

Fort Sumter-April 1861

 _{With 7 states seceded, the south began to make a move}

 _{A major union fort in the south was in Charleston, SC}  The south wanted to take it over

 Union-Major Robert Anderson  Confederacy-P.G.T. Beauregard

 _{Beauregard fired on supply ships headed for the fort and the war} started

 34 hours later, the battle was over; no casualties

(7)

Lincoln Reacts



Called for volunteers to serve

Virginia secedes followed by

NC, Ak, Tn.



11 total slave states

Border States:

controlled

by the Union, but had slaves

Maryland, Delaware,

Kentucky, Missouri

Allowed slavery in these

(8)

Comparison Chart

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10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80 Population Fighting

men

Industry

Railroads

States

•Population:

N-22 million

S-9 million

•Fighting Men:

N-4 million

S-1.5 (3.5 black)

•Industry:

N-4\5 of all goods

S-1\5

(9)

Southern Advantages



_{Defensive war}



Better leaders

– Robert E. Lee

– Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson



Used to riding horses and shooting

guns



Cotton

– Trade with Britain

(10)

War of Attrition

(11)

Three Pronged Attack

B lo c k a d e o f

th e S o u th

(s o th e y c a n 't tra d e

w ith B rita in )

D iv id e th e

C o n fe d e ra c y

T a k e th e C a p ita l

o f th e

C o n fe d e r a c y

(W h a t c ity ? )

A n a c o n d a P la n

(12)

Battle of Bull Run-July 1861



_{First major battle}



Mannassas, Va



Confederate victory



McDowell-U



Beauregard-C



Showed how unprepared

both sides were



Built confidence of the south

(13)

Bull Run………Manassas

Capitals?

(14)

New Weapons



Ironclads: wooden frames

ships with metal plates



Breech loaded guns: load

(15)

Merrimac v. Monitor-March

1862



Merrimac

also called the

Virginia

(captured by the south)



The south wasn’t able to end

(16)

(17)



_{CSS North Carolina (sank in harbor off}

coast of Southport….never fought)



CSS Raleigh



CSS Neuse (memorial in Kinston)

(18)

Other Weapons



Bowie Knife



Field Cannon



Garrison gun



Gatlin gun



Grenades



Land mines



Naval mines



Pistol

(19)

(20)

George Dixon



_{George Dixon was given a gold coin, as}

a good luck charm by his wife.



According to the legend, George kept

the coin with him always, in his pocket,

rubbing it with his thumb while he

dreamed of the day when he and

Queenie would be reunited.



During the Battle of Shiloh, George was

shot point blank. A bullet ripped into

the pocket of his trousers and struck the

center of the gold coin.



The impact was said to have left the

gold piece bent, with the bullet

(21)

Tactics



_{Trading volleys}



Charge



Counter charge



Whoever withdrew

first lost the battle



Usually the winner

had higher casualties



Losers could retreat a

few miles away

(22)

Emancipation Proclamation



_{Issued by Lincoln Jan. 1, 1863}



Said that the slaves were free



It didn’t free any slaves immediately



Why?



Only applied to lands the Union

controlled



Border state slaves not freed



Why?



Symbolic power; war is about

slavery

– If the south lost, they knew

(23)

(24)

Conscriptions



Both sides used volunteers to

fight at first



When the horrors of war had

been seen, many stopped and

the govt. had to conscript



Draft



Like past wars, you could pay

someone to take your place

(wealthy)



Made is seem like a rich man’s

war being fought by the poor

(25)

Gangs of New York



Takes place before the

Civil War and during

the draft riots of the

Civil War

(26)

Home Life



_{Many men didn’t return}

home



Many returned handicapped



High taxes in the

Confederacy



Lack of goods



Worthless currency



Wallpaper used for

(27)

Home Life



_{The north prospered industrially}



Immigrants provided labor



Income tax created

(28)

Do I Want A Doctor?

(29)

(30)

(31)

Maggots



_{Confederates had no}

chloroform to help keep

maggots out of open

wounds



When infested, soldiers

actually got better faster



Maggots can be used to

stop bacteria and keep open

wounds clean



Used since Napoleonic

(32)

Andersonville



Southern POW camp



You would rather die than go here



Over 12,000 died here



The south couldn’t afford to take care of their POW’s

June 6, 1864--Lively skirmishing today; caught and killed 17 or 20 lice, all fat and in good condition.--Eugene Forbes, Sgt., Co. B, 14th NJ CAV

June 19, 1864--When a man is shot now it is called "paroled".--John Ransom, Sgt., 9th MI CAV

May 27, 1864--Some of the old prisoners made a raid on the new prisoners and stole their blankets and rations and the new fellows pitched in and there was a big fight and many a poor cuss got his head mashed with clubs or stones.--Albert H. Schatzel, Pvt., Co. A, 1st Vermont Cavalry

(33)

(34)

30% of prisoners died

in Andersonville’s 14

(35)

Other Confederate Prisons

• Belle Isle

– Richmond, Virginia

- 18,000

• Blackshear Prison

– Blackshear, Georgia

- 5,000

• Cahaba Prison

(Castle Morgan) – Selma, Alabama

- 600

• Camp Ford

– near Tyler, Texas

- 5,300

• Camp Groce

- Hempstead, Texas

- 600 - 1,100

• Castle Pinckney

– Charleston, South Carolina

- 300

• Castle Sorghum

– Columbia, South Carolina

- 1,400

• Castle Thunder

– Richmond, Virginia

- 1,400

• Danville Prison

– Danville, Virginia

- 4,000

• Florence Stockade

– Florence, South Carolina

- 18,000

• Fort Pulaski

– Savannah, Georgia

- 600

• Gratiot Street Prison

– St Louis, Missouri

- 2,000

• Libby Prison

– Richmond, Virginia

- 50,000

• Salisbury Prison – Salisbury, North Carolina - 1,700

(36)

(37)

Gettysburg-July 1863



_Pennsylvania



Northern victory



Meade-U



Lee-C



Turning point of the war



Over three days; 23,000

(38)

Chamberlain's

Bayonet Charge



Little Round Top



Ran out of

ammunition



Bayonet charge



Captured 101

Confederate

soldiers

Chamberlain noted that the

“effect was surprising; many

of the enemy’s first line

threw down their arms and

surrendered. An officer

fired his pistol at my head

(39)

(40)

William Tecumseh Sherman



_{Union general}



War is cruelty; the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over

(41)

Burning of Atlanta

(42)

Battle of Petersburg



1864-65

(43)

(44)



1865: Richmond:

the capital fell

to the Union



Appomattox Court House, Va.:

where Lee surrendered to Grant;

end of the war



The Union had gone through 8

generals and the south basically

one



The North won because they had

more stuff; not because they were

better people or better fighters

(45)

Ford’s Theater



After the end of the

war, Lincoln wanted

to relax so he went to

a play



This is where he

would be assassinated

by John Wilkes Booth



Lincoln died by

(46)

John Wilkes

Booth



_{Booth had originally planned to}

kidnap Lincoln



The war ended too soon for him to

do this

(47)

Robert Todd Lincoln



Ironically, Edwin Booth had

actually saved the life of, or at

least prevented serious injury

to, Lincoln's eldest son, Robert

Todd Lincoln the previous year.

As Lincoln and Booth were

(48)



1865: Richmond:

the capital fell

to the Union



Appomattox Court House, Va.:

where Lee surrendered to Grant;

end of the war



The Union had gone through 8

generals and the south basically

one



Goal 3; Civil War - Copy.ppt

Full text

1.

What years were the Civil War?

2.

Who was the Union President?

3.

Who was the Confederate President?

4.

What battle was the turning point of the war?

5.

The attack of what fort in Charleston was seen

as the start of the war?

6.

What is the war over? Cause?

7.

What is a nickname for the Union soldiers?

8.

What is a nickname for the Confederate

soldiers?

A house divided cannot stand. I

A house divided cannot stand. I

believe this government cannot

believe this government cannot

endure half slave and half free

endure half slave and half free

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln’s reason for fighting

Lincoln’s reason for fighting

was to save the Union……not

was to save the Union……not

free the slaves

B

B

Fort Sumter-April 1861

Fort Sumter-April 1861

Lincoln Reacts

Lincoln Reacts

Called for volunteers to serve

Virginia secedes followed by

NC, Ak, Tn.

11 total slave states

Border States:

controlled

by the Union, but had slaves

Maryland, Delaware,

Kentucky, Missouri

Allowed slavery in these

Comparison Chart

Comparison Chart

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Population Fighting

men

Industry

Railroads

States

•Population:

N-22 million

S-9 million

•Fighting Men:

N-4 million

S-1.5 (3.5 black)

•Industry:

N-4\5 of all goods

S-1\5

Southern Advantages

Southern Advantages

Defensive war

Better leaders

– Robert E. Lee

– Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

_{Defensive war}

_{First major battle}

_{CSS North Carolina (sank in harbor off}