Billy Yank and Johnny Reb

1. Billy Yank and Johnny Reb The Union and Confederacy

2. The Union • Larger population • Greater industrial base • Could supply all its needs • Better railroads • Larger navy • Abraham Lincoln • Anaconda Plan • Uncertain goals • Poor generalship (early) • Had to fight an offensive war • Political divisions

3. The Confederacy • Better generalship (early) • Could trade space for time • Better trained soldiers (early) • Defensive war • Poor railroads • Small industrial and economic base • Political divisions • Relied on imports of key war material • Jefferson Davis

4. Billy Yank and Johnny Reb • Average age 25 years old • $13 a month ($11 CS) • Farmer by trade • Little experience with a soldier’s life • Many were immigrants • 5’ 8” and 143 pounds on average • 80% were infantry (75% CS)

5. Billy Yank and Johnny Reb

6. Weapons of War • Springfield and Enfield rifled musket • .58 caliber soft lead conical bullet (minie ball) • Revolver (officers and cavalry) • 12 lb Napoleon smooth bore artillery • 10 lb Parrot rifled artillery

8. Napoleon

9. Parrot Rifle