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The Civil War (1861-1865) Through Maps, Charts, Graphs & Pictures. The North = Union, Yankee, (Blue) - Abraham Lincoln (President), - Ulysses S. Grant (General) The South = Confederate, Rebels, (Gray) - Jefferson Davis (President) - Robert E. Lee (General). Who’s Who?.
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The North = Union, Yankee, (Blue) - Abraham Lincoln (President), - Ulysses S. Grant (General) The South = Confederate, Rebels, (Gray) - Jefferson Davis (President) - Robert E. Lee (General) Who’s Who?
Fight a defensive war Entice England or France to join them in order to keep its immense textile industry supplied with cotton Fight a “war of attrition” - make the war as long, bloody and costly as possible in hopes that the North would simply quit Strategy for the South
- Gain control of the West via the Mississippi River and march east towards Richmond Gain control of the far South and march northward towards Richmond Gain control of the Atlantic and march west towards Richmond Strategy for the North
Fight an offensive war and overwhelm the Confederacy. Protect the Union Anaconda Plan - Blockade and “squeeze” South Strategy for the North
Overviewofthe North’sCivil WarStrategy: “Anaconda”Plan
Lincoln’s Generals Winfield Scott Joseph Hooker Ulysses S. Grant Irwin McDowell George McClellan George Meade Ambrose Burnside George McClellan,Again!
The Confederate Generals “Stonewall” Jackson Nathan Bedford Forrest George Pickett Jeb Stuart James Longstreet Robert E. Lee
The Battle of the Ironclads,March, 1862 The Monitor vs.the Merrimac
Battle of Antietam “Bloodiest Single Day of the War” September 17, 1862 23,000 casualties
The North Initiates the Draft, 1863 (after Vicksburg and Gettysburg)
No understanding of how germs and disease is transmitted No antibiotics like today Surgery was harsh by our standards Medical Care
The Assassin John Wilkes Booth