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IV. Road to Ft. Sumter part III

IV. Road to Ft. Sumter part III. Secession. A. Election of 1860. Rep- Abraham Lincoln (IL) Platform: Slavery is morally wrong, internal improvements, transcontinental RR. So. Dem- John C. Breckinridge (KY) Platform: protection of slavery. No. Dem- Stephen Douglas (IL)

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IV. Road to Ft. Sumter part III

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  1. IV. Road to Ft. Sumter part III Secession

  2. A. Election of 1860 Rep- Abraham Lincoln (IL) Platform: Slavery is morally wrong, internal improvements, transcontinental RR So. Dem- John C. Breckinridge (KY) Platform: protection of slavery No. Dem- Stephen Douglas (IL) Platform: Popular sovereignty Constitutional Union Party- John Bell (TN) Platform: Alcohol/Immigrants

  3. Strategies in the election • Democrats spent time attacking each other • This split the democratic vote • Republicans spent time on populous and mid-western states

  4. Electoral Vote Lincoln 180 (every northern state ex NJ) Breckinridge 72 (most of the south Bell 39 (TN, VA, KY) Douglas 12 (MO, NJ) Popular Vote Lincoln 39.9% Douglas 29.5 % Breckinridge 18.1% Bell 12.5% Results of the Election Other 3 candidates received 1 million more votes than Lincoln- Lincoln did not appear on 10 southern ballots

  5. Northern Pleased with the results & the prospect of ending slavery Southern Powder keg has been ignited Lincoln did not need the south to win the election Reactions

  6. B. Secession (Separate) • History of Secession • 1776: US Separates from Great Britain • 1803: New England contemplates secession over admission of LA • 1814: The Hartford Convention- New England tries to secede from US over War of 1812 • 1845: New England wanted to secede over the admission of Texas

  7. Northern Argument The South entered to union under a contract (the Constitution Lincoln’s Inaugural address Secession was not legal States still part of the Union Lincoln would not assail the south Gov’t control federal property Southern Argument The contract was breeched Declaration of Independence 10th Amendment Legality of Secession -Declaration of Independence

  8. C. South Secedes • December 20, 1860 • 129 delegates of S.C. met in Charleston & unanimously voted to secede from the Union • Reasons for secession • Each state was sovereign & independent • Entered the union voluntarily • 10th amendment allows them to leave • South Carolina held its breath, waiting for the other southern states to secede • Absolutely nothing happened

  9. Order of Secession • South Carolina Dec 20, 1860 • Mississippi Jan 9, 1861 • Florida Jan 10, 1861 • Alabama Jan 11, 1861 • Georgia Jan 19, 1861 • Louisiana Jan 26, 1861 • Texas Mar 2, 1861

  10. D. Confederate Constitution • Est. and ratified Mar 11, 1861 • Same as the US Constitution with 4 major differences • The words “promote the general welfare” are taken out of the preamble and “each state acting in its sovereign & independent welfare” is added • Explicitly guarantees slavery in state & territory- outlaws IST • Prohibits protective tariffs for internal improvements • Limits the president to one 6 year term

  11. Jefferson Davis is elected President of the CSA Alexander H. Stephens is elected Vice-President The Confederate States of America is Born

  12. E. Crisis in Charleston • Dec. 26, 1860, six days after SC seceded, Maj. Robert Anderson relocated his men from Ft. Moultrie to a more defensible Ft. Sumter • The fort was about 90% complete at the time • Anderson only had a garrison of about 85 men • The South took this as a hostile move

  13. 1st attempt to re-supply Ft. Sumter • Buchanan sends help • Jan. 9, 1861: The Star of the west was sent from New York to Ft. Sumter to bring necessary supplies • Orders were sent by mail and were never received by the fort • WHY? • Cadets from the Citadel were manning guns in the harbor • The Cadets fire on the ship and turn it around

  14. Lincoln attempts to re-supply Ft. Sumter • April 4: Lincoln informs SC governor Francis Perkins of his intension to re-supply the fort • April 10: Perkins notifies Jefferson Davis, who orders PGT Beauregard to demand the evacuation and surrender of the fort. • April 11: Beauregard sends aides under a flag of truce to deliver his ultimatum- Anderson declines • April 12, 1861, 3:20am: Aides revisit the fort and make one more request for surrender- Major Anderson refuses again. He is told the CSA will open fire in 1 hour

  15. F. Fort Sumter • April 12, 1861, 4:30am: Cpt. George S. James orders a tracer shot over the fort. This tracer shot signals the firing to begin • First shot was fired from Ft. Moultrie • Union returned fire at daybreak • Bombing from Ft. Moultrie ignited a fire in the officer’s quarters threatening the main powder magazine • After 34 hours of bombing, Major Anderson surrenders leaving the fort in CSA control

  16. Major Robert Anderson 0 casualties Gen PGT Beauregard 1 casualty CSA horse G. Captains Report

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