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The Make Up of the Union Army The need for men State Governors and recruitment Why Volunteer?. Section 1: Union Measures & Men. Conscription . My dear, I have found a Substitute, I no longer have to fight!!!!. YOU COWARD!!! I WILL FIND A SUBSTITUTE FOR YOU. III. Democrats & the Draft
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The Make Up of the Union Army • The need for men • State Governors and recruitment • Why Volunteer? Section 1: Union Measures & Men
Conscription My dear, I have found a Substitute, I no longer have to fight!!!! YOU COWARD!!! I WILL FIND A SUBSTITUTE FOR YOU
III. Democrats & the Draft IV. New York Draft Riots
V. Initial Efforts at Supplying the Union Army a) Simon Cameron (Corrupt Secretary of War) b) Edwin Stanton (Sec. of War) c) Montgomery Meigs (Quarter Master General) VI. A Soldiers Life a) Billy Yank b) Soldiers Pay c) Desertion
Early Presidential Decisions • Insurrection • Writ of Habeas Corpus • Prize Cases Section 2: The Union Government at war
II. The 37th Congress a) Lincoln’s Message III. Activist Congress a) Confiscation Act (Aug 1861) b) 2nd Confiscation Act (July 1862) c) Transcontinental RR d) Homestead Act e) Morrill Land-Grant Act IV. Opposition to the Government V. Measuring Lincoln’s Actions
Mobilizing the Confederate Army • Sumter: A Southern Rallying Cry • Finding Recruits and Conscription • Supplies and Resources • Josiah Gorgas • Abraham C. Myers • Lucius Northrop Section 3: Problems of the COnfederary
III. Financing the War a) Taxes b) Produce Loans c) Printing Press IV. Opposition to the Confederacy a) Georgia and North Carolina V. Problems of Leadership