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12/20/1865 South Carolina Succeeds. Followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas Feb 9 th 1861 Montgomery Alabama Jefferson Davis Elected President . Fort Sumter . North . 22 Million White Residents More Animals, Industry, Rail Road
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12/20/1865 South Carolina Succeeds • Followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas • Feb 9th 1861 Montgomery Alabama • Jefferson Davis Elected President
North • 22 Million White Residents • More Animals, Industry, Rail Road • Lincoln Inexperienced War Commander • Had to go on Offensive • Anaconda Plan
South • Mostly Farmers • Davis Secretary of War Previously • Don’t know who was Soldier • Defensive War in a Large Area
Battle of Bull Run (Battle of Manassas) General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Early Fighting Ulysses S. Grant success in West George McClellan
Antietam 13,000 Rebel and 12,000 US Causalities in one day
Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation Slaves had been an advantage to the South, they still worked the fields and Captured Slaves had to been cared for by the Union. Now Slaves could Be Soldiers for the Union. Eventually 180,000 Served
Fredericksburg and Chancellors Ville Both in Virginia and Both Rebel Victories
Gettysburg July 1 – 3 1863 Robert E. Lee Four Score and …..
Economy Revenue Act of 1862 The Draft-Draft Riots
Election of 1864 George McClellan General T. William Sherman
13th Amendment Outlaws Slavery Sherman’s March to the Sea, Grant Surrounds Richmond
Lincoln Assassinated April 14, 1865 John Wilkes Booth
Results Andrew Johnson President 360,000 North and 260,000 South Died, 4 Million Slaves Freed, one Man for 7 slaves