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The Civil War P a rt II

The Civil War P a rt II. 1861 - 1865. 1863 New York Draft Riots. Move to TOTAL WAR. The organization of entire societies for war; the dedication of government, economic, industrial, scientific, technological, media, human and spiritual resources to the prosecution of war. “War Is Hell”.

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The Civil War P a rt II

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  1. The Civil War Part II 1861 - 1865

  2. 1863 New York Draft Riots

  3. Move to TOTAL WAR • The organization of entire societies for war; the dedication of government, economic, industrial, scientific, technological, media, human and spiritual resources to the prosecution of war.

  4. “War Is Hell” The American Civil War as Total War

  5. War Hits Everyone • Intentional targeting of non-combatants to achieve a military or political objective

  6. Sherman's March to the Sea

  7. The Civil War as a Total War • Expansion of executivepower Lincoln suspends habeas corpus in the border states --13,000 arrested & detained in Maryland w/out formal charges or legal rep Suspended anti-union newspapers & arrested editors

  8. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural – March 4, 1865 • With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.

  9. Peacemakers of 1865 Porter, Grant, Lincoln, Sherman

  10. Surrender at Appomattox • April 9, 1865 • Lee surrenders to Grant • Confederate troops allowed to return home with firearms and horses • Everything else, even flags, turned over to Union.

  11. The Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863 “That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free”

  12. Emancipation Proclamation • Only applies to states in rebellion!!! • Victory at Antitem made this possible • Goal is to encourage slaves to join the Union Army • Gives the Union a MORAL cause • 13th Amendment to Constitution frees all slaves in 1865

  13. African-American Soldiers

  14. 54th Massachusetts

  15. Colored troops make up 10% of Union Army • Black Louisiana Veterans ask Lincoln for right to vote after their service A month before war ends, Confederacy allows Black troops

  16. Women • Southern – ran household operations, provided relief, made supplies, nurses • Northern – active in medical care – Nurses – abolitionist activists, made supplies • Doretha Dix & Clara Barton

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