Fort Sumter April 12, 1861

1. Fort Sumter April 12, 1861

2. The Presidents Pres. Jefferson Davis Pres. Abraham Lincoln

3. Type of Battles Fought: North vs. South North fighting largely offensive war South fighting largely defensivewar

4. Northern Strategies: A. Blockade the Southern Coast and B. Split the Confederacy by seizing the Mississippi River (Anaconda Plan)

5. Blockade North’s navy allowed it form a blockade The North captured or destroyed ~1500 Confederate ships South’s cotton exports decreased 95% during the war The North could implement the Anaconda Plan and divide the South in half at the Mississippi

6. However, the South’s long coastline, from the Gulf of Mexico up the Atlantic, made it difficult to implement the blockade South built many small, light, and fast “Blockade Runners” Early in the war, up to 95% of blockade running was successful blockade runner

7. The North retained the entire Navy Most Naval officers stayed loyal to the North Lincoln commissioned over 500 naval ships The North commissioned the first ironclad warship, the USS Monitor The USS Monitor v. CSS Merrimac was the first battle of ironclad ships. It was a draw. Navy: North vs. South

8. The Battle of the Ironclads,March, 1862 The Monitor vs.the Merrimac

9. Union General Grant

10. Fort Henry and Fort Donelson – Gateway to the Mississippi River

11. Battle of New Orleans – the North gained control of the mouth of the Mississippi River

12. Turning Point of theWarin the West: Vicksburg July 4, 1863

13. Northern Strategy: Destroy rail centers and knock out Confederate transportation hubs

14. Battle of Atlanta

15. Union General William Tecumseh Sherman You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end. It is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization! You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing! You mistake, too, the people of the North. They are a peaceable people but an earnest people, and they will fight, too. They are not going to let this country be destroyed without a mighty effort to save it…

16. Sherman’sMarchthroughGeorgiato theSea, 1864

17. Election of 1864 Sherman’s victory in Atlanta helped ensure Lincoln’s reelection.

18. Northern Strategy: Seize the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia

19. Famous Confederate Leaders Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

20. War in the East: Both sides fought to defend their capitals (USA - DC, CSA – Richmond)

21. Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas), July, 1861

22. War in the East: 1861-1862

23. AntietamBloodiest day of the war

24. Emancipation Proclamation

25. “He has lost his left arm, but I have lost my right” – Robert E. Lee referring to the loss of Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville

26. Turning Point of the War in the East: Gettysburg July 1-3 1863

27. Gettysburg Casualties

28. The Gettysburg Address: “…government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth”

29. The Final Virginia Campaign:1864-1865

30. Final surrender of Lee to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse April 9, 1865

31. Civil War Casualtiesin Comparison to Other Wars