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APRIL 1861 CHARLESTOWN SC – UNION FORT
SCATTACKS!
36 HOURS OF BOMBARDMENT – ANDERSON SURRENDERS
MORE STATES SECEDE
LINCOLN CALLS FOR VOLUNTEERS &BLAMES THE SOUTH
FORT SUMTER GIVES LINCOLN A STRATEGIC VICTORY -THE SOUTH FIRED FIRST
LINCOLN ASKS FOR 75,000 VOLUNTEERS – 90 DAY ENLISTMENTS
MOBILIZATION: GETTING READY & PREPARING FOR WAR
EXCITEMENT!
THOUSANDS OFSOUTHERNERSENLIST - CSA
BORDER STATES – MISSOURI, KENTUCKY, MARYLAND, DELAWARE – FORCED TO STAY WITH UNION – WEST VIRGINIA
22 UNIONSTATES
11 CSASTATES
SLAVE STATES THAT STAY WITH THE UNION
LINCOLN SENDS UNION TROOPS INTOBORDER STATES TO PREVENT THEM
FROM LEAVING THE UNION.
LINCOLN BREAKS THE CONSTITUTION IN ORDER TO SAVE IT – EXCEEDS HIS POWERS
MARYLAND VERY STRATEGIC – WASH. D.C
1. POPULATION (22 MILLION)
2. 3/4TH OF NATION’S INSUSTRY
3. BANKING & FINANCING
4. ¾ OF ALL RAILROADS
5. NAVAL ADVANTAGES6. NATURAL RESOURCES
TAKES TIME TO MOBILIZEPOOR GENERALS
1. DEFENSIVE WAR OF ATTRITION2. FIGHTING ON HOME SOIL - KNOW THE LAND
3. MORAL CAUSE – DETERMINATION
4. BEST WEST POINT OFFICIERS
5. GOOD SOLIDERS – RAIDERS – SELF CONFIDENT
6. SUPPORT FROM EUROPE (INITIALLY)
1. SUPPLY SHORTAGES 2. POPULATION (9 MILLION – 3.5 MILLION ARE SLAVES)
3. POOR TRANSPORTATION
4. ORGANIZE A NEW GOVERNMENT
5. ARMIES FIGHT FOR INDIVIDUAL STATES
6. JEFFERSON DAVIS UNPOPULAR
PERSERVE THE UNION
LATER TO FREE THE SLAVESFIGHT UNTIL NORTH
GIVES UP
INDEPENDENCE – PERSERVE SLAVERY
ABOUT DAVIS
COURAGEOUS & INTELLIGENT
FAILS TO DELEGATE AUTHORITY
ABOUT LINCOLN
ACTS BOLDLY, EXCEEDSTHE POWERS OF PRESIDENT
PATIENCE &CHARACTER
LINCOLN LOOKS FOR A COMMANDER TO LEAD THE UNION ARMY
ONLY REAL QUALIFIED COMMANDER
IS WINFIELD SCOTT – NOT IN HIS PRIME
SCOTT SUGGESTS ROBERT E. LEE
ABOUT LEE
WEST POINT, MEXICAN WAR
“I CANNOTRAISE MY
SWORD AGAINSTMY COUNTRY.”
OFFERED COMMAND
OF UNION ARMY
ABOUT FIREARMS
BULLETS & BLADES
ABOUT THE ARTILLERY
NO ANTIBIOTICS – FEW ANTISEPTICS – NO STERILIZATION
PROCEDURES DONE
IN TENTS & HOUSES
DISEASES & INFECTION
GRIM OUT LOOK FOR PATIENTS
FIRST TIME WAR WAS DOCUMENTEDWITH PHOTOGRAPHS
SOME PICTURES WERE FORMAL & STAGED WHILE
OTHERS WERE GRUSOME BATTLE PICS
CAMERAS HAVE NO SHUTTERS – PULL AWAY CAP – LETS LIGHTIN – EXPOSES NEGATIVE – CHEMICALS TO DEVELOP
BRADY, O’SULLIVAN, & GARDNER – FAMOUS PHOTOS
UNION WEARS BLUE – CONFEDERATES WEAR GRAY
BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER
NORTH NAMES BATTLES AFTER RIVERS & STREAMS
SOUTH NAMES BATTLES AFTER CITIES & TOWNS
CIVIL WAR (WAR BETWEEN THE STATES)
1. NAVALBLOCKADE
2. TAKE MISSISSIPPIRIVER & SPLIT SOUTH
IN HALF
3. TAKE RICHMOND
1. DEFENSIVE WAR
2. TAKE WASHINGTON
3. ATTACK PA TO CUT OFF
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