The Civil War Begins (1861-1865)Unit 2- The Civil War

I. Advantage of the North and the SouthUnion Confederacy

More soldiersMore Factories More WeaponsMore Money More RailroadsBetter NavyAbraham LincolnAfrican American Troops

“King Cotton”Better GeneralsHome TurfMotivated SoldiersBetter Military Tradition

II. Union Strategy- Anaconda Plan1. Block Southern

ports- no imports or exports

2. Control Mississippi River- split CSA in two

3. Capture Confederate capital of Richmond, VA

III. Leaders on both sidesA. Confederacy

Stonewall Jackson- got his nickname at Bull Run

Robert E. Lee- General of entire army

B. Union1. George McClellan- fired by Lincoln for being too slow

2. Ulysses S. Grant- took over for McClellan

3. David G. Farragut- Naval commander

IV. Important Early Battles1. Fort Sumter-

Fort in South CarolinaConfederacy

attacked the fort and the Civil War began

2. Bull Run- First major battle, outside of DC, won by Confederacy

3. Shiloh- In Tennessee, Grant’s troops were surprised and showed how big the war would become

4. Antietam- Deadliest single day battle in US history (Maryland)Around 23,000

casualties

V. New WeaponsRifles, Minie ball, grenades, land mines,

Ironclad ships (Monitor- Union, Merrimac- Confederacy)