The Civil War P a rt II
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1861 - 1865
The Civil War Part II
1863 New York Draft Riots
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.
Move to TOTAL WAR
“War Is Hell”The American Civil War as
Total War
Intentional targeting of non-combatants to achieve a military or political objective
War Hits Everyone
Sherman's March to the Sea
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
• Expansion of executive power
The Civil War as a Total War
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural – March 4, 1865With 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.
Peacemakers of 1865
Porter, Grant, Lincoln, Sherman
April 9, 1865Lee surrenders to
GrantConfederate troops
allowed to return home with firearms and horses
Everything else, even flags, turned over to Union.
Surrender at Appomattox
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”
The 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
Emancipation Proclamation
African-American Soldiers
54th Massachusetts
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
Southern – ran household operations, provided relief, made supplies, nurses
Northern – active in medical care – Nurses – abolitionist activists, made suppliesDoretha Dix & Clara Barton
Women