THETHE

CIVIL WARCIVIL WAR1861-1865

GUIDING QUESTIONSGUIDING QUESTIONS•How did the Union win the How did the Union win the

war?war?

•How did the Civil War How did the Civil War change the United States change the United States politically, socially and politically, socially and economically?economically?

THE SECESSION

CRISIS

1860

Election

Results

1860

Election

Results

Election of 1860: Popular Vote Percentages

Secession: The Lower South

• secession• “fire-eaters”

• Confederate States of America• Jefferson Davis

Fort Sumter: April 12,

1861

Fort Sumter: April 12,

1861

TWO SOCIETIES AT WAR

The Divided NationLincoln by Alexander Gardner, 1861

Confederate States of AmericaOfficial Flags

1865

1861-1863 1863-1865

Jefferson Davis,

President, CSA

Comparing the North & the SouthComparing the North & the South

Resources: North vs.

South

Resources: North vs.

South

Railroad Lines, 1860

Railroad Lines, 1860

Overviewof

Civil WarStrategy

“Anaconda”Plan

Overviewof

Civil WarStrategy

“Anaconda”Plan

THE WAR IN

THE EAST

1861-1862

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

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

The Battle of the Ironclads, The Battle of the Ironclads, MMarch, 1862arch, 1862The Battle of the Ironclads, The Battle of the Ironclads, MMarch, 1862arch, 1862

N-Monitor

vs.S-

Merrimac

N-Monitor

vs.S-

Merrimac

USS Monitor Deck and Turret

The War in the East: 1861-1862

The War in the East: 1861-1862

Union General Ambrose Burnside

Squirrel tails on my face!

DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS

New York Draft Riots -

Battle in Second Avenue(Collection of Picture Research Consultants & Archives)

Social Unrest

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New York City Draft Riots (Gangs of

New York) (July 1863)

Recruiting station, New York Recruiting station, New York CityCity

FROM FROM GETTYSBURG TO GETTYSBURG TO

APPOMATTOXAPPOMATTOX1863-1865

Civil War in the West

General Ulysses S. General Ulysses S. GrantGrant

• Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant• ShilohShiloh • New OrleansNew Orleans• AdmiralAdmiral David David FarragutFarragut• VicksburgVicksburg (May 19-July 4, 1863)

Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863

Decisive Battle of the War Largest Battle ever in U.S.- 172,000 troops (97,000 in Union Army of the Potomac; 75,000 Conf. Army of N. Va.) Most casualties of any battle (51,000 combined) 569 tons of ammunition Over 5,000 dead horses

Lincoln at Gettysburg

The War in the South, 1863-1865• William T.

Sherman• Atlanta (Sept.

1864)

• “March to the Sea”

Union General William T. Sherman

Ruined railway near Atlanta, destroyed by Sherman’s troops

Richmond, VA

April 1865

After Burning by Union Forces

Surrender• Lee’s Surrender, Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

McClain House, Appomattox C.H., April 1865

War Deaths

Civil War Casualtiesin Comparison to Other Wars

Civil War Casualtiesin Comparison to Other Wars

Casualties on Both SidesCasualties on Both Sides

IMPORTANT RESULTS OF THE CIVIL WAR

POLITICALPOLITICAL ECONOMICECONOMIC SOCIALSOCIAL