The (1861 – 1865) Lecture Outline

I. The Road to Secession A. The Election of 1860 B. The Secession of (December 1860) C. The establishment of the Confederate States of America D. The attack on E. Declaration of Insurrection II. The Opposing Forces: Economic/Military/Political Resources A. of America B. Confederate States of America III. The Early Military Engagements of the War A. (21 July 1861) B. The of the Federal Government C. The Federal assault against Richmond D. The War in the West IV. The Home Fronts A. The Confederate search for allies B. The C. runners & the blockade of the South D. Confederate Conscription Act of April 1862 E. Financial solvency of the North F. Federal actions against dissidents V. The road to the Emancipation Proclamation A. The Battle of Sharpsburg (September 1862) B. ’s Proclamation C. The role of African-Americans in the Federal Army D. Federal Conscription Act of March 1863 VI. The High Tide of the Confederacy & Collapse A. The Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania B. C. Total War & General Sherman’s invasion of D. The E. General Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse (April 1865)

Key Terms/Concepts General Robert E. Lee/ Lieutenant-General / General Thomas Jackson/ Joseph E. Johnston/ //William L. Yancey Stephen A. Douglas/ John C. Breckinridge/Constitutional Unionist Party/ John Bell Secession Convention John C. Crittenden/ / General Ulysses S. Grant/ General William Sherman/George McClellan/Irvine McDowell/ John Pope// Joseph E. Hooker/ Battle of Seven Days// /Battle of /// Battle of Chancellorsville /James Mason Homestead Act/Morrill Land Grant Act/Pacific Railway Act/National Banking Acts (1861) – legal case 1st South Carolina Volunteers /54th Infantry regiment/ Robert Shaw