Civil War Basics: When: _________________________________________________________________________ Who: _____ v/s ____, ____________ v/s __________, ____v/s____, ____v/s_____, ____v/s____ Major Issues: ________________, ______________, & _______________ Political Leaders: Union _______________ Confederacy ___________ Military Leaders: Union_______________ & _____________________ Confederacy ______________________ & ________________________ Advantages: Union ___________________, _______________ _____________________, ___________________, _________________, & _________________ Confederacy _________________________, _______________________ Strategies: Union __________________ 1. ________________________ 2. _______________________________ 3. ________________________ Confederacy 1. _______________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________ Major Victories: Union 1. ____________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________________________ 4. _______________________________________________________________________ Confederacy 1. ____________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________________________ Outcome: ________________________________________________________________ Civil War Basics: When: April 12, 1861 (Confederacy fired on Fort Sumter, SC) through April 9, 1865 Civil War Basics: Who: Union v/s Confederacy, Free states (border states) v/s slave states North v/s South Blues v/s Grays Yankees v/s Rebels Civil War Basics: Major Issues: Slavery (Union anti—South pro) Secession (Union anti—South pro) States’ Rights (Union anti—South pro) Civil War Basics: Political Leaders: Union President Abraham Lincoln Confederate President Jefferson Davis Civil War Basics: Military Leaders: Union Generals Ulysses S. Grant William T. Sherman Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson Civil War Basics: Union Advantages More people (22 million/9 million) More RR (22,000 miles/9,000 miles) More industry ($1.62 billion/$155 million) More money ($263 million/$74 million) More food agriculture (much less cotton) More livestock (N more horses, milk cows, sheep, & swine—S more donkeys/mules) Union Advantages Civil War Basics: Confederate Advantages Superior Military Leadership (Robert E. Lee & Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson) Most battles fought on southern soil Civil War Basics: Union Strategy: Nicknamed “Anaconda Plan” 1. Blockade Confederate Coastline w/Navy 2. Cut Confederacy into two parts along Mississippi River 3. Take Confederate Capital of Richmond, VA Civil War Basics: Anaconda Plan Civil War Basics: Confederate Strategy 1.Fight a defensive war 2.Get help from European nations (GB & FR—cotton) Civil War Basics Major Union Victories: Battle of Antietam (Sept 1862) won in border state of Maryland Civil War Basics Major Union Victories: Battle of Vicksburg (Siege by Gen Grant in Mississippi July 4, 1863 Civil War Basics Major Union Victories: Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863 Turning point battle in the Civil War Civil War Basics Major Union Victories: Battle of Atlanta (RR Center) Sept 2, 1864 by Sherman followed by March to the Sea (Savannah) Civil War Basics Confederate Victories: Firing of Fort Sumter, SC April 12, 1861—first shots of the Civil War Civil War Basics Major Confederate Victories: Battle of Bull Run July 1861 by General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson Outcome: Union victory when Gen Lee surrenders to Gen Grant at Appomattox Courthouse April 9, 1865 .