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The Beginning of the Civil War
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The Beginning of the Civil War
Shiloh, TN
April 1862
Union Victory
Strategies
Union:
* Anaconda Plan
*Winfield Scott
* Blockade Southern ports
* Take control of the Mississippi River
and divide the South
Resources
Confederate:
* Keep most of their forces in the South but make
"Raids" on the North to diminish their will to
fight.
*Get recognition from France and Great Britian.
* provide manufactured goods.
* France used cotton in their textile mills.
Confederate:
* the fight was for the
survival of their way of
life
* Strong Military Leaders
* Robert E. Lee
* Andrew Jackson
* Only had to defend, not
attack.
Union:
* larger population
* more resources for
war
* Coal, Iron, Gold,
Silver, Railroads,
Manufacturing
* more organized navy
* with no navy, the
South was subject
to blockade
* established
government
Early Battles of the Civil War
David Farragut
Naval Actions
Union takes New Orleans
Bull Run (N)/Battle of Manassas(S)
July 1861
* Confederates were waiting
outside Washington
* Thomas "Stonewall"
Jackson (Virginia Regiment)
* Union was defeated
* Signified the war was
going to be longer and
more bloody than first
thought.
* Lincoln replaced McDowell with
General McClellan.