born in kentucky

douglas vs. lincoln

president

didnt want slavery 2 spread

gettysburg adress

emancipation proclamation

assasinated

emancipation proclamation

5 w's

who: abe lincoln

where: in rebelling states only

what: a legal document given by lincoln freeing slaves in rebelling states

when: january 1st 1863 when takes effect

why: a neccecary war measure

commander in chief

a way to defeat the south

discourage foriegn intervention

morally rite thing 2 do

tax paid with goods rather than with money!!

required all farmers to turn over one tenth of crops bounties!

bounties

disadvantages and advantages

north

a lot of people

food

railroads/ factories

great navy

Disadvantages:                                              

no military skills

unfamiliar land

planned to bockade southern ports

take control of mississippi river

seize richmond that take the gov.

advantages & strategies

south

defensive war/home ground

brilliant officers

military skills

Disadvantages                                            

no factories/railroads

fewer people

bad navy

merrimac- warship

in VA union abanded so south took over and covered it with 4 iron plates 4 in thick renamed virginia

Monitor: unions ironclad faster

attacked eachother and boht with drew

men who owned more than 20 slaves did not have 2 serve

slaves werent able 2 fite until end of war

election 1864

who ran

results

democrats- mcclellan

republicans- lincoln

lincoln won

grant began his driveto take richmond

in may 1864.

fought a series of battles in VA against lee

grant loss 60,000 men in 1 month

lee surrendered in april 9 1865

grant made lees troops give up rifles but cold keep horses and officers kept pistols

lee was marching north 2 weaken the union

confederate messenger lost lees battle plans

union found and gave mcclellan.

sept 17 1862 attacked @ antietam

over 24000 troops from both sides died.

in first day

union fort

began war

confeds wanted it

they asked for surrender in april 1861

union commanding officer anderson quikly ran out of ammunion and surrendered fot on the 13th

peeps from washington gathered on a hilltop near bull run 2 watch the battle

expected union troops 2 crush confeds.

confeds didnt turn and run by ex. of stonewall

confeds in april sprised grant near shiloh TN

uniion won bloody battle that followed

1 of the most famouse nurses in north became superintendent of all nurses for union army

she had strict rules for her nurses

some called her dragon dix

helped care for wounded union soldiers

won trust of troops

soldiers named her mother bickerydyke

sherman wouldnt help a man that bickerdyke dismissed of duties because he said she outranks me

civil war nurse

founder of red cross

trained many nurses

collected medical supplies

served on war front

kept records on 1'000s of soldiers

able 2 trace many soldiers missing

lincoln made him commander of union armies after bull run

spent 6 months training his men

in march 1862 moved 2 richmond by steamboat

lee hear they were there

lee sent stonewall and mcclellan had 2 retreat

attacked lees main force @ antietam in 62 north claimed victory

senetor of kentucky

last effort 2 save union so proposed this:

in dec. 1860 he introduced a bill that expanded missouri compromise line 2 pacific coast but it didnt please any 1

guided compromise of 1850

deep confident voice

faced lincoln for presidency

tried 2 make lincoln seem like abolitionist

wanted pop. sov.

northem democrat

proposed dividing nebraska in 2

pres. of confederacy from mississippi

west point grad

respected for honesty and courage

he wasted time over small details and arguing with advisors

stopped cotton trade with brittain thinking it would help economy but ended up hurting it

he was confederate

real name was general thomas jackson

got the nickname because he stood firmly as a stone wall

arkansas tennessee viginia and north carolina

joined confederacy

missouri kentucky west virginia maryland and delaware

stayed with union

grant sent him on a march from atlanta - atlantic ocean

had orders 2 crush everything in his path

burned city of atlanta in 1864

grant sherman and sheridan created total war

sherman destroyed barns animals and crops

lee dug in town of petersburg VA which guarded entrance 2 richmond

kept southerners under seige for 9 months

grant attacked it on april 3 and grant captured richmond the next day

lincoln walked thru the town soon after

inflation

few peeps openly opposed the war

davis had probs with southern constitution

cuz it said states had all rites

he had hard time making pay taxes and cooperating on military matters

geogia threatend 2 leave if GA officers couldnt lead GA troops

18-45 u served

$100 bountied if served raid 2 $300 later on

u could get out of it if u paid gov 300 or hired some 1 2 fite for them.

"rich mans war poor mans fite"

draftees often ran away

election 1860

who won

who ran

north democrats- stephen douglas

south dems- john breckinridge

republican- abe lincoln

constitutional union pary- john bell

LINCOLN WON

why was gettysburg adress written & delivered?

what did it say?

invited 2 a ceremony 2 dedicate for the cemetary.

he wasnt the main speaker so only spoke 3 min.

it said " that the civil war tested whether a nation that believed all men are created equal could survie"

urged americans to 2 overcome every challenge to their freedom.

not a big response unil later on

the right to have a hearing before being jailed

applied 2

lincoln tried 2 stop anti-draft riots and disloyal practices.

he denied this

rule by the army instead of elected gov.

applied 2

pro confed mobs attacking union troops in balitimore

made by lincoln

black soldiers

north

signed up non combat tasks because couldnt fite

in 62 passed a law 2 allow blacks 2 fite. formed all black units

1st  was 54th MA both free and slave blacks fought

black soldiers

south

did not fite

still worked on plantaions and factories. after emancipation

if threatened 2 whip they would strike as well as if not payed

southerner

opened private hospital in richmond

made cpt. so she could keep the hospital open. if had a great record of death

1,333 patients only 73 died.

lee and jackson out faught union again

at dusk a confed soldier shot stonewall

jackson on accident

died after a few days of phenomia.

lee greatly saddened

vicksburg

mississippi

confeds controlled

sat on hi cliff over looking the river

union couldnt travel saftly thru it on boat

grant tried many times 2 take it

finally he decided 2 suprise them and took the town Jackson.

tan attacked vicksburg from behind it.

held out 4 6 weeks than fell on jul. 4 1863

there was inflation in the north

it helped the north economy a little

the south suffered money wise tho

nov 1860- lincoln elected

Dec 1860- south carolina secedes

Mar 1861- lincoln takes office

april 1861- for sumpter

jul- aprl 1862- battles of bull run and shiloh

sept 1862- battle of antietam

jan 1 1863- emancipation proclimation

jul 1-3 1863- gettysburg

fall-winter 1864-65:: shermans march

april 1865- appomattox surrender (lincoln assassinated)

U.S. grant

after gettysburg made commander of union forces

born ohio               presistent

working class          harworking

bottom 3rd at west point                                    

mexican war quartermaster                                  

alchaholism                      plain

poor                  unassuming

pres of US               working man

civil war general                  blue colar

born in va                                            nobleman

aristocratic family                               the knight

2nd @ w.p.                                          wealthy

perfectionist                                           famous

mexican war hero                                intellegent

superintendent @ w.p.

captured john brown

                                    daring brilliant general