Section 1: Union Measures & Men

SECTION 1: UNION MEASURES & MEN

I. The Make Up of the Union Armya) The need for menb) State Governors and recruitment c) Why Volunteer?

II. Conscription My dear, I have found a Substitute, I no longer have to fight!!!!

YOU COWARD!!! I WILL FIND A SUBSTITUTE FOR YOU

III. Democrats & the DraftIV. New York Draft Riots

V. Initial Efforts at Supplying the Union Armya) Simon Cameron (Corrupt Secretary of War) b) Edwin Stanton (Sec. of War) c) Montgomery Meigs (Quarter Master General)

VI. A Soldiers Life a) Billy Yank b) Soldiers Payc) Desertion

SECTION 2: THE UNION GOVERNMENT AT WAR

I. Early Presidential Decisionsa) Insurrectionb) Writ of Habeas Corpusc) Prize Cases

II. The 37th Congressa) Lincoln’s Message

III. Activist Congressa) Confiscation Act (Aug 1861)b) 2nd Confiscation Act (July 1862)c) Transcontinental RR d) Homestead Acte) Morrill Land-Grant Act

IV. Opposition to the GovernmentV. Measuring Lincoln’s Actions

SECTION 3: PROBLEMS OF THE CONFEDERARY

I. Mobilizing the Confederate Armya) Sumter: A Southern Rallying Cryb) Finding Recruits and Conscription

II. Supplies and Resourcesa) Josiah Gorgasb) Abraham C. Myersc) Lucius Northrop

III. Financing the Wara) Taxesb) Produce Loansc) Printing Press

IV. Opposition to the Confederacy a) Georgia and North Carolina

V. Problems of Leadership