Crucible of Freedom:Civil War 1861 – 1865

Abraham Lincoln• First Inaugural Address • http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres31.html

– What promise about the issue of slavery did Lincoln make?

– Did Southerners believe him?– What action had some southern

states taken?– What promise had Lincoln

made about Federal property?

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Fort Sumter

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and summarize the events of April 12, 1861.

Fort Sumter

• April 12, 1861, South Carolina militia began a bombard of Fort Sumter to prevent relief ships from bringing supplies– Lincoln declared an insurrection and called for

75,000 militia from loyal states.– This prompted several more southern states

to secede (map 421)

• Stephen Douglas, “I deprecate war, but if it must come I am with my country, under all circumstances, and in every contingency.”

• Pick your Advantages!

• See which advantages actually prove successful as the season unfolds!

• Will your picks survive the season?

CIVIL WAR MILITARY

• #1 Homefield Advantage• #2 Standing Army

– 16, 000 vs 0

• #3 Trained Officer Corps– 2,000 vs 1,000

• #4 Population– 22 million vs 9 million

CIVIL WAR MILITARY

Key:

Dk Blue = Union

Lt Blue = Neutral, controlled by Union

Red = CSA

White = unorganized territories

• #5 Politics: – Two Party vs No Party

• #6 Developed Banking System– Federal vs States– Tax collection, funds

transfer

CIVIL WAR MILITARY

• #7 Railroads– 2/3 vs 1/3

• #8 Telegraph lines– Some vs None

• #9 Established Industry– 90% vs 10%

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• #10 Victory Conditions– Enemy Surrenders vs

Enemy Quits • Or

– Complete and Total Victory vs “A tie is as good as a win”

• #11 Morale/Cause– States Rights vs

Permanence of Union

CIVIL WAR MILITARY

General Winfield Scott’s Plan

• Anaconda Plan: Blockade the southern coastline, capture the Mississippi River, then wait for Southern Unionists to sieze control of the CSA.

#1 Homefield Advantage to

whom?

Lincoln’s Initial Moves

• Advantage #2& 3: Standing Army

• Secure Border states: MD, DE, KY, MO– including

Washington, D.C.

Lincoln’s Initial Moves

• A train of Massachusetts volunteers heading for Washington, D.C. was attacked by a mob in Baltimore

• Lincoln sent troops to Maryland and suspended habeas corpus.

• MD and DE rejected secession.

Advantage 3

• Trained Officer Corps– 2,000 vs 1,000

• Included both– Robert E Lee – Ulysses S Grant

• Generally accepted that the South had the better officers– Thomas “Stonewall”

Jackson

Compare information from GraphsDraw Conclusions

Drafts North and SouthAdvantage #4

• CSA April 1862, first “conscription” in US history.

• Exemptions:– CSA: Owners of 20 or more

slaves– Union: Pay another man to

serve in your place or $300 to be exempted.

– What complaints might be raised against these loop-holes?

• Total draftees:– Union: 46,000 of 2,100,000– CSA: 120,000 of 800,000

• North experienced Draft Riots

What do the number of volunteers, draftees, desertions, and riots

say about #11 Morale?

First Battles, 1861

• First Battle of Bull Run July 21, 1861– Watched on hillsides by

Washington dignitaries– Smaller CSA army routed

Union army

• War settled into winter encampment and training

• March 9, 1862, CSS Virginia vs USS Monitor

1862 Begins

• Spring 1862 Peninsula Campaign by McClellan failed, CSA victory

• Second Battle of Bull Run Aug 28-30, CSA victory

• Battle of Antietam, Sept 17, Lee had invaded MD– Technically a draw but Lee

withdrew– Strategically a Union victory

•Wild Card!– Defense of Slavery vs

Emancipation of Slaves

CIVIL WAR MILITARY

Abrv Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation Proclamation

“That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do not act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.”

Emancipation Proclamation

• This document announces the freedom of slaves where?

• Would a slave in South Carolina be free?

• Would a slave in Pennsylvania be free?

• What might some of the immediate effects be of this Proclamation?

Emancipation Proclamation

• Immediate Effects• African-Americans served in the Union armed forces to

the extent of approximately 200,000 volunteers by the war's end. These soldiers were segregated into African-American units and largely led by white officers, nonetheless their contributions were significant.

• By reframing the conflict as a war against slavery Lincoln also neutralized the participation of England and France as potential allies of the South. Most French and English people were philosophically opposed to slavery, making support of the South politically unfeasible.

Previous Response to Editor of the NY Tribune, August 1862

"Dear Sir . . . I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. . . . My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy Slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save

it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others

alone, I would also do that. What I do about Slavery and the colored race, I do because it helps

to save this Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help save the

Union. . . . I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty, and I intend

no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men, everywhere, could be free.”

Did the Emancipation Proclamation keep to

this statement?

1862, Battles in the West

• Grant– Control of MO and KY– Captured forts in TN– Close call but a victory at

Shiloh

• The CSA attack at Shiloh stripped the defenses of New Orleans allowing Admiral Farragut to capture it and surrounding areas.

1862 ends a bad year for the Union

• The Western battles were going well but the Eastern battles were what counted toward popular perception

• Peace Democrats (called “Copperheads” by the Republicans) demanded a truce and a peace conference. They were not in favor of Emancipation.

• There was very strong opposition to Lincoln, especially after he dismissed McClellan (who later ran against Lincoln in 1864 as a Democrat who promised to make peace with the CSA)

• Politics: – Two Party vs No Party

• Discuss.• Conclusion?

Advantage 5

• Developed Banking System• The North and South issued

Bonds to raise money, and printed Paper Money for cash

– N trusted, 80% inflation– S distrusted, 9,000% inflation

• 1863 the Union passed the National Bank Act, revolutionizing public finance

Advantage 6

• #7 Railroads– 2/3 vs 1/3

• #8 Telegraph lines– Some vs None

• #9 Established Industry– 90% vs 10%

• North has all advantages however, CSA never suffered for lack of war materiel (food and clothing yes, bullets and gunpowder, NO)

Advantages, Technological

1863 The Turning Point Year

• Gettysburg, Union victory July 3.– View Video, discuss Gettysburg Address– http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=764

• Vicksburg, Union victory July 4, finalizing the capture of the Mississippi, surrounding and blockading the South (effective, but not 100%)

• Coincidentally, in July, the NY draft riots occurred.

Grant’s Strategy to Win• Early in 1864, Lincoln made

Grant commander of US Army• Grant won battles by taking

advantage of the North’s larger population and superior ability to supply its army.

• Grant was willing to lose more soldiers and expend more supplies because he could replace his losses while the CSA could not.

• Some called him a “butcher”• Lincoln said, “He wins.”

1864, Sherman’s March to the Sea

• Total War: Sherman burned Atlanta then moved south to Savannah taking what was needed for supplies and burning anything that could aid the CSA army.

• What effect did this have on civilian morale?

War is a cruelty and you cannot refine

it. Those who brought war into

our country deserve all the

curses and maledictions a

people can pour out.

• #9 Victory Conditions– Enemy Surrenders vs

Enemy Quits • Or

– Complete and Total Victory vs “A tie is as good as a win”

• #10 Morale/Cause– States Rights vs

Permanence of Union

Advantage 9 & 10

The Beginning of the End

• Sherman took Savannah Dec 1864 wheeled north.

• He took Columbia, SC’s capital, without a fight and gutted much of the city.

• By Spring 1865 he was in NC.• Other Union armies were moving through

GA and AL, capturing thousands of CSA soldiers and freeing thousands of Union prisoners.

Grant

• Assaulted the Army of Northern Virginia at Petersburg, a railroad hub of Richmond.

• Captured Petersburg on April 2, 1865.

• Union troops went into Richmond April 3, 1865, as CSA troops retreated.

Appomattox Court House

• After Petersburg, Grant prevented Lee from escaping Virginia.

• On April 9, 1865, Lee asked for Terms of Surrender.

• Final surrender occurred on April 13, 1865.

Impact of the American Civil War

• Settled the issue of state secession.• Ended slavery.• Put America more firmly on a path toward

industrialization.• Promoted large scale organizations such as

Railroads and other businesses.• Federal Government became more “central” and

powerful.• Changed the name “The United States” from a

plural to a singular.

To Study• Lincoln’s view on slavery

(Inaugural speech, Emancipation Proclamation, response to editor)

• When/where CW started?• Considering various

advantages, who would you have bet on to win the CW? Why?

• Lincoln’s first moves• Outline 1862

– Spring– Summer/Fall– East/West– Political situation

• Significance of 1863• Grant’s Strategy• Sherman’s actions and affect• Surrender date and place• Overall # dead• Lasting impact of CW• Questions from presentations.