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18 Cards in this Set
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North/Union Advantages
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had 3/4 of all american factories that existed
3/4 of the nation's wealth double the population of the south Lincoln was their leader |
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South/Confederate Advantages
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Border states (doubt and anxiety hanging over union about if they'll secede or not)
Better generals didn't have to win - just had to not lose Cotton - was desired and used in British factories |
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Great Union Commanders
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Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman |
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Great Confederate Commanders
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Robert E Lee
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson Albert Sidney Johnson |
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Lincoln's 4-point Plan for Success
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1. Anaconda Plan
2. Seize Mississippi River 3. Capture Confederate Capital (Richmond, VA) 4. Strike at the South's weak underbelly |
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Anaconda Plan
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blockade every southern port (Baltimore, Charleston, St. Louis, Savannah, New Orleans) to prevent them from importing & exporting (no cotton)
The south had no navy, only the north did Very effective |
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Battle of Shiloh
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1862 - Attempt to seize MS Rv
Union commanded by Grant Confeds commanded by Al Sid Johnson Large number of causalities South won but Albert Sid Johnson bled to death soon after the battle |
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Battle of Vicksburg
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1863 - Grant laid seize on a fort @ Vicksburg which lasted a year. People ate all horses, dogs, cats, rats, and eventually other people.
Union gained control of entire MS rv by the end. |
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Battle of Bull Run
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1861 - Union suspected easy victory.
Stonewall Jackson defeated the Union and the army ran back to WDC *if Jackson would have followed them, he could have captured Lincoln and the war would have been over |
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Battle of Antietam
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1862 - large number of casualties
Should have been a union victory because McClellan found Lee's battle plans before the battle. McClellan didn't want to fight much in fear of losing troops Resulted in a draw |
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Emancipation Proclamation
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1863 - The Battle of Antietam provided Lincoln the opportunity to free slaves.
Slaves in confed were free but not the slaves in border states (for fear of more secession) important symbolic effort because it energized blacks in the north to join the 54th MA Regiment |
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54th All-Volunteer Massachusetts Regiment
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all volunteer black men
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Battle of Fredricksburg
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1862 - Confederate win
Union did terribly - ran up a hill and got shot down Union was lead by Burnside (he was fired) |
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Battle of Chancellorsville
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1863 - lead by Thomas Hooker
once again defeated by Lee |
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Gettysburg
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1863 - Lee decided to go on the offense to try to force the Union to the negotiation table
He invaded PA at Harrisburg The Union army intercepted him @ Gettysburg and won Lee was uncomfortable on the offense and Stonewall Jackson was shot Happened at the same time Grant captured Vicksburg; beginning of the end for the Confed |
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March to the Sea
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William Sherman lead a march down to Savannah from TN. Army destroyed everything in it's path down, captured Savannah and sealed the victory
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Appomattox
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1865 - Lee surreneded
600,000 dead |
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John Wilks Booth
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assassinated Lincoln at a theater
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