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10 Cards in this Set
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Union Advantages
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-20 million people
-10 times the manufacturing -97% of the guns -75% of the country's wealth -70% of the rail roads -navy -well organized government |
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Confederate Advantages
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-Defensive war
-fighting on home soil -long standing military traditions -prospect of foreign help -captive working force -hunting tradition |
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Modern Features
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-Deadlier weapons: cone shaped bullets, repeating rifles
-Aircraft: hot air baloons -Ironclad ships -Medical knowledge: cleanliness prevents infection, anesthetics -Camera |
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1st Bull Run
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-Generals: McDowell(u), Beauregard(c)
-Union was planning on attacking Confederate line -"Stonewall" Jackson showed up with confederate reinforcements -Union retreated in chaos -Confederate army retreated -Both armies are a mess |
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Results of 1st Bull Run
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-Commanders replaced: McClellan(u), Johnson(c)
-Both sides break for more training -Learned the war was not going to end quickly -Lincoln called for 500,000 more troops with three year enlistments -Both sides create stratagies |
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Union Strategy
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-Anaconda Plan:
1) blockade the coast 2) capture the Mississippi River 3) capture Richmond |
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Confederate Strategy
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1: protect borders
2: hold off till Union gives up 3: seek European help (withheld cotton trade) |
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Disadvantages
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Union: War unpopular with citizens
Confederate: poor supplies -Both sides need a quick war |
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Naval Action (1861 and 1862)
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-1861- Union blockade closed Confed. ports
-1862- Admiral Farragut(u) captured New Orleans, beggining the fight for the Mississippi Rv. -1862- Hampton Roads: first ironclad battle: Merrimac(aka Virginia)(c) vs. Monitor(u) |
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War in the West
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-1861
-Grant(u) held KY- moved across Tenn. to Cornith (Confed. railroad hub) -Camped at Shiloh while waiting for backup; attacked by Confed.s by surprise- 24000 killed/wounded -Bloodiest battle in the west -More casualties in one day than in all of previous wars |
