The Civil WarBy: John Durante, EDU 290

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Causes…

• President Lincoln wanted to stop the spread of slavery

• With the end of slavery, the south would suffer severe economic blows.

• The South feared racial equality.• Southern states argued that free blacks and white

men could not live together in peace.• Corwin Amendment was introduced to stop the

abolishment of slavery in the states that it already existed in.

Secession of the South.

• Seven states left the Union before Lincoln took office.

• These states took over what property fell within their boundaries with little opposition.

• As Southerners resigned their seats in the Senate and the House.

• On February 4th 1861, these seven states formally removed themselves from the Union to start a new government.

The Union and Confederacy.

• Twenty-three states remained loyal to the Union.

• Seven Deep South cotton states seceded by February 1861.

• These seven states formed the Confederate States of America (February 4, 1861), with Jefferson Davis as president, and a governmental structure closely modeled on the U.S. Constitution.

The War.

• On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as President.

• Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, Fort Pickens and Fort Taylor were the remaining Union-held forts in the Confederacy, and Lincoln was determined to hold Fort Sumter.

• The battle for this fort was short and very bloody.• Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers for 90 days.• The war was thought to be short and quick, so the

promise of swift victory was given to the volunteers.

Anaconda Plan

Anaconda Plan and blockade

• Winfield Scott, the commanding general of the U.S. Army, devised the Anaconda Plan to win the war with as little bloodshed as possible.

• The idea was to capture the Mississippi river and split the south in half.

• In May 1861, Lincoln enacted the Union blockade of all Southern ports, ending regular international shipments to the Confederacy.

Key Events and Battles

Bull Run (Manassas), 1st battle

• July 21, 1861• Gen. McDowell leads 30,000 men

against Gen. Johnston's 22,000 Southern troops in an attempt to crush the rebels and go "On to Richmond." South is vicarious as Union troops flee back to Washington. McDowell replaced by Gen. McClellan.

Emancipation Proclamation

• September 23, 1862• Lincoln announces that on 1/1/63, all

slaves in the rebelling states would be free. Does not affect border states. This forces European nations that taking a side is a must.

Battle of Gettysburg

• July 1863.• Over 165,000 soldiers participate in

the largest battle in the Western Hemisphere.

• Approximately 50,000 total casualties for both sides.

General Lee surrenders

• April 9, 1865• Lee did not want to see his troops

suffer anymore, so he surrenders. He is given generous terms to do so.

African American Memorial

• This is located in Washington D.C

War Memorial

• Civil War memorial and graves, Cynthiana, Kentucky 

• Denver City Park Civil War Memorial Sundial

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Work Cited• Carroll, John. The American Military Tradition. Maryland: Lanham, 2007.• Morris, James. American military history. New Jersey: Upper Saddle River,

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