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THE UNIONJoseph Yus amazing paper on the civil war

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Army Preparation:

There were recruits for soldiers

Atypical union soldier was a farmerwho volunteered to put down the

rebellion and defend his home

country.

The volunteers were organized into regiment

A regiment is made up of 10 companies,

which are commanded by a captain and 2

lieutenants.

The regiments were organized, clothed, fed,and armed by the state government, that the

regiments were assigned. Once the regiments

were organized, they were turned over to the

Federal government. Many regiments were

enrolled for 3-6 months, and on average they

served in the war for 3 ears.

SECTION 1

Getting ready for warResources:-The North had 2/3 of the nations

population, which meant they had

more people to enroll into the army.-They had major transportation

routes, such as railroads, canals,

and main highways. This made their

transportation of resources very

fast.

- Their navy was dominant in the

sea.

-The North was industrialized, sothey could make produce supplies and

ship them faster than the South.


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SOLDIER

Typical Union soldiers uniform consisted of:

Fatigue blouse: A light wool coat, that had an inside

pocket and 4 brass buttons.Forage cap: A union cap. Soldiers put brass numbers o

top of the cap to specify their regiment numbers.

Bootees: Army boots. Union army boots were made very

well and lasted a long time. Often times soldiers

nailed iron horse shoes to make the boots last longer

Belt: This included a cap box, cartridge box, and a

bayonet scabbard. The cartridge box had 40 cartridges

and the cap box had percussion caps.

Knapsack: Soldiers put personal belongings in their

knapsacks.

Haversack:Soldiers carried rations, such as pork,

hardtack, coffee, and extra packages of ammunition.

Canteen: Canteens had a wool cloth or cotton

surrounding its body, so when the cloth or the cotto

got wet, it would cool down the water.


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Section 2

Commanders and conflict

John Pope(March 16, 1822-September 23, 1892)

Born on March 16, 1822, in Louisville, Kentucky.

He graduated from West Point as a second lieutenant in the

Topographical Engineers.

He was stationed under Zachary Taylor, in the Mexican-American

war.

He was the Major General at one point.

He was given command of District North and Central Missouri, Army

of Mississippi, Army of Virginia, and Department of the

Northwest.

He had major victories along the Mississippi river, including the

siege against General P.G.T. (Island No. 10.). He also commanded

the Second battle of Bull Run and New Madrid.

When he resigned and was promoted to a brigadier general in the

regular Federal Army.

Interesting fact: His father was a prominent Illinois judge, who

was close to Abraham Lincoln.


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Joseph Hooker(1814-1879)

Graduated West Point Academy in 1837

and served in the Mexican-American war

as captain of artillery.

In the civil war he commanded the

division in the Army of Potomac during

the Peninsula Campaign, and was

promoted to major general of volunteers

later on.

He was involved in the Battle of Second

Bull Run, Battle of Antietam, Battle ofFredericksburg, and Battle of

Chancellorsville.

He remained active in duty until 1868.

The term hooker, whic

means prostitute was

coined after his lastname. The women around

him exhibited the

characteristics of the

word.

Robert Gould Shaw(1837-1863)

He avoided an injury when

bullet hit his pocket

watch.

He withdrew from Harvard after 3 years.

Served as a captain in the 2nd

Massachusetts, until Massachusetts

governor John Andrew assigned him to

the 54th Massachusetts. The 54th

Massachusetts was the first regiment

made up of black troops.


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Battles!

Battle of AntietamGenerals:

Union: Major General George B. McClellan

Confederate: General Robert E. Lee

Location: Sharpsburg, Maryland

Outcome: Inconclusive (Union victory

strategically) 23100 casualties

Why: General McClellan confronted General

Lee in Maryland. Hookers army attacked

first and started the bloodiest one day

battle of American military history.

This battle caused the Confederate army to

retreat back across the Potomac River. Also

this battle caused President Lincoln to

issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

Gettysburg

Generals:

Union: Major General George G. Meade

Confederate: General Robert E. Lee

Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Outcome: Union Victory. 51000 casualties(28000

Confederate)

Why:

Robert E. Lee attempted to invade the North and end the

war. The Picketts charge failed and ended the war.

This was the bloodiest battle of the war. It went on for

3 days.


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Siege of Vicksburg

Location:

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Generals:

Union: Major General Ulysses S. Grant

Confederate: Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton

Outcome: Union victory. 19233 casualties (10,142 were

Union)

Why:

This was the last stronghold the Confederates had on the

the Mississippi river.What happened:

General Ulysses Grant surrounded Vicksburg and sieged it.

This was one of the most brilliant military campaigns of

the war.


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African Americans

Women

The slaves were freed, they were then called

freemen. The 15th and the 14th amendment rights

to vote and other rights. Some of them actually

held office in local, state and federal

government.

Even though the Emancipation Proclamation freed

all slaves in rebel states and the Civil war

ended slavery, hatred was still going on in the

country.

Hatred against the blacks formed a group, called

the Ku-Klux-Klan (or KKK). Grant tried to get rid

of the KKK by the Enforcement Act of 1870, but it

was declared unconstitutional; because the 1st

amendment.

Minority Groups

Women served in the war as

nurses.

Dorothea Dix became the

nations first

superintendent of women

nurses. To prevent romance,

she recruited plain looking

women, who were at least

30.

Clara Barton was called the

angel of the battlefield,

after she was on the battle

of Antietam to cure

soldiers.


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Immigrants

Spies

Many European immigrants joined t

army because they were against

slavery. The immigrants consisted

of French, German, and Irish

immigrants.

About 400,000 immigrants served.

Out of these 170,000 were Irish a

216000 were German.

Spies were used in the civil war. Theywere dressed in the other sides attire

and acted like they were on their side.

Surprisingly many of them were women.


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Section 3 : Lives during the war

Soldiers in the front

Soldiers on both sides

suffered from the poor

conditions. Diseases such

as diarrhea, body lice,

and dysentery were

common.

Confederate soldiers

often ate cush, a stew ofsmall cubes of beef and

crumbled cornbread mixed

with bacon grease.

Union soldiers ate beans,

bacon, and hardtack

(square biscuits

supposedly hard enough to

stop bullets).

It was required to

wash their face andhands once a week

and take a complete

bath once a week,

but many failed to

follow these

regulations

The soldiers usually serv

for 3 years, if they didn

die. The run away soldier

were often put into priso

camps or sometimes they

were killed.

At least 618,000

soldiers died in the

civil war.


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LIFE IN THE

HOMES

Because the men were gone, women took ove

the mens jobs and worked to support thei

families.

Because most of money were used to fund

the war, there were difficulties in the

homes.

Also the South suffered food shortages an

inflation in prices rose.

Disagreements about the

war happened in the

homes. In some families

the son joined the Union,

while the father joined

the Confederates.

Usually the people

living near the

battlefields were

forced to move.


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Effects of Civil

Losses:

-At least 618,000 men died in the

Civil War.

-The towns in the South were

demolished.

-Families were torn apart.

Gain:

-Slavery officially ended.

-14th and 15th amendments were passed to

give the Freedmen civil rights and

voting rights.

-The Union was preserved.

-The Northern economy boomed because the

use of resources, such as uniforms andweapons, made the factories running.


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Reconstruction

Because 70% of the Southern

economy was destroyed and they

were part of the Union, the North

had to reconstruct the destroyedtowns of the South.

Originally Lincolns plan was proposed, but

he was assassinated. Therefore, Johnson

became president and his plans were proposed.

However, his plans were too lenient of the

South. Therefore, the Congress constructed aplan.

The Congress passed th14th and the 15th

amendment to give

Blacks civil rights.

The South gained an educational plan and

reconstructed the towns.

Scalawags and Carpetbaggers went to the

South to gain money and help the South

retrieve their normal lives.


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