OVERVIEW OF THE CIVIL WAR

The North

AKA The Union The U.S.A. Yankees Federals

Strengths 22 million people vs 9 million in the South More natural resources 86% of the U.S. factories were in the

North 2.5 times more railroad in the north Abraham Lincoln’s determination to

preserve the Union

Weaknesses Lack of training City folk fighting the war Inexperienced generals

War Goals Subdue the South Take the Mississippi and blockade the

coast Isolate the South from the world

States Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Oregon, California, and Kansas.

President: Abe Lincoln

Capital

Washington D.C.

The South

AKA Confederacy C.S.A. (Confederate States of America) Rebels Grays Secessionists

Strengths Good generals Just had to not lose (didn’t have to attack

the North) Southerners generally knew how to ride

horses and shoot guns

Weaknesses Less people to fight Lack of food and clothing Few railroad tracks

War goals Avoid losing long enough for the North to

give up and leave.

“The South could ‘win’ the war by not losing; the North could win only by winning.” – James M. McPherson

States South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,

Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia.

States

President: Jefferson Davis

Capital

Richmond, Virginia

Generals of the Civil War North:

William Tecumseh Sherman Ulysses S. Grant George McClellan George Mead

Generals of the Civil War South

Robert E. Lee Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson J.E.B. Stuart Nathan Bedford Forrest