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Fire-eaters
militant leaders of that championed Southern nationalism
First state to secede from the Union
South Carolina voted unanimously on December 20th, 1860, to seceded from the Union.
Confederate States of America
Nation formed in February of 1861.
Formed by the first seven states to secede from the Union: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.
Fort Sumter
Union fort in South Carolina.
First shots of the Civil War are fired here.
Crittenden Compromise
Proposed by Senator John J. Crittenden of Kentucky
Called for constitutional amendments that would satisfy Southern demands.
guarantee the permanent existence of slavery in slave states
solve issues of fugitive slaves and slavery in DC
reestablish Missouri Compromise line in all current and future territories of the US
General P.G.T Beauregard
Commander of Confederate forces at Charleston
April 14th, 1861: Bombards the island that Fort Sumter is located on & the Civil War starts.
Four other states that join the Confederacy
Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee
Four slave states that don’t join the Confederacy
Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri
Union Advantages
Larger population → more reserve manpower for army and workforce
More advanced industrial system → able to manufacture own war materials.
Better transportation system
Southern Advantages
Fought a defensive war on familiar territory → established infrastructure: communication lines, hospitals, etc.
Higher commitment to war
Republican Economic Policy
Aggressive & nationalistic economic program
Homestead Act of 1862
Permitted any citizen or prospective citizen to claim 160 acres of public land and to purchase it for a small fee after living on it for five years
Morrill Land Grant Act
Sell land and use proceeds to finance public ediuction
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Federally chartered corporation tasked to build a railroad westward from Omaha
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Federally chartered corporation tasked to build a railroad eastward from California.
National Bank Acts of 1863-64
Created a new national banking system with a uniform system of national bank notes.
3 Ways the Union tried to finance the war
Levy taxes
Issue paper currency
Borrow
“Greenbacks”
Paper currency not backed by gold or silver. Instead it was backed by the good faith and credit of the government.
Peace Democrats/Copperheads
laborers, immigrants, and Democrats that opposed the war
Most prominent Copperhead
Ohio Congressman Clement L. Vallandigham
Ex parte Merryman
Supreme Court try to curb Lincoln’s authority by requiring him to release an imprisoned Maryland secessionist leader. Lincoln ignored it
Ex parte Milligan
Military trials in areas where civil courts existed are unconstitutional
Mathew Brady
One of the first important photographers of American History.
Organized a corp of photographers that released pro-war pamphlets, posters, speeches, and songs
Election of 1864 candidates
Union Party (Republican party) nominated Lincoln
Democrats nominated George B. McClellan
Irrepressible Conflict
North and South stood positions were the issues and problems of slavery were irreconcilableÂ
Confiscation Act
All enslaved people used for insurrectionary purposes (supporting the Confederacy) would be considered free
Battle of Antietam
Lincoln announces that he would use his war powers to issue an executive order freeing all enslaved people in the Confederacy
Emancipation Proclamation
Executive order from Lincoln that stated all enslaved people in the Confederacy were free, except those under Union control: Tennessee, western Virginia, and southern Louisiana
Emancipation Proclamation: African Enlistment
After the Emancipation Proclamation, African enlistment rapidly increased.
Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry
Best known African American regmient.
Commanded by Robert Gould Shaw
Mistreatment of Black Soldiers
Tasked to dangerous, onerous, or menial jobs.
Paid 1/3rd less than their white counterparts.
Hard Times for Workers
Purchasing power decreased as wages were stagnant compared to the substantial inflation.
Workers were taken advantage of by their employers, so union membership increased.
U.S. Sanitary Commission
Organization of civilian volunteers led by Social reformer Dorthea Dix
Traditional Gender Roles Reinforced
Female nurses faced considerable resistance from male doctors
National Woman’s Loyal League
Founded in 1863 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Diseases that soldiers faced
Malaria, Dysentery, Typhoid, Gangrene
Confederate Leadership
Provisional President → Jefferson Davis of Mississippi
Vice President → Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia
Southern Divisions
White people in the poorer “backcountry” and “upcountry” refused to recognize the Confederate government.
“food draft”
Soldiers are permitted to feed themselves by seizing crops from farms in their path
Economic Woes of the South
The South had extreme inflation & shortages from overprinting money and a blockade by the North.
New Roles for Women
With the men off at war, Women once again had to take up new roles: schoolteachers, government agents, nurses, etc.
Women learned how to manage enslaved workforces, plow fields,and harvest crops.
Union Generals before Grant
Winfield Scott
George B. McClellan
Henry W. Halleck
Committe on the Conduct of War
Joint investigative committee of the two houses of Congress chaired by Senator Benjamin F. Wade of Ohio.
Confederate Military advisors
General Robert E. Lee
General Braxton Brigg
Professional officers were graduates from
U.S. Military Academy at West Point and U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis
Ironclads
Warship that was plated in iron
Merrimac
U.S. frigate that the Confederates confiscated, then made into an ironclad. The Confederates then renamed it the Virgina.
Monitor
A Union ironclad that was used against the Confederate ironclad ship, the Virgina.
Judah P. Benjamin
Confederate secretary of state
Charles Francis Adams
Son of John Quincy Adams.
Minister to London.
Provided invaluable assistance to William Seward the American secretary of state during the Civil War.
European sympathies
France and England were generally sympathetic to the Confederacy because of the Southern cotton industry.
Neither nation wanted to take a side in the conflict.
John Bright & Richard Cobden
English liberals that supported the Union cause against slavery.
King Cotton diplomacy
Counter antislavery forces in Europe by saying that Southern cotton was vital for English and French textile industries.
Trent affair
Diplomatic Crisis between the US and Britain.
American frigate San Jacinto stopped the British steamer, the Trent, and arrested James M. Mason and John Slidell, who were Confederate diplomats.
Charles Wilkes
Commander of the San Jacinto
2 famous Commerce destroyers that the Confederacy bought from Britain
Alabama and Flordia
William C. Quantrill
Ohio native who became a captain of the Confederate army after organizing guerilla fighters.
Jayhawkers
Union sympathizers in Kansas that partook in guerrilla warfare
The Civil war has often been called the first
Modern & total war
Samuel Colt
Patented the repeating pistol (revolver) in 1835
Oliver Winchester
Introduced the repeating rifle in the 1860
Importance of the railroad
Allowed for convenient method of transporting men.
U.S. Military Telegraph Corps
Led by Thomas Scott and Andrew Carnegie.
Telegraphs became the primary source of communication during the war.
First Battle of Bull Run/First Battle of Manassas
General Irvin McDowell of the Union almost defeated the Confederate forces, but would retreat after a brutal counter attack
Wilson’s Creek
Nathaniel Lyon is defeated secessionists in Missouri. These secessionists were led by Governor Claiborne Jackson and other state officals.
New Orleans Captured
David G. Farragut led a Union squadron of ironclads into the Gulf of Mexico and defeated several Confederate forts near the mouth of the Mississippi. They would sail up to New Orleans and capture the city.
Shiloh
Grant defeated Confederate forces led by Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard. Johnston was killed and Braxton Bragg succeeded him as Commander of the Confederate Army in the West.
Battle of Murfreesboro/Stone’s River
Braxton Bragg is forced to retreat after fighting a Union army commanded by Don Carlos Buell and later William S. Roscrans.
George B. McClellan
Commander of the Army of Potomac, Known well for the Peninsular campaign
Seven Pines
Troops under Joseph E. Johnston attacked McClellan outside of Richmond. It was 2 day battle where the Confederates failed to drive out Union forces.
Antietam
Lee went on the offensive but would end up retreating into Virginia. McClellan would be removed from command and be replaced by Ambrose E. Burnside(was quickly removed from command)
Battle of Chancellorsville
Union General Joseph Hooker was attacked by Stonewall Jackson and Lee. Jackson was wounded and would die from pneumonia. Lee failed to destroy the Union army.
Vicksburg
A Confederate stronghold was in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Grant would siege the city and would finally give the Union control of the entire length of the Mississippi river.
George C. Meade
Replaces Hooker as the Commander of the Union Army of the Potomac.
Battle of Chattanooga
Union forces drive Confederates back into Georgia. Union finally gained control of the Tennessee.
John B. Hood
Dude that President Davis chooses to replace Joseph Johnston with.
Fails to defend Atlanta, and Atlanta is captured by the Union.
March to the Sea
William T. Sherman uses his army to cut a sixty mile swath of desolation across Georgia.
Appomattox Court House
Lee surrendered what is left of his forces on April 9th. Joseph Johnston would do the same shortly after.