US History - Civil War Life

Blockade southern ports like New Orleans to cut off supply, Split the South in two down the Mississippi River to cut off Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana, make sure that the South gets no help from other countries

What were the main points of the Anaconda Plan (Northern Strategy)?

Defensive war (win by not losing), threaten Washington D.C. to keep the North in the north, drag out the war so that the North gets tired of war and the South recieves sympathy from other countries such as Britain and France

What was the South’s strategy for the war?

White, Protestant, single, 25 years old

Describe the average Civil War soldier.

Blue, Yankee

What was the North’s uniform color? What was the nickname for a North soldier?

Grey, Rebel

What was the South’s uniform color? What was the nickname for a South soldier?

The Civil War was made up of volunteers for the first 3 years, they had a 3-month enlistment, they fought for fame and glory

How were volunteers involved in the war?

When the North started drafting soldiers, they allowed those who were drafted to buy their way out with a substitute for $300. Some men would go from town to town to accept money to be someone’s substitute, then they would leave the town before they had to show back up.

What is bounty jumping?

Major slave owners (20+ slaves)

Who specifically was exempt from the draft in the South?

State governments made the armies, state governors had to fill the army’s numbers

Who made the armies, state or federal governments?

Not being able to walk or carry a gun, not having your front teeth, not having a trigger finger

What would keep you from being a soldier?

Patriotism, state pride, adventure, steady pay

For both sides, why did Whites fight in the war?

Preserve the Union of the United States

For what reason did Whites in the North fight?

To defend their home

For what reason did Whites in the South fight?

Freedom of Blacks, prove equality, prove manhood

Why did Blacks fight in the war?

Letters, 2 weeks

What was the most common form of communication during the war? How long was their delivery time?

Road networks, railroad networks, importance of area, waterways, topography of land, reliable intelligence

What were common places/reasons for battles to occur?

Diarrhea

What was the #1 killer during the war?

We were not prepared in terms of our doctors and hospitals

How medically prepared was the North before the war?

Wherever, typicaly the closest house to the battlefield

Where did surgeries during the war take place?

There was no sterilization, the same knives, scalpels, and blades were used and wiped on the same cloth

Describe the sterilization during surgeries in the war.

75%

What percent of surgeries were amputations?

2-10 minutes

How long did an amputation take?

1 in 4

What was the chance of dying from a surgery?

Post operative infection

What killed half of the wounded soldiers in the war?

Their culture valued the whole body, they were not very advanced, leg

What made getting prosthetics seem bad or depressing to soldiers? What were prosthetics like during the war? Which was better to get a prosthetic for; an arm or a leg?

$75 from the federal government and payment for their prosthetic

What were the Northern amputees provided with after the war?

They got no payment from the federal government and had to pay for their prosthetic

What were the Southern amputees provided with after the war?

They improved greatly because of so many men having to use them after the war

What happened to prosthetics after the Civil War?