Quote
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
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I think it means that if the South and the North don't corporate together, the whole nation will fall apart.
Battle Chart
Date Battle Victor Significance
April 12, 1861
July 21, 1861 April 6-8, 1862 On September 17, 1862 from July 1 to July 3, 1863 In May and June of 1863 November 15 to December 21, 1864 On April 9, 1865 On May 13, 1865 |
Fort Sumter (South Carolina)
1st Bull Run (Virginia) Shiloh (Tennessee) Antietam (Maryland) Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) VIcksburg (Mississippi) Sherman's March (Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina) Appomattox Courthouse (Virginia) Palmito Ranch |
The Union
Confederate States The Union The Union Confederate States The Union The Union The Union confederates |
At 2:30pm on April 13 Major Robert Anderson, garrison commander, surrendered the fort and was evacuated the next day.
It was the first major battle of the American Civil War. was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War the first battle of the American Civil War to be fought on northern soil. is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's armies converged on Vicksburg, investing the city and entrapping a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John Pemberton Sherman's March to the Sea is the name commonly given to the military Savannah Campaign in the American Civil War Effectively ending the American Civil War Early in the war the Union army had briefly occupied Brownsville but had been unable to hold the city. |
Strategies, Advantages, and
Disadvantages for the North and South
The North (The Union)Nicknames: Strategies for winning the war: planned a “three pronged attack”:
· weak motivation – not fighting for a cause, or at least one they could understand · officers not aggressive enough – many failed to press their enemy when they had the advantage, inexperienced · fighting on unfamiliar territory – most Northerners had never been in the South, poor communication, and long supply lines hampered the North · believed the war would be over quickly Advantages: · superior leadership in Abraham Lincoln · greater population – 22 million people · military power – a five to two advantage in men who could fight, a navy, war machinery · industrial power – more factories · more money · more railroads · more farm land where food crops, not cash crops were grown |
The South (The Confederate)Nicknames: Strategies for winning the war: planned to fight a defensive war.
Disadvantages: · weak leadership skills of Jefferson Davis · no navy · fewer men and supplies · few factories · less money · weaker government Advantages: · outstanding military officers – most had experience from the Mexican War, they had a strong military tradition and had been educated at military schools · strong motivation – were fighting to keep way of life · fighting on home ground – knew the territory · soldiers skilled with guns and horses because they lived in rural areas |