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    Secession

    South Carolina secedes from the union first


    10 states follow
    President: Jefferson Davis
    Named Confederate States of America

    Mostly Yeomen:
    Missouri, kentucky, and maryland are border states, don't join the confederate states
    West virginia breaks off of virginia (doesn’t support slavery)

    Lincoln keeps the border states from seceding and make them support the union to an extent

    War Strategies
    North:
    - Take richmond, the CSA capital
    - Cut the CSA in half
    - Conquered the south
    - Anaconda plan
    - Squeeze the resources out of the south - force surrender
    - Split them in half
    - blockade
    South:
    - Defend, no need to conquer
    - Protect the home ground & slavery
    - Self-government

    Advantages
    North:
    - 2/3rd of the country’s population
    - 2/3rd of the country’s railroads
    - Industries
    - Greater resources
    - Strong economy
    South:
    - Defend the home field
    - Experienced generals
    - Cotton (drove Britain’s economy)
    - Aid from Britain to sustain their economy
    - Civilian support

    Fort Sumter (first shots of thee civil war):


    - Confederate troops fire at Fort Sumter, in preparation of the boat bringing resupplies.
    - They believed the boat was bringing reinforcements, not resupplies.
    - The boat never arrived after being told to stay away from the burning fort.
    First actual battle: Battle of Bull Run (manassas) July 16, 1861
    - 30,000 union forces sent to take over Richmond, Virginia vs. 20,000 defending
    confederate forces
    - Thomas Stonewall Jackson rallies the confederate troops and convinces them to push
    the union forces back, which succeeds, sending them back to D.C.
    - Proves the war to be lengthy and bloody

    Conscription/Draft (first draft laws)


    South:
    - April 1862
    - Current soldiers to stay until war’s end
    - All men between 18-35 required to serve for 3 years
    - Exempted 1 white men for every 20 slaves
    - Hired subs($300)
    - Yeomen were doomed
    - “Rich’s man war, but a poor’s man fight”
    North:
    - March 1863
    - Paid recruits up to $600/year
    - Pay $300 to be exempt or pay subs to fight in one’s behalf
    - Irish and Germans refused to enlist
    - NYC Riots, July 1863:
    - Attacked Republicans
    - Attacked Police
    - Lynched African Americans
    - 100s of AA forced to flee their homes
    - Burned down an AA orphanage

    Robert E. Lee:
    - Most experienced general
    - Declined lincoln’s invite to join the union, but he chooses the Confederate side to defend
    his homeland (virginia)
    - “Reason the war lasted 4 years”
    Battle of Antietam: September 17, 1862
    - Robert E. Lee wanted to invade north
    - Targets D.C., but changes mind to target Antietam.
    - “Confederate victory on Union soil would convince Britain and France to aid the south”
    - Bloodiest and Deadliest day in American history ever - 20,000 americans dead in 12
    hours
    - Union victory, but McClellan fails to capture Lee after defeating him, leading to him
    getting fired.
    Emancipation Proclamation:
    Road to Freedom
    “Contrabands” runaway slaves that ended up in Union camps

    Radical Republicans, fierce abolitionists, called for legislation to end slavery and part of
    the war

    Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, Jan. 1, 1863:


    ● Freed slaves in CSA , African Americans eligible to enlist in the armed forces,
    African Americans to labor for wages

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