Civil War

The USA history

Status of the states, 1861

 States that seceded

before April 15, 1861
 States that seceded
after April 15, 1861
 Union states that
permitted slavery
 Union states that banned
slavery
 Territories
State and territory boundaries, 1864–5

 Union states
 Union territories
 Kansas, entered Union as
a free state
 Union border states that
permitted slavery
 The Confederacy
 Union territories that
permitted slavery
 Before Lincoln took office, seven
states had declared their secession
from the Union. They established a
Southern government, the
Confederate States of America on
February 4, 1861.
 They took control of federal forts and
other properties within their
boundaries with little resistance from
outgoing President James Buchanan,
whose term ended on March 4, 1861.
 The Union states

 Twenty-three states remained loyal to the Union:

California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont,
and Wisconsin. During the war, Nevada and
West Virginia joined as new states of the Union.
Tennessee and Louisiana were returned to Union
military control early in the war.
 The Confederacy

These seven states formed the Confederate

States of America (February 4, 1861)
 South Carolina,
 Mississippi,
 Florida,
 Alabama,
 Georgia,
 Louisiana,
 Texas.
 The Confederate government under
P. G. T. Beauregard bombarded the fort with
artillery on April 12, 1861.
It was the beginning of the Civil War.
Anaconda Plan and blockade, 1861

 Winfield Scott, the

commanding general of
the U.S. Army, devised
the Anaconda Plan to
win the war with as little
bloodshed as possible.
His idea was that a
Union blockade of the
main ports would weaken
the Confederate
economy;
Famous Battles

 Battle of Chancellorsville (in May 1863)

 Battle of Gettysburg (July 1 to July 3, 1863)
 Battle of Vicksburg
 Battle of Cedar Creek
 Date April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865 (last battle ended May 13, 1865)
Location Principally in the Southern United States
Result Union victory; Reconstruction; slavery abolished; national
government strengthened; South impoverished

American Civil War

United States of America ( Confederate States of America
Union) (Confederacy)
Commanders
Union Leaders Confederate Leaders
Strength
2,100,000 1,064,000
Casualties and losses
110,000 killed in action 93,000 killed in action
360,000 total dead 260,000 total dead
275,200 wounded 137,000+ wounded
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