Life During Civil WarMr. Simonetti

Northern Military Strategies

3 part strategy Capture Richmond Gain control of the Mississippi River US Navy to blockade the South (Anaconda Plan;

this was important because the South depended on foreign markets to sell its cotton and buy supplies)

Southern Military Strategies

Capture Washington DC Invade the NorthWin a foreign ally (France or Britain)

The Trent EventNorthern US warship stopped the British ship,

THE TRENT, and removed 2 confederate soldiers who were negotiating with Britain

Britain was angered because the North violated its neutrality in war and demanded that the North release the two Confederates and apologize

Lincoln obliged

Soldier’s HardshipsUnsanitary Conditions – POW campsDisease – flu, pneumonia, and typhoidShortages of food, clothing, rifles

Northern Life on the Home Front

Women took over work in factories and on farms

More jobs became available; women worked as bankers, saloon keepers, etc

Southern Life of the Home Front

Many Patriotic events at first (urged young men to join Confederate army)

As the war went on, shortages developed and focus switched to survival (food shortages caused people to live on beans & potatoes)

Civilian ContributionsWomen did many previously male jobsWomen served as teachers, spies, and nurses

Loreta Velazquez disguised herself as a man and enlisted in the Confederate army…when she was found out, she was discharged and became a spy for the south