The North and South

KNOWING THE COMPETITION!

The North- The United States of America• Knicknames:– Federals– Yankees– The Union– Blue Bellies

• National Songs: Star Spangled Banner, Rally Round The Flag, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Yankee Doodle.

The North- The United States of America

• President Abraham Lincoln.

• States that Make up the Union:– Maine, Massachusetts,

Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and California.

The North- The United States of America

• Key Generals:– Army of Potomac• George McClellan• Ambrose Burnside• George McClellan (AGAIN!)• Joseph Hooker• Gordon Meade • U.S. Grant (Finally!)

– Army of Tennessee• William Tecumseh Sherman• Phillip Sheridan

The North- The United States of America

• Key Advantages: Large: – Industry, Population,

Navy, Money.• Key Disadvantages:– Poor Generals until

U.S. Grant, W.T. Sherman, and Phil Sheridan.

The North- The United States of America• Battles Won: – Antietam (Emancipation

Proclamation)– Gettysburg (Turning Point of War)– Vicksburg (Cuts south in two.)– Sherman’s March to the Sea– Siege of Petersburg (Lee Surrenders)

• Battles Lost: Bull Run, Seven Days, 2nd Bull Run, Fredericksburg , Chancellorsville, Chickamauga.

The North- The United States of America

• Goal:– Restore the Union– Later in 1863 – End Slavery

• Strategy:– Blockade!– Destroy the will of The South to

Fight!– Capture Richmond– Get Army of Northern Virginia to

Surrender.

The South: The Confederate States of America• Nicknames:– Rebels, Secess, Johnny

Reb.

• National Songs:– Dixieland– Bonnie Blue Flag

The South: The Confederate States of America• President– Jefferson Davis

• States that make up Confederacy:– Virginia, North

Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas.

The South: The Confederate States of America• Key Advantages:– Great Generals– Fighting on their own

turf.• Key Disadvantages:– Little industry, no

navy, lack of money, lack of trade, low population, poor transportation / communication.

The South: The Confederate States of America• Battles Won:– Bull Run, – Seven Days, – 2nd Bull Run, – Fredericksburg , – Chancellorsville, – Chickamauga

The South: The Confederate States of America• Battles Lost:– Antietam – Gettysburg (Turning

Point of War)– Vicksburg (Cuts south

in two.)– Sherman’s March to

the Sea– Siege of Petersburg

(Lee Surrenders)

The South: The Confederate States of America• Goals: To be

recognized as an Independent Nation.

• Strategies: – Hold Out Until:• England Joins War• North loses will to

fight and sues for peace.