| A. | Northern and Southern economies in 1860 | ||
| 1. | Northern economy | ||
| a. | Industrial and commercial | ||
| b. | Poised for economic expansion | ||
| 2. | Southern economy | ||
| a. | Agricultural and staple crops | ||
| b. | Centrality of slavery | ||
| B. | Economic mobilization for the war | ||
| 1. | Northern advantages | ||
| a. | Labor | ||
| b. | Industry | ||
| c. | Capital investment | ||
| 2. | Southern disadvantages | ||
| a. | Food shortages | ||
| b. | Blocked ports | ||
| c. | Hyperinflation | ||
| C. | Conclusion | ||
| 1. | Northern economy grew dramatically during the war | ||
| a. | Significant production of materials and supplies | ||
| b. | Growth in capital investments (railroads and factories) | ||
| 2. | South remained behind | ||
| A. | Strategies of both regions at war's commencement | |||
| 1. | Southern strategy | |||
| a. | Defensive war, fought in South | |||
| i) | Extend Union supply lines | |||
| ii) | Protect Richmond | |||
| b. | Hoped to wear down Union and make war lengthy | |||
| 2. | Northern strategy | |||
| a. | Use overwhelming strength to push back Confederate forces in Virginia | |||
| i) | Take Richmond | |||
| ii) | Split the Confederacy in half | |||
| b. | Northern forces rarely were used in massive numbers nor were they used very aggressively (for example, McClellan) | |||
| B. | Changing strategies, 1862-63 | |||
| 1. | Southern strategy | |||
| a. | The Confederacy now attempted advances into the North (Antietam, Gettysburg) | |||
| b. | Hoped to affect Northern sentiments on the war | |||
| 2. | Northern strategy | |||
| a. | By late 1863, Union strategy (now under the command of Grant) changed as well | |||
| b. | "Total war" (in both East and West) | |||
| i) | Massive numbers of Union troops were to be used to destroy Confederate armies | |||
| ii) | Supply areas (Shenandoah), and Richmond | |||
| A. | Northern political situation in 1861 | |||
| 1. | Analysis of Lincoln's plans for fighting the war | |||
| a. | Opposition to these plans within Congress | |||
| b. | Role of Democratic Party ("Copperhead faction") | |||
| i) | Role of Supreme Court | |||
| ii) | Role of border states | |||
| 2. | Reluctance of many in Republican Party to support Lincoln's initiatives | |||
| a. | Emancipation Proclamation | |||
| b. | Conscription Act | |||
| c. | black recruitment | |||
| 3. | Heated election of 1864 with McClellan | |||
| a. | General consensus behind Lincoln in late 1864-1865 | |||
| B. | Southern political situation in 1861 | |||
| 1. | General consensus behind war effort and Jefferson Davis during the first years of the war | |||
| a. | Military successes were plentiful and economic problems were small | |||
| b. | After military reversals¾serious economic and financial difficulties | |||
| 2. | Anti-administration party emerged and made significant gains in 1863 elections | |||
| a. | In some states (for example, North Carolina) a strong peace group emerged | |||
| C. | Effects of opposition had on various administrations | |||
| 1. | Lincoln and the Democratic Party | |||
| a. | Dealt effectively with opposition | |||
| b. | Enjoyed great wartime powers and regularly employed them | |||
| 2. | Davis and the anti-administration faction | |||
| a. | Had virtually no powers in a government system that favored states' rights | |||
| b. | Had great trouble quieting critics | |||
| A. | The war in 1862 | ||
| 1. | Antietam | ||
| a. | Lee invades Maryland | ||
| b. | McClellan moves cautiously | ||
| c. | Bloodiest day in U.S. history | ||
| d. | Confederates retreat | ||
| 2. | Vicksburg and Murfreesboro | ||
| a. | Confederates fortify Vicksburg | ||
| b. | Grant launches a two-prong attack | ||
| c. | Rosecrans defeats Bragg at Murfreesboro | ||
| B. | The war in 1863 | ||
| 1. | Chancellorsville | ||
| a. | Stonewall Jackson surprises Union troops | ||
| b. | Lee drives Union across the Rappahannock | ||
| c. | Jackson dies from battle-wound complications | ||
| 2. | Gettysburg | ||
| a. | Lee invades Pennsylvania | ||
| b. | Union settles in at Gettysburg | ||
| c. | Pickett's charge | ||
| d. | Lee "limps back to Virginia" | ||
| 3. | Vicksburg | ||
| a. | Grant's troops ferry across Mississippi River | ||
| b. | Nine-week siege | ||
| c. | Vicksburg surrenders | ||
| C. | The war in 1864 | ||
| 1. | The Atlanta campaign | ||
| a. | Sherman besieges Atlanta | ||
| b. | Hood abandons the city | ||
| c. | Sherman's march to the sea | ||
| 2. | The Virginia campaign | ||
| a. | Spotsylvania stalemate | ||
| b. | Grant loses seven thousand men in one hour | ||