girding for war: north & south 1861-1865
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Girding for War: North & South 1861-1865
Social, Economic, Political, and Diplomatic Topics of the Civil War
Mr. Pagliaro
Seymour High School
Diplomacy in Declaration of War
• Lincoln: War was about UNION• NOT slavery
• Wouldn’t upset BORDER STATES
• DE, MD, VA (WV), KY, MO
Native Americans in the War
• Oct. 1861-Delaware Tribe swore allegiance to Union
• 28,693 Native Americans served on both sides
• Cherokee chose Confederacy• Slave ownership
• Plains Indians joined Union
Cherokee confederates reunion in New Orelans, 1903
Native Americans sworn into Union Army
Advantages for each side
UNIONUNION• Population
• Industry
• Railroads
• Infrastructure
CONFEDERACYCONFEDERACY• Defensive War• Home Territory• Better military
leadership• Lee, Jackson
• Europe’s need for Cotton
Immigration during Civil War
• All #s are to Northern ports
French Zuoaves
Year Total Immigrants
1860* 153,640
1861 91,918
1862 91,985
1863 176,282
1864 193,418
1865 248,120
Trent Affair
• CSA Ambassadors aboard RMS Trent• John Slidell & James M. Mason
• From Charleston to Cuba to Britain• Goal: Diplomatic recognition
• Captured by USS San Jacinto• Americans wanted war w/ Britain
CSS Alabama
• Attacked American shipping around Europe
• Boared 450 Ships
• Captured 65 Union merchant ships
• Took 2,000 P.O.W.s
• Never stopped at an American port
Violating Monroe Doctrine
• Napoleon III (FR) sent Maximilian to be emperor of Mexico• Battle of Puebla, May 5, 1862• No American intervention
Habeas Corpus
• Lincoln suspended the right to possible secessionists or Confederate sympathizers
Drafts• Both North and
South enacted drafts• Union draft
• $300 commutation fee OR replacement got people out of service
• Immigrants drafted
• NYC Draft Riots• July 13-16, 1863
Economy of Civil War
• Morrill Tariff: increased rate on dutiable imports 70%
• Inflation:• Union: Greenbacks; costs rise 80%• Confederacy: Bluebacks; costs rise 9000%
• Due to Union Blockade
• National Banking System-1863
US Sanitary Commission• “…coordinate[d] the volunteer [war] efforts of
women…”• raised money ($25 million) via Sanitary Fairs• nurses• ran kitchens in the Army camps• administered hospital ships• Organized lodges for traveling or disabled soldiers• made uniforms
• Sewing machines• Permanent sizes
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