CIVIL WAR: STRATEGY, BULL RUN, WOMEN

• Did the Civil War create “a more perfect Union”?

• How can strengths, weaknesses and goals determine the outcome of war?

• What were the effects of war on civilians and soldiers?

OBJ: IDENTIFY THE GOALS OF THE UNION

Union’s Strategy:

1. Surround the South by land and sea to cut off trade

2. Divide the Confederacy into sections

3. Capture Richmond

OBJ: IDENTIFY STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

Battle of Bull Run

• Union soldiers headed out of Washington for Richmond, VA

• Politicians and society people followed the army to see the exciting battle and end the rebellion of the South.

• With secret plans, Confederate soldiers waited to attack the Union army outside of Manassas, VA

• Onlookers watched in horror at the brutality of war

• Confederates won the Battle of Bull Run, but it was clear that the war was not going to be over quickly.

OBJ: RECOGNIZE HOW WOMEN TOOK PART IN THE CIVIL WAR

Women’s Roles

• HOME FRONT: women took on traditionally male dominated roles (farms, business, factories, nurses)

• MILITARY FORCES: messengers, smugglers, soldiers, spies

OBJ: RECOGNIZE HOW WOMEN TOOK PART IN THE CIVIL WAR

Rose Greenhow – Spy:

• Used her friendships with Union leaders to learn plans of WHEN & HOW they would attack. Secretly delivered those plans to the Confederate leaders

• Used coded messages

OBJ: RECOGNIZE HOW WOMEN TOOK PART IN THE CIVIL WAR

Clara Barton

• Famous CW nurse Later

founded the American Red Cross

• Followed soldiers into battle and

tended to them where they fell…

• Nicknamed “Angel of the Battlefield”

• Women of the Civil War