• Learning Goal:Learning Goal:

1.1.Explain why so many civilians Explain why so many civilians volunteered to fight.volunteered to fight.

2.2.Summarize ways the Civil War Summarize ways the Civil War was considered to be a new was considered to be a new kind of war.kind of war.

• Journal Question: Journal Question: Write Write information for a front page information for a front page newspaper article reporting the newspaper article reporting the start of the Civil War.start of the Civil War. Begin with a Begin with a lead that answers the questions: lead that answers the questions: Who, What, When, Where, and Who, What, When, Where, and Why. You should include an Why. You should include an attention grabbing headline.attention grabbing headline.

• Journal Journal Question: Question: Write a letter home Write a letter home describingdescribing life as life asa soldier.a soldier. Study the picture on pageStudy the picture on page518.518. Imagine that you are a young Imagine that you are a young soldier soldier away from home for the first away from home for the first time. Describe what daily life is like andtime. Describe what daily life is like andinclude a description of food, clothing,include a description of food, clothing,and surroundings.and surroundings.

1. Some enlisted 1. Some enlisted soldiers soldiers fought fought for loyalty for loyalty to their to their state or country, state or country, excitementexcitement and and glory, glory, to escape to escape boredomboredom, and , and some joined up some joined up for the for the moneymoney..

Battle flag of the 28th North Carolina Infantry.

2. Because of poor hygiene, 2. Because of poor hygiene, more more soldiers died from disease than soldiers died from disease than on the battlefield.on the battlefield.

3. The new technology that 3. The new technology that changed changed battlefield strategiesbattlefield strategies and increased and increased the the number of casualties were rifles number of casualties were rifles with miniwith miniéé balls and ironclads balls and ironclads..

4. Two of the 4. Two of the worst worst prison prison camps camps during during the Civil War the Civil War were were Elmira, NY Elmira, NY and and Andersonville, Andersonville, GAGA.

Elmira, New York

5. The 5. The North’s North’s capture of capture of New New OrleansOrleans was a was a serious blow to serious blow to the South because the South because it was the South’s it was the South’s largest city and a largest city and a major portmajor port. .

6. Two reasons Lee had for taking the war to the North were he hoped victory in the North might force Lincoln into peace talks and the invasion would give Virginia farmers a rest from the war during harvest season.

7. Two more reasons Lee 7. Two more reasons Lee had for taking the war to had for taking the war to the North were the the North were the Confederates could Confederates could plunder Northern farms for plunder Northern farms for food food and Lee hoped the and Lee hoped the invasion would show that invasion would show that the Confederacy could win the Confederacy could win the war, which might the war, which might convince European nations convince European nations to side with the Southto side with the South..

8. The 8. The Battle Battle of of AntietamAntietam stopped a stopped a Confederate invasion of the North, and Confederate invasion of the North, and resulted in the bloodiest day in American resulted in the bloodiest day in American HistoryHistory. .

"Burnside's Bridge" "Burnside's Bridge" over Antietam Creek, over Antietam Creek, Maryland. Lee and Maryland. Lee and McClellan met on the McClellan met on the battlefield for the final battlefield for the final time on September 17, time on September 17, 1862. 1862.

Confederate dead in the Sunken Road at Antietam