Crucible of Freedom: Civil War, 1861-1865

1. Crucible of Freedom: Civil War, 1861-1865 Chapter 15

2. The civil War • Mobilization • Conscription • The “20 Negro” Law • The “poor man’s fight” • The Impressment Act 1863

3. The civil war • Financing the War • War Bonds • Paper Money • Taxes • The National Bank Act

4. The civil war • Lincoln’ Leadership • Radical Republicans • Reconstruction Plans • Jefferson Davis • States’ rights

5. The civil war • The Border States • Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus. • John Merryman • Ex parte Merryman • Roger B. Taney

6. The civil war

7. The civil war • New Weapons • Springfield and Enfield rifles • Surprise attacks • Submarines • Gatling Gun

8. The civil war • The Anaconda Plan • General Winfield Scott • The Southern Strategy • Fort Sumter

9. The civil war • Robert E. Lee • The First battle of Bull Run • Manassas Junction • Lincoln’s response to the battle Bull Run

10. The Civil war • Richmond • General George McClellan • June 1862 • Lincoln’s response to McClellan

11. The civil war • The 2nd Battle of Bull Run • Antietam • Reasons for attacking at Antietam • Results

12. The civil war • Fredericksburg • General Ambrose Burnside • The War in the West • Ulysses S. Grant

13. The civil war • Grant • Missouri and Kentucky • Tennessee • Shiloh • Admiral David Farragut

14. The civil war • The typical soldier • Serving in the infantry • Scarcities • Living conditions • Writing home

15. The civil war • The role of the navy • Steam ships • The southern coastline • Blockade runners • Iron clads • The Hunley

16. The civil war • Diplomatic Recognition • James Mason and John Slidell • The Trent Affair • Lincoln’s Response • The British desire for cotton

17. The civil war • The Emancipation Proclamation • The Confiscation Act • Lincoln’s reasons for not freeing slaves • The 2nd Confiscation Act • The Impact of the Emancipation Proclamation

18. The Civil War • Blacks in the Union Army • The Freedmen's Bureau • The 54th Massachusetts • Fort Wagner

19. The civil war • July 4, 1863 • Vicksburg • Gettysburg • The Gettysburg Address

20. The Civil War • The North • The Homestead Act • The Morill Land Grant Act • Women in the war • The South

21. The civil War • Dissenters • Peace Democrats • The US Sanitary Commission • Dorothea Dix • Clara Barton

22. The civil war • Women’s Rights • Elizabeth Cady Stanton • Susan B. Anthony • The National Woman’s Loyal League

23. The civil war • The war in the east. • Ulysses S. Grant • William T. Sherman • Sherman’s “March to the Sea”

24. The civil war • The Election of 1864 • Salmon Chase • George McClellan • Andrew Johnson

25. The civil war • Spring 1865 • Grant • Lee • Appomattox Courthouse • John Wilkes Booth • The Results of the War