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The “Anaconda Plan”

The “Anaconda Plan”. The Union’s strategy: Naval blockade from Louisiana to Virginia Control of the Mississippi River Capture Richmond Confederate strategy primarily defensive. New Technologies in Warfare. Minie ball Submarine Heavy artillery Aerial reconnaissance Gatling gun

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The “Anaconda Plan”

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  1. The “Anaconda Plan” The Union’s strategy: • Naval blockade from Louisiana to Virginia • Control of the Mississippi River • Capture Richmond Confederate strategy primarily defensive

  2. New Technologies in Warfare • Minie ball • Submarine • Heavy artillery • Aerial reconnaissance • Gatling gun • Trench warfare A Gatling gun

  3. Advantages to Emancipation • Cause “union” in the North by linking the war to abolishing slavery • Lincoln saw emancipation as a strategic issue as well as a moral one • Cause disorder in the South as slaves were freed • Kept Britain out of the war Lincoln discussing emancipation with his cabinet

  4. The Emancipation Proclamation • Lincoln announced proclamation after Union victory at Antietam • Took effect on January 1, 1863 • Freed slaves only in “territories in rebellion” • Lincoln needed to be cautious, so that he did not anger the border states

  5. Women Warriors • Some women posed as men in order to fight • Frances Clayton (right) fought in artillery and cavalry units • Total number unknown

  6. Civil War Espionage Belle Boyd Rose Greenhow Pauline Cushman Sam Davis

  7. Dealing With Dissent • Copperheads • Led by Rep. Clement Vallandigham of Ohio • Lincoln suspends habeas corpus Rep. Clement Vallandigham

  8. Manpower for the War • Mostly volunteers • Conscription needed to sustain troop levels • In the North, draftees could hire substitutes or pay $300 to opt out • Wealthy plantation owners were not required to serve in the Confederate army

  9. New York Draft Riots • July 1863 • Rioters mainly poor whites and Irish immigrants • Opposed to freeing slaves • More than 100 people killed Rioters loot a New York store

  10. African American Enlistment • Congress allowed black enlistment in 1862 • 54th Massachusetts commanded by Colonel Shaw • Half of 54th killed in assault on Ft. Wagner • Helped spur further enlistment Col. Robert Gould Shaw Memorial to the 54th Massachusetts

  11. Civil War Medicine • Infection often deadlier than the wounds • Amputations more common • Anesthesia widely used A surgeon at the Camp Letterman field hospital at Gettysburg prepares for an amputation

  12. Andersonville • Confederate POW camp in Georgia • 32,000 prisoners jammed into 26 acres • One-third of all prisoners died • Superintendent was executed as a war criminal Severely emaciated POWs rescued from Andersonville

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