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Civil War at home. By: Trinity Fugal B7. The union. The North. The northern women.
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Civil War at home By: Trinity Fugal B7
The union The North
The northern women Union Women- They organized Aid societies to help the troops with food, clothes, and cash. Many tried to get into the war to nurse and care for the wounded troops. In June 1861, the government made the United States Sanitary Commission group. By the end of the war they collected almost $15 million in supplies collected, mostly by women. Almost 20,000 women (black and white) worked in the war as laundresses, cooks, and nurses.
Economy The cities in the North were the centers of wealth and manufacturing. They were skilled workers. The North produced ¾ of the nations wealth. They had a larger army with thousands of black soldiers. They were better equipped to fight the war. They had an extensive rail network which could deliver weapons and men fast and cheap. At first it didn’t make much difference until later in the war. The difference was so extreme that it’s surprising as to the fact that the South almost won the war was ridiculous. The North had wagons, tents, and nice, blue uniforms. To get money the government produced a massive bond and green, paper money. They introduced the first income tax in 1862 and the Bureau of Revenue, later known as the IRS, was made. They had a 80% rate of inflation each year while the South suffered a 9,000% inflation by the end of the war. They also still had gold-backed money.
The confederate The South
The Southern women Confederate Women- They cooked and sewed as well. They provided blankets, uniforms, sandbags, etc. They wrote letters and worked as untrained nurses, many a times from their homes. Many, however, relied on slaves.
economy It was hard for the South to move food, weapons, and men quickly. They had no factories and the railroad system was very small. The Southerners were farmers, often of tobacco and cotton. When they lost cotton exports, they had a lot of trouble. They lost their banking system with no reserves of gold or silver. They made paper money but few trusted it unless it was backed with gold. Without gold or banks they had no choice but to print lots and lots of money. They tried to tax but failed and suffered greatly as the market fell, they were sent into inflation. People were starving and weapons weren’t cheap. They had far too many people away at war.
Who they were They were a democratic group ran by Clement L. Vallandigham of Ohio. They would speak out during the war. Many were from the mid west and felt sorry for the South. They were named copperheads after the poisonous snake because Abraham Lincoln believed they threatened the war effort. To stop their motion, Lincoln suspended the right of habeas corpus. The habeas corpus was “the constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment”. This made it so the Union officials could put the enemies in jail without going to court AT ALL. It was against the whole constitution. This caused a lot of distrust and anger with the Democrats.
Their role The Copperheads impacted the peoples belief and trust in Abraham Lincoln. They made numerous newspapers which reached the people and reflected how they felt about Abraham Lincoln. In La Crosse Democrat by: Marcus Pomeroy, it states “Fungus from the corrupt womb of bigotry and fanaticism” and a “worse tyrant and more inhuman butcher than has existed since the days of Nero… The man who votes for Lincoln now is a traitor and murderer… And if he is elected to misgovern for another four years, we trust some bold hand will pierce his heart with dagger point for the public good.” This was all about the “beloved” President Lincoln. J.K. Feeks published a picture of Lincoln as a king symbolizing that they no longer felt free.
Elizabeth Blackwell The very first female doctor in England and more!
Chronology • 1821: Born on Feb. 3 in Counter ship, Gloucestershire, England • 1847: Begins medical studies in Geneva College in Geneva, New York • 1848: Admitted to the Philadelphia hospital of Blackley Almshouse • 1849: Publishes thesis stressing importance of sanitation and personal hygiene in fighting disease; becomes first women in U.S. to receive M.D. degree, becomes naturalized American citizen; becomes student midwife at La Maternite’ in Paris; loses left eye due to infection contracted from a patient. • 1850: Gains first clinical practice at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London • 1852: The Laws of Life with Special Reference to the Physical Education of Girls published • 1853: Opens free dispensary for poor patients near Tomkins Square in New York City • 1857: Opens New York Infirmary for women and children • 1858: Becomes first women to have her name entered in the British Medical Registry • 1859: Gives lecture in Lender, where she meets Elizabeth Garrett and inspires her to become England’s first women medical doctor • 1861: Becomes chair of registration committee of the Women’s central Association of Relief • 1868: Establishes Women’s Medical College of the New York Infirmary • 1871: Adopts 7-year-old orphan Katherine Barry • 1875: Appointed chair of gynecology at London School of Medicine for Women
Chronology (Cont.) • 1895: Autobiography Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women published • 1910: Died May 31 in Hastings, Sussex, England Elizabeth Blackwell, pg. 26
Background History She was the 3rd of 9 kids. She was born to Samuel Blackwell, a sugar refiner, and his wife, Hannah. She was very small and they lost an infant son so they feared her life. Her father bought his sugar cane from the West Indies. They used slaves, which he was strictly against. The children all shared a strict disagreement with slavery and were highly religious. Many times, when Elizabeth was sick, she would “walk it off”. Her father also believed in women rights. They were quite wealthy until they came to the America in August 1832 on the ship, Cosmo. Life was good again after they rented a row house in New York. They soon, however, were involved with abolitionists. Her father then joined antislavery societies and, sadly, passed away ten years later. As you see, she was set up for GREAT THINGS!!!
Her role • Elizabeth Blackwell completely changed the war. She changed the outcome for so many women and children. She: • Changed hygiene • Was the first women to receive an M.D. degree • Published three amazing books • Made a free dispensary • Made two infirmaries • Became a doctor • Adopted a girl • Added a school of medicine • Received a degree in infection • I think she did enough!!! • Not only that, but she would serve anyone, black, white, man, women, child, anyone!
Clara Barton Relief organizer/humanitarian
Back round history She was born in 1821, the youngest of six children. She, instead of receiving an education, worked as a clerk and storekeeper for her oldest brother. She worked as a teacher and opened her own school in Bordentown, New Jersey in 1853. She then moved to Washington D.C. in 1854 and until 1857 she was a clerk in the patient office until anti-slavery opinions made her too “controversial”. When she went to her home in New England she continued with charity and philanthropy she started in Washington.
Her role In 1861 she returned to Washington and volunteered at the Washington Infirmary. She soon left the hospital to work in the field. She took three wagons to the Battle of Antietam where they were desperately in need of supplies. She continued to travel with the Union army and give her service.
Winfield Scott A general in the United States army and unsuccessful candidate of the Whig party in 1852.
Back round history He was born in 1786 in Virginia, near Petersburg. His father was a farmer who served in the Revolutionary War. His mother was a wealthy Virginian. Though his parents died when he was young, he was given a lot of money. He served in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War in 1832, he became general-in-chief of the army in 1841, served in the Mexican War in 1846, received a gold medal, and in 1860 he tried a failed armory seizure.
His role He was Abraham Lincoln’s body guard till 1861. He issued the Operation Anaconda policy, to “blockade the South and starve it into submission”. Many found it funny or amusing but indeed Lincoln put it into act which some say won the war.
