The document summarizes key aspects of the American Civil War between the Union and the Confederacy. It outlines the advantages and strategies of both sides, including the Union's Anaconda Plan to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River. Important early battles are discussed, such as Fort Sumter, Bull Run, Shiloh, and Antietam. New weapons changed the nature of warfare, and leaders like Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, George McClellan, Ulysses S. Grant, and David Farragut shaped the conflicts on both sides.

1. Unit 2- The Civil War

3. I. Advantage of the North and the South
Union Confederacy
More soldiers
More Factories
More Weapons
More Money
More Railroads
Better Navy
Abraham Lincoln
African American
Troops
“King Cotton”
Better Generals
Home Turf
Motivated Soldiers
Better Military
Tradition

4. II. Union Strategy- Anaconda Plan
 1. Block Southern
ports- no imports or
exports
 2. Control Mississippi
River- split CSA in two
 3. Capture Confederate
capital of Richmond,
VA

5. III. Leaders on both sides
 A. Confederacy
 Stonewall Jackson-
got his nickname at
Bull Run
 Robert E. Lee-
General of entire army

6.  B. Union
 1. George
McClellan- fired by
Lincoln for being too
slow
 2. Ulysses S. Grant-
took over for
McClellan
 3. David G.
Farragut- Naval
commander

7. IV. Important Early Battles
 1. Fort Sumter- Fort in
South Carolina
 Confederacy
attacked the fort and
the Civil War began

8.  2. Bull Run- First
major battle, outside of
DC, won by
Confederacy
 3. Shiloh- In Tennessee,
Grant’s troops were
surprised and showed
how big the war would
become

9.  4. Antietam- Deadliest
single day battle in US
history (Maryland)
 Around 23,000
casualties

10. V. New Weapons
 Rifles, Minie ball, grenades, land mines, Ironclad ships
(Monitor- Union, Merrimac- Confederacy)