Warm Up 10/26

• How will the advantages and disadvantages of the north and south effect their CIVIL WAR STRATEGY

• (Meaning how will they approach war, knowing what we know about their strengths and weaknesses)

Northern Strategy

1. Naval blockade of Southern ports—prevented trade with Europe

2. Capture the Mississippi River• Prevent the South from transporting troops &

supplies• Splinter the South (break up the south)

3. Capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, VA

Southern Strategy

1. Fight a defensive war—make the north grow tired of fighting• War becomes costly and unpopular—

Lincoln will be forced to surrender

Quickly describe the northern vs. southern strategy in the Civil War to a partner

4 min video….pay attention to…

• What is a skirmish? A decisive battle? A campaign?

• How did decisive battles take place?• What was their effect on the armies?

George McClellan

• Led the Union army in the early years of the war

• Viewed as too timid• Ran against Lincoln in the 1864

election• Lost the race, and resigned from

his army commission

Ulysses Grant

• Led the Union Army later in the war• His victory at Appomattox Courthouse helped

lead to the end of the civil war

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

• Was Major General for the Confederacy, in charge of the Shenandoah Valley

• Earned his name in the Battle of Bull Run

Robert E. Lee

• Commander of the Confederate Army

• Led in Northern Virginia• Considered the most successful

confederate general • Surrendered to Grant on April

1865 to end the war

Come up with ways to remember…

• Confederacy– Robert E. Lee– Stonewall Jackson

• Union– Ulysses Grant– George McClellan