Civil War Flashcards
(31 cards)
Northern VS Southern population
22 million to 9 million
South also had 4 million slaves
North VS South agriculture
N:4 times mor wheat, 3 times more farm acreage
S:24 times more cotton
North VS South military
2/3 of West Point graduates in North
Conscription rate 1864
44% of North to 90% of South
North VS South Industrialisation
North manufactured more than 90% of goods
94% of pig iron
90% of coal and armament
14 times more textile, 30 times more boots
North VS South Railway
20,000 compared to 10,000 mile
North VS South Navy
90 ships and 8800 men
Expanded 10 times under Gideon Welles
South had 300 officers
Northern Fianance
1 million Northerners owned shares in debt
2/3 of revenue by bonds
1/5 revenue by tax
Northern monetary policies
Internal Revenue Act 1862: progressive tax, excise tax on sin items
Legal Tender Act 1862: 150 million of paper currency
Inflation under 80%
Growth of US navy
260 ships on blockade with 100 under construction by 1861
Expanded 10 times by 1865
Peninsula Campaign casualty
McCllelan vs Johnston vs Lee
23,000 of Union to 30,000 Confederayrd
Battle of Antietam Sept 1862
Lee Vs McCllelan
14,000 of Union and 10,000 of Confederate
Emancipation Proclamation
Antietam ended on 18th Sep 1862, EP on 22nd of Sept
Battle of Gettysburg July 1863
Meade vs Lee
23,000 of Union, 28,000 of Confederates (6,000 in Pickett’s charge)
Vicksburg 4th July 1863
Grant vs Johnston
Siege of 47 days
10,000 Union, 8500 Confederates and 30,000 surrendering
Southern Decentralisation
Joseph Brown Georgiaresist drat with exemptions and impressment
Zebulon Vance of North Carolina opposed movement of resources within the state
Southern Finance
5000% inflation form 1861-65
Southern use of blockade runners
1/3 weapons in, 1/3 of cotton out
75% effective
Vallandigham Case
Campaigning for Ohio, Southern sympathiser
Tried in military court and sentenced to imprisonment
Lincoln supported army but exiled Vallandigham
Milligan Case
Peace democrat in Indiana tried to liberate PoW
Eventually released
NY Draft Riot
1863 Conscription Act 120 dead
20,000 troops to suppress
Confederate cotton embargo
4 million to 300,000 bales in 1864
Sherman’s March
425 miles long, 60 miles wide
100 million destruction
Military Reconstruction
20,000 federal troops