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    The Civil War began with the Union having significant numerical advantages over the Confederacy in terms of population, military forces, industry, and resources. The Union had over twice as many people and soldiers as the Confederacy, as well as greater access to food, agriculture, railroads, and horses. However, the Confederacy believed that fighting a defensive war on home soil and potential support from Europe for access to cotton would help offset the Union's numerical superiority. New military technologies like rifles, Gatling guns, ironclad ships, and observation balloons impacted battlefield tactics and strategies. However, disease and poor medical practices resulted in the majority of casualties. When the war ended, over 620,000 soldiers had died, with disease killing around two

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    The Civil War began with the Union having significant numerical advantages over the Confederacy in terms of population, military forces, industry, and resources. The Union had over twice as many people and soldiers as the Confederacy, as well as greater access to food, agriculture, railroads, and horses. However, the Confederacy believed that fighting a defensive war on home soil and potential support from Europe for access to cotton would help offset the Union's numerical superiority. New military technologies like rifles, Gatling guns, ironclad ships, and observation balloons impacted battlefield tactics and strategies. However, disease and poor medical practices resulted in the majority of casualties. When the war ended, over 620,000 soldiers had died, with disease killing around two

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    THE CIVIL WAR

    Numbers at the Start of the War


    Union Confederacy

    • Population: 22 million • Population: 9 million

    • Forces: 2.1 million


    • Forces: 1 million
    • Outnumbered 2:1
    • 70% of railroads in the North

    • Twice number of horses • Has all the Cotton


    • Believe France/Britain will
    support them to gain access
    • With the exception of
    to cotton.
    Cotton, Union has more
    food/ag as well.
    Discussion Question
    • Based on the numbers presented in the last slide, who
    would you predict would win the war? Why?

    • Does the South, fighting a defensive war on their own


    home turf give them an advantage? (Think back to
    Revolutionary War)
    New Technology
    • Guns/Ammo
    • Minie Ball
    • Faster loading
    • Better accuracy

    • Repeating Rifles-fire more


    than 1 bullet without having
    to reload
    • Spencer Rifle: 7 shots in 30
    seconds

    • Cameras
    • First time citizens see
    photos of war. War real for
    1st time.
    New Technologies
    • Ironclad ships
    • Ships plated in iron-difficult
    to sink

    • Submarines
    • Confederate Sub Hunley
    sinks first ship in 1864

    • Observation Balloons
    • Allows for observation of
    enemy movement/position.
    New Technologies
    • Railroad
    • Transport troops/supplies
    quickly

    • Telegraph
    • Armies communicate
    quickly over large
    distances

    • Gatling gun
    • 1864-65
    • Hand cranked machine
    gun
    Discussion Question
    • What do you think was the most important/impactful
    technological development of the war?

    • How did the South’s agriculturally based economy put


    them at a disadvantage to the Industrialized North?
    Medicine & Disease
    • ¾ of all surgeries
    performed are
    amputations.
    • Most without anesthetic
    • Gangrene kills many

    • Diseases:
    • Dysentery, typhoid,
    malaria, cholera, &
    tuberculosis

    • Many doctors did not


    believe in germs,
    sanitation yet.
    Leaders of the War
    • Ulysses S. Grant •

    • Union General

    • Graduated West Point


    1843

    • Class Rank: 21 out of


    39
    Leaders of the War
    • Robert E. Lee

    • Confederate General

    • Graduated West Point


    1829

    • Class Rank: 2 out of


    46
    Numbers End of War
    • 620,000 dead

    • 3:1 Ratio of Confederate


    deaths to Union deaths

    • 400,000 prisoner’s of
    war

    • 2/3rds of those killed die


    from disease.

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