01:510:261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: First Battle Of Bull Run, Seven Days Battles, Land Grant
Chapter 14 - A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War, 1861-
1865
1. First modern war
1. Industrial-era weaponry
2. Mobilization of society against society
2. Initial outlook
1. Union's material advantages
2. Confederacy's strategic advantages
3. Spirit and composition of respective armies
3. Modern challenges of war
1. Technological
1. Transportation
2. Communication
3. Warships
4. Arms
5. Medical care
2. Public opinion
1. Propaganda
1. Union
2. Confederate
2. War coverage
1. News correspondence
2. Photography
3. Mobilization of resources
1. Areas in need of
1. Rail
2. Banking
3. Tax
4. Military supplies
2. Comparative performance of Union and Confederacy
1. Initial unpreparedness of each side
2. Eventual supremacy of Union military provision
3. Defensive strategy of Confederacy, under Robert E.
Lee
4. Union's early failure to exploit military advantages
5. Lincoln's strategic insights
1. Need to pursue South's armies
2. Need to target slavery
4. Progress of the war (1861–62)
1. In the East
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1. Major battles
1. First Bull Run
2. Seven Days' Campaign
3. Second Bull Run
4. Antietam
5. Fredericksburg
2. Top generals
1. George B. McClellan (Army of the Potomac)
2. Robert E. Lee (Army of Northern Virginia)
2. In the West
1. General Ulysses S. Grant
2. Capture of Forts Henry and Donelson
3. Occupation of New Orleans by Admiral David G. Farragut
4. Battle of Shiloh
5. Coming of emancipation
1. Initial Union disclaimers
1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Congress
3. Military commanders
2. Adoption of "contraband of war" policy
3. Slave responses to war
1. Perception of "freedom war"
2. Escape to Union lines
3. Provision of intelligence to Union army
4. Disruption of plantations
4. Steps toward emancipation
1. Growing support in North
2. Congressional measures
1. Ban on return of fugitive slaves
2. Abolition in District of Columbia and territories
3. Second Confiscation Act
3. Lincoln's shifting position
1. Rescinding of John C. Frémont's emancipation
decree (Missouri)
2. Proposal for gradual, compensated emancipation in
border states
3. Endorsement of colonization
5. Emancipation Proclamation
1. Lincoln's decision
1. Reasoning behind
2. Timing of announcement
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