Published on 25 Mar 2017
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Secession of States
• Immediately after Lincoln’s election slave states began to secede immediately
• Ft. Sumter was the first “battle” in the Civil War
o Federal ships went to the fort to grab supplies, but the Confederate troops didn’t
let them in
o Confederate troops began to fire on the ship and the federal ship retreated
• After the incident, more states began to secede from the union
• Lincoln didn’t want to go to war, he wanted to blockade the South instead.
• Virginia fought with the Confederates but West Virginia broke off in 1863, fighting with
the union
• MO, KY, MD, and DE were slave states that fought with the union
Union/North (Blue) Advantages and Stats
• Abraham Lincoln was president
• Strong fed gov belief
• Industrial, factories, textiles which helped with weapon production and supplies
• 45% of soldiers were native born
• 90% literacy
• 48% farmers in the army
• 23% of soldiers died
• 1/18 died from infected wound