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The Make Up of the Union Army The need for men State Governors and recruitment Why Volunteer?. Section 1: Union Measures & Men. Conscription . My dear, I have found a Substitute, I no longer have to fight!!!!. YOU COWARD!!! I WILL FIND A SUBSTITUTE FOR YOU. III. Democrats & the Draft - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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SECTION 1: UNION MEASURES & MEN
I. The Make Up of the Union Armya) The need for menb) State Governors and recruitment c) Why Volunteer?
II. Conscription My dear, I have found a Substitute, I no longer have to fight!!!!
YOU COWARD!!! I WILL FIND A SUBSTITUTE FOR YOU
III. Democrats & the DraftIV. New York Draft Riots
V. Initial Efforts at Supplying the Union Armya) Simon Cameron (Corrupt Secretary of War) b) Edwin Stanton (Sec. of War) c) Montgomery Meigs (Quarter Master General)
VI. A Soldiers Life a) Billy Yank b) Soldiers Payc) Desertion
SECTION 2: THE UNION GOVERNMENT AT WAR
I. Early Presidential Decisionsa) Insurrectionb) Writ of Habeas Corpusc) Prize Cases
II. The 37th Congressa) Lincoln’s Message
III. Activist Congressa) Confiscation Act (Aug 1861)b) 2nd Confiscation Act (July 1862)c) Transcontinental RR d) Homestead Acte) Morrill Land-Grant Act
IV. Opposition to the GovernmentV. Measuring Lincoln’s Actions
SECTION 3: PROBLEMS OF THE CONFEDERARY
I. Mobilizing the Confederate Armya) Sumter: A Southern Rallying Cryb) Finding Recruits and Conscription
II. Supplies and Resourcesa) Josiah Gorgasb) Abraham C. Myersc) Lucius Northrop
III. Financing the Wara) Taxesb) Produce Loansc) Printing Press
IV. Opposition to the Confederacy a) Georgia and North Carolina
V. Problems of Leadership