The
War
Between
the
States
(Part Two)
The Strategic Balance - 1864
The Election of 1864
<= Abraham Lincoln
Republican
“Stay the course”
George B. McClellan =>
 Democrat (“Copperhead”)
 Immediate cease fire
 Peace conference
AMENDMENT XIII
(Approved by Congress, Jan. 31, 1864
Ratified by the states Dec. 6, 1865)
SECTION 1: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude,
except as a punishment for crime whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the
United States, or any place subject to their
jurisdiction.
Ulysses S. Grant =>
(Union)
<= Robert E. Lee
(Confederate)
Grant’s Strategy for 1864
1. Attack in both primary theaters simultaneously
* Use North’s superiority in men & materiel to
overwhelm South
* Don’t allow South time to regroup or redeploy
2. Eastern theater - drive on Richmond; force Lee to battle and
annihilate his army
3. Western theater - Army sized raids to destroy logistical base
and civilian morale
Major Battles, Eastern Theater 1864 - 65
1864
*5 -6 May The Wilderness
LEE
GRANT/
MEADE
* 8 - 19 May Spotsylvania
* 23 -26 May North Anna
* 3 June Cold Harbor
* Jun 64 - Apr 65
Petersburg Siege
Western and Trans-Miss
1864
Western Theater - 1865
AMERICAN DEATHS IN 9 WARS
Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
War of 1812 (1812-1815)
Mexican War (1846-1848)
Civil War (1861-1865)(estimated)
Spanish-American War (1898)
World War I (1917-1918)
World War II (1941-1945)
Korean War (1950-1953)
Vietnam War (1964-1973)
Civil War
624,511
Other 8 wars combined
629,439
4,435
2,260
13,283
624,511
2,446
110,516
404,399
33,916
58,184
Generally considered to be
the first modern war
First use of railroads for strategic movement
First use of telegraph for rapid communication
First mass employment of rifled firearms
First use of repeating rifles
First use of machine gun
First use of railway guns
First use of tinned rations
First combat between ironclad ships