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Section 1
Americans Choose Sides
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Reactions to Lincoln's Call
Northern Resources
Southern Resources
Preparing for War
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Volunteer Armies
Helping the Troops
Training the Soldiers
Section 2
War in Virginia
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Bull Run/Manassas
More Battles in Virginia
Battle of Antietam
Breaking the Union's Blockade
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The Union's Naval Strategy
Clash of the Ironclads
Section 3
Union Strategy in the West
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The Fall of New Orleans
The Siege of Vicksburg
Struggle for the Far West
Section 4
Emancipation Proclamation
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Lincoln Issues the Proclamation
Reaction to the Proclamation
African Americans Participate in War
Growing Opposition
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Copperhead
Northern Draft
Life for Soldiers and Civilians
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On the Battlefield
Prisoners of War
Life as a Civilian
Section 5
Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
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First Day
Second Day
Pickett's Charge
Aftermath of Gettysburg
The Gettysburg Address
Union Campaigns Cripple The Confederacy
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wilderness campaign in the east
Sherman Strikes the South
The South Surrenders
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Fighting Ends
The Effects of The War
Photos
Home
Section 1
Americans Choose Sides
>
Reactions to Lincoln's Call
Northern Resources
Southern Resources
Preparing for War
>
Volunteer Armies
Helping the Troops
Training the Soldiers
Section 2
War in Virginia
>
Bull Run/Manassas
More Battles in Virginia
Battle of Antietam
Breaking the Union's Blockade
>
The Union's Naval Strategy
Clash of the Ironclads
Section 3
Union Strategy in the West
>
The Fall of New Orleans
The Siege of Vicksburg
Struggle for the Far West
Section 4
Emancipation Proclamation
>
Lincoln Issues the Proclamation
Reaction to the Proclamation
African Americans Participate in War
Growing Opposition
>
Copperhead
Northern Draft
Life for Soldiers and Civilians
>
On the Battlefield
Prisoners of War
Life as a Civilian
Section 5
Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
>
First Day
Second Day
Pickett's Charge
Aftermath of Gettysburg
The Gettysburg Address
Union Campaigns Cripple The Confederacy
>
wilderness campaign in the east
Sherman Strikes the South
The South Surrenders
>
Fighting Ends
The Effects of The War
Photos
Civil War
volunteer armies
At the start of the war, the Union had about 16,000 soldiers and the number went up from then on to almost half a million. Southern folks didn't stay put for a while, but rose up and defended their land and their beliefs on life.