People
30 years before the actual Civil War, this powerful antebellum South Carolinian threatened secession from the Union over a hated tariff.
John C. Calhoun
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this military target.
Fort Sumter
CSA or USA?
"So we made a thorough fare for freedom and her train
60 miles in latitude, 300 to the main
Treason fled before us, for resistance was in vain
While we were marchin' through Georgia"
USA (Sherman's March)
A seriously wounded soldier founded a company that makes THIS. The company still exists today, and used by veterans and civilians alike.
Prosthetic limbs
The H.L. Hunley was a Union submarine, the first ever successful combat sub.
The H.L. Hunley was a CONFEDERATE submarine, the first ever successful combat sub.
When he first became a national leader, this person promised to hold the Union together and allow enslavement to continue, but not expand.
Abraham Lincoln
These are four states in the CSA during the Civil War.
Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.
CSA or USA?
"Lincoln called up 75,000 patriots to stop the rebellion"
USA
While not used too much during the Civil War, Richard Gatling invented THIS "in the hopes that a weapon so catastrophic in its damage would convince men to stop waging war."
A rapid-fire machine gun
Evidence from the SC secession document and the CSA's own vice president shows that the Confederacy was formed after the Anthony Burns outrage.
Evidence from the SC secession document and the CSA's own vice president shows that the Confederacy was formed to protect and keep the system of enslavement.
This daring South Carolinian seized an opportunity to bring himself, his family, and a prized Confederate boat to freedom right outside Charleston harbor.
Robert Smalls
These are five states in the USA during the Civil War.
Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, Nevada, and Oregon
CSA or USA?
"[the soldiers] desolating my home - wantonly doing it when there was no necessity for it. ... the heavens from every point were lit up with flames from burning buildings. Dinnerless and supperless as we were..."
CSA (Diary of Dolly Sumner Lunt)
Samuel Morse invented this technology before the war, but the widespread use during the war brought it into everyday life for generations to come.
The telegraph (Using Morse code!)
The Union had fewer men to fight compared to the Confederacy.
The Union had significantly more men to fight! (estimated twice the amount)
Matthew Brady pioneered this new technology, one that gave people at the time (and 150 years later) incredible new insight into the wartime experience.
Photography
During the war, 10,000 emancipated people created a thriving community in this Lowcountry town just south of Beaufort.
Port Royal
CSA or USA?
"This war is going to be long, difficult, and tragic."
BOTH!
This medical technology was significantly improved, which helped at least a little bit with the unprecedented need for surgery and amputation in battlefield hospitals.
Anesthesia
The Anaconda Plan blockade was a land-based strategy to stop Confederate farming and industry.
The Anaconda Plan blockade was an ocean-based strategy to stop Confederate trade and transportation.
Men from this segregated regiment, some of them Palmetto State natives, volunteered for service and demonstrated great courage in battles around Charleston.
54th Massachusetts
CSA General Lee wrote, ""The loss of [THIS SC CITY] would cut us off almost entirely from communications with the rest of the world and close the only channel through which we can expect to get supplies from abroad..."
Charleston
CSA or USA?
"I almost tremble at South Carolina's fate, but feel that she deserves all that seems in store for her."
Sherman, himself -- USA
(“The whole army is burning with an insatiable desire to wreak vengeance upon South Carolina,” Sherman wrote. “I almost tremble at her fate, but feel that she deserves all that seems in store for her.”)
At the outbreak of war, the North had over 20,000 miles of this (and growing) but the South had to make do with less than half (about 9,000 miles).
Railroad Track (remember Sherman's neckties photo)
The Confederates were punished harshly at the end of the Civil War.
The Confederates were NOT punished harshly at the end of the war. (Take your horse and go home to plant crops, says Gen. Grant)