The Blue and the Gray

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The Blue and the Gray
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Loss of Life

• The Union armies had from 2,500,000 to 2,750,000
  men at the start
• Their estimated losses
• Battle deaths 110,070
• Disease, etc. 250,152
• Total 360,222
• The Confederate strength was from 750,000 to
  1,250,000
• Their estimated losses
• Battle deaths 94,000
• Disease, etc.164,000
• Total 258,000

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Jefferson Davis

• B. June 3,1808
• D. December 5, 1889
• President of the Confederate States of America
• Began as a senator from Mississippi
• Ran for Governor, but was defeated
• Retired from political life briefly, in 1852
• Pres. Pierce asked him to be Sec. of War in 1853
• He accepted

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Jefferson Davis cont..

• 1857-- Went back to the Senate position of Miss.
• 1859 he was considered one of the elite people in
  America!!!
• In 1860, when the chaos began, he was mentioned
  for Pres. Of the CSA
• He refused the nomination
• Actually sought a remedy to secession
• He at first did not want to secede
• Mississippi seceded on January 9, 1861
• He felt that his state was justified
• Proclaimed no ill-will towards Northern Senators

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Jefferson Davis cont..

• He showed allegiance to his state, not to the
  Southern cause at first
• Miss. elected him to lead their armed forces, a
  position he wanted
• Immediately, he was elected President of the
  Confederate States of America
• Commander-in-chief of the army and navy
• A position he did not want

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Jefferson Davis
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Jefferson Davis War Cartoon
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Capture of Jefferson Davis
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1st Battle of Bull Run

• Forward to Richmond!
• On to Washington!
• 1st major battle of the civil war Also called
  Battle of Manassas
• July 21, 1861 at Manassas Junction, VA
• 20 miles South of Wash D.C.
• Stream called Bull Run
• 30,000 Union soldiers engaged the Confederates
• Union army swept back the Confederates
• Victory seemed sure. BUT

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1st Battle of Bull Run cont..

• The Confederates counter-attacked and drove the
  Union soldiers back
• The Union army retreated
• Washington D.C. panicked!!!
• Richmond, VA cheered
• Both sides felt that Wash. D.C. would fall in
  hours
• BUT. The inexperienced Southern troops failed to
  follow up their victory
• The South won the first battle
• Casualties were light
• Battle effected on morale

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Outcome of Bull Run

• Southern confidence soared
• Felt they could defeat the North
• Felt they did not need to fight a defensive war
• North realized they were in for a long war
• Not going to be easy to defeat the South
• This is when Lincoln implemented his Anaconda
  Plan
• Starve the South into submission

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Bull Run Map
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