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The Early Days of the Civil War: Union and Confederate Mobilization (1861)

The outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 saw a rapid mobilization of both Union and Confederate forces. On April 15, President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers, followed by the Confederacy's request for 400,000 on June 8. Virginia’s secession and the reactions of border states like Kentucky and Missouri illustrated the deep divide in the nation. Lincoln's determination to maintain control of strategic locations and his legal challenges against the Supreme Court marked a critical phase in American history, alongside the Union’s naval strategies, including the blockade of Confederate ports.

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The Early Days of the Civil War: Union and Confederate Mobilization (1861)

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  1. Call up • April 15, 1861: 75,000 Union volunteers • April 17, Virginia Secession Convention North Carolina Tennessee Arkansas • June 8, 1861: The Confederacy calls for 400,00 volunteers

  2. Border States • Kentucky Missouri, Maryland, Delaware • Lincoln: like to have God on my side, but I have “to have Kentucky” • Lincoln the legalist.

  3. Baltimore • Voted for Breckinridge • Democratic Legislature • The Baltimore Police Chief sympathized with the South • Split between grain growing region in norther MD and tobacco growing Eastern Shore

  4. Baltimore: April 19

  5. Habeas Corpus • Four soldiers, twelve civilians dead • Gov. Hicks ordered destruction of rail bridges from PA • Secessionists tore down the telegraph lines to Washington • Washington in a panic, sandbagging the Capitol • U.S. Army officers arrested 31 secessionist legislators, the police chief, police commissioners • Lincoln the legalist: • Lincoln defies the Supreme Court • When is the suspension of the Constitution justified?

  6. Anaconda • General Winfield Scott • April 19: Blockade proclaimed • Cover 3500 miles of coast, 189 harbors and navigable rivers • Secty Navy: Gideon Wells, Asst Secty Gustavus Fox

  7. Navies • Naval resources: Yard • Boston, Portsmouth NH, New York, Philadelphia, Wash DC, Pensacola, Mare Island CA, and Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk VA. • Pensacola fell January 12, 1861 • Gosport: premier facility in the country • Problem: Virginia on the fence

  8. Gosport • 10 warships, inc. the Merrimack • Commander Charles McCauley • Commander Hiram Paulding sent to replace McCauley • Abandoned Gosport, April 20

  9. Union Navy • Union • Blockade

  10. Union Navy • 50 ships in 1861 • 670 ships at peak

  11. Confederate Navy • Coastal Gunboats (Mosquito Fleet) • Blockade Runners • Privateers • River ironclads • Challenges • Engine Manufacture • Iron (Treadegar) • Ship Yards • European Shipyards (Alabama and Florida)

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