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BCF CH 19-20 (Politics (Enrollment Act of 1863 (Democratic policy, rich…
BCF CH 19-20
Politics
Chase v Seward
The fire in the rear
Lincoln's fear of the northwest Democrats (dissension of union democrats
Peace Democrats
Vallandigham
restore the Union through peace and negotiation
believed the Republicans caused the war and ruining the Union
suspension of habeas corpus and the debt and taxes made things worse
Butternut identity
Talk of a Northwest Confederacy
National Banking Act of1863
established a system of national charters for banks, encouraged development of a national currency, raised money for the government by forcing banks to buy war bonds
alienated western Democrats
Enrollment Act of 1863
Democratic policy
rich could get out of the draft
volunteering was worse than being drafted because it cost more
poor families starved without breadwinners
every plantation with twenty or more slaves could exempt one white man
Not good response
Battling
Antietam
McClellan fought against Lincoln
Burnside replaces McClellan
Commanders
Confederate leaders had good leadership and fighting skills
Confederates lost less than 5,000
Confederates winning in the West
Army of Northern Virginia: Lee
Union leaders less cohesive - McClellan
The Union suffered many casualties
Army of the Tennessee: Grant
Army of the Potomac: Burnside
Benjamin Butler: tried to drop Confederate morale by freeing slaves and strategy to take away largest "commodity"
Other Battles
Mud March: Army of the Potomac unsuccessful
Hooker replaces Burnside
Hooker improved morale: food, corruption, and sanitation
Sickness declined, desertion rates dropped
Stones River: Army of TN "win" against copperhead
Battle of Fredericksburg: Lee defeated Burnside
Mackenzie Howie - HIST 235 - 15 March 2019