The Wartime Economies
North:
-raised money by selling bonds, raising taxes, printing green bags and borrowing from foreign
banks.
-90% inflation
South:
-economy suffered end 1862
-collapsed transportation and blocked ports
-Union troops in critical farming regions
-food shortages 1862-1863 led to riots
-women raid grocery, clothing and shoe stores.
-hyper inflation (9000%)
African Americans in the Military -
emancipation proclamation let african americans join the army 1863 -
180.000 african americans joined the army -
18000 joined the navy -North
made a 54th massachusetts regiment that declared these african americans war heroes -Us
army was integrated for every race exept african americans -Lincoln
All slaves in confederacy free -changed the
focus of the war
The Soldier's Life
-Bad food (hardtack, really basic biscuit)
-Northern soldiers had hard tact, potatoes, fruit
-Southern soldiers had cornmeal and?
-Food crisis in the south
-Northern soldiers had clothes and equipment
South had equipment shortages
Battlefield medicine:
-Civil war caused big amounts of casualties
-Doctors had little understanding with infection and germs
-Used same instrument for patient after patient
-Infections spread quickly
-Often had to amputee limbs
-Diseases were one of the greatest threats for soldiers during the civil war
-Many soldiers died before battles even started
-Smallpox, dysentery, typhoid, and pneumonia killed thousands.
Women Serve as Nurses -
Southern women were told to make bandages and other war materials -
Some went to the battlefield to take care of wounded -
Some quit their jobs to join the military's hospitals -
North:
-raised money by selling bonds, raising taxes, printing green bags and borrowing from foreign
banks.
-90% inflation
South:
-economy suffered end 1862
-collapsed transportation and blocked ports
-Union troops in critical farming regions
-food shortages 1862-1863 led to riots
-women raid grocery, clothing and shoe stores.
-hyper inflation (9000%)
African Americans in the Military -
emancipation proclamation let african americans join the army 1863 -
180.000 african americans joined the army -
18000 joined the navy -North
made a 54th massachusetts regiment that declared these african americans war heroes -Us
army was integrated for every race exept african americans -Lincoln
All slaves in confederacy free -changed the
focus of the war
The Soldier's Life
-Bad food (hardtack, really basic biscuit)
-Northern soldiers had hard tact, potatoes, fruit
-Southern soldiers had cornmeal and?
-Food crisis in the south
-Northern soldiers had clothes and equipment
South had equipment shortages
Battlefield medicine:
-Civil war caused big amounts of casualties
-Doctors had little understanding with infection and germs
-Used same instrument for patient after patient
-Infections spread quickly
-Often had to amputee limbs
-Diseases were one of the greatest threats for soldiers during the civil war
-Many soldiers died before battles even started
-Smallpox, dysentery, typhoid, and pneumonia killed thousands.
Women Serve as Nurses -
Southern women were told to make bandages and other war materials -
Some went to the battlefield to take care of wounded -
Some quit their jobs to join the military's hospitals -
