Homestead Act – 1862
Laws for Farmers - increasing agricultural production
*any person who is head of the family, or is a 21 year old citizen, shall be entitled to one quarter section or a less quality of public land. *Said a person must file a claim. *Given160 acres- 5yrs as resident to get it *1862 – Transcontinential R.R Nebraska – Cal. *Greenbacks – Paper money backed by gold…such as: -38 cents in gold during parts of the war -78 cents in gold by the end of war *– Florida Alabama built in Great Britain for the Confederacy- Merchant ships being attached by southern gunboats *Merrimac VS. Moniter IRON CLADS – Modern Naval Combat
Copperheads – War should be stopped because the cost of money, lives, and liberty are
too great. *Discouraged enlistments---- deserted from the army *Clement L. Vallandingham – arrested --Congressman from Ohio-- moved to Canada Election of 1864 Lincoln and Johnson 212
McClellan 21 Electoral Votes
Before the election he says: We are on the brink of destruction, “It appears to he that the almighty, is against he, I can hardly see a ray of hope.” *The thing that guided him was clearly that of his second Inaugural Address, now written on one wall of the Lincoln memorial “with malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as god gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nations wounds…” *Shermans capture of Atlanta
Great Locomotive chase (pg. 382)
* Major Andrews alone with 7 men were hung * 16 men started disrupting the lines and started cutting phone lines and other wires.
After Gettysburg – Vicksburg – focus turned to Tenn.
*Chickamauga- “river of death” * Winner was the Union C-18,000 U-16,000
* March 1864_ L.G. given to Grat *The crater, the commander of all