ppt课件-the american civil war-1861（美国内战- 1861）.pptVIP

* Choosing Sides Lincoln invited Robert E Lee to command the union army He declined because his first allegiance was to Virginia About 1/3 of the army’s officers resigned to become Confederate officers. 16,000 men in army prior to war The South also had a massive number of volunteers. 9 million people in the South, of those 4 million were slaves The aggression that had mounted between North and South had finally come to a head People were happy to enlist to kick some Yankee backside About 100,000 volunteers, some had to be turned away because the South did not have the equipment to arm them A