Title: How the American Civil War Became a "Total War"
Headings: How the American Civil War Became a “Total War”
How the American Civil War Became a “Total War”
The Nature of Total War
A Limited Start
Frémont in Missouri
1862
Emancipation and Total War
East Moves West
Sherman and the Heights of Total War
Grant and the Vindication of Total War
Bark Over Bite?
The Staggering Cost

Content: They threw back the Union forces and marched north. At Shiloh, the Confederates almost beat General Grant. He became convinced that only complete pursuit of war could defeat them. Emancipation and Total War
Meanwhile, the Union government had given up on protecting the rights of slave owners. They realized they had to face the controversial issue of emancipation – but only in the rebelling Southern states. In July 1862, Congress declared that any Confederate-owned slaves joining the Union would be emancipated. In September, Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation declaring that if the Southern states did not cease their fight, then all slaves in the Confederacy would be free with effect from January 1, 1863. To the Confederates, it was an attack on their property. Also, in placing the rights of slaves above those of owners, they believed the Union was precipitating a slave rebellion. Total war was one step closer.