Decisive Battles

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Decisive Battles

• Chapter 11, section 5.1

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A. The Tide Turns

• The Union victory at Antietam was followed by
  costly defeats at Fredericksburg (Dec. 1862) and
  Chancellorsville (May 1863)

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A. The Tide Turns

• 2. Gen. Lee believed he could win the war with a
  victory on Union soil

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A. The Tide Turns

• 3. The Union victory at Gettysburg (July 1-3,
  1863) was costly combined casualties exceeded
  51,000

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A. The Tide Turns

• 4. The siege of Vicksburg ended on July 4, 1863
  the Mississippi River was under Union control

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A. The Tide Turns

• 5. November 1863- Lincoln gives the Gettysburg
  Address

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B. Closing in on the Confederacy

• In 1864, Abraham Lincoln appointed U.S. Grant
  commander of all Union forces

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B. Closing in on the Confederacy

• In 1864, Abraham Lincoln appointed U.S. Grant
  commander of all Union forces

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B. Closing in on the Confederacy

• In 1864, Abraham Lincoln appointed U.S. Grant
  commander of all Union forces
• While Grant attacked Lee in Virginia, Gen.
  William Tecumseh Sherman stormed through Georgia
• Sherman believed in total war, and destroyed
  everything in his path
• Shermans success helped Lincoln get re-elected
  in 1864

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C. Peace at Last

• In March 1865, Lincoln asked the nation to
  forgive and forget (2nd Inaugural)

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C. Peace at Last

• In March 1865, Lincoln asked the nation to
  forgive and forget (2nd Inaugural)
• Lee forced to surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
  on April 9, 1865
• Grant offered very generous terms supplies were
  given to the Confederates, and no one was
  arrested
• Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865