1864 The Beginning of the End

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1864 The Beginning of the End

• Open Primary Resource Packet
• Read Article 9
• Test this Friday!

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Election of 1864

• Lincoln faced resistance from his own party
• Needed victories
• Gettysburg and Vicksburg
• Capture and Burning of the ATL

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Election Conflict
Then what brand does he like? For Ill send a
barrell to all my generals!
But Ive heard General Grant has a fondness for
too much whisky!!!
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Lincoln v. McClellan

• 1864 McClellan chosen to run against Lincoln by
  the Democrats
• Lincoln easily wins
• Electoral College Map

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Monumental Events!

• 1863 Was a major year for Union
• July 1-3 Victory at Gettysburg
• July 4 Vicksburg Falls
• Confederacy in major trouble

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Grant Takes Command

• Grant took Command of all Union Armies
• Will wage a war of attrition against the South

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Total War

• William T. Sherman took Grants old command
• Reduce the ability of enemy to fight

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War is Hell

• Sherman began march through the South
• Captured and burned the ATL in 1864
• March to the Sea
• ATL to Savannah

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Shermans Sentinels

• March to the Sea left a 60 mile wide path of The
  Burnt Country
• Left Savannah to meet Grant

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The Wilderness Campaign

• Grant promoted to Command all Union Armies
• Lincoln orders him to engage Lee until he is
  defeated
• Begins with a 3 Day Battle

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Attrition

• Lee would inflict more casualties but he himself
  had no replacements
• Grant would continue to wear down Lees ability
  to fight

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Grant v Lee

• Campaign through N. VA
• The Wilderness Campaign
• Engage Lee until destroyed

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Battle of Cold Harbor

• Lees last victory
• Grant lost 7,000 men in 20 minutes

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Siege of Petersburg

• 10 month siege south of Richmond
• Lee withdrew
• Richmond Falls

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The Fall of Richmond
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Surrender at Appomattox Court House

• Lee escaped west
• Grants continual assaults wore his troops down
• He surrendered on April 9 1865

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Activity

• Work on review sheets
• Read remaining primary sources
• Work on Civil War Journal

• Tomorrow we will play Civil War Jeopardy