The North Wins

Thanks to victories, Beginning with Gettysburg and ending with Richmond, The Union Survived

Key Terms and Key PeopleVocabulary

Battle of Gettysburg

Pickett’s Charge

Siege of Vicksburg

Appomattox Court House

Key People Ulysses S Grant

Robert E. Lee

William Tecumseh Sherman

Call 1-800-General…..NOW Abraham Lincoln replaced McClellan with

Ambrose Burnside as General but Burnside led 12,600 troops to their death at Fredericksburg

John Hooker replaced Burnside as General but he was defeated at Chancellorsville by Lee with half as many troops

Stonewall Jackson would be killed after the battle but Lee would plan to invade the North again to force peace talks and gain European Support

LEEve us Alone As Lee crossed into Philadelphia, the Three day

Battle of Gettysburg would begin with 90,000 union Troops and 75,000 Confederates

As Both Sides tried to hold position Lee ordered 13,000 troops to storm the middle of the union line

After Pickett’s Charge Lee would lead his men in retreat but the North would not Finish him off

The North Lost 23,000 men in the Battle with the South Losing 28,000 men as Lincoln looked for a man to defeat Lee

Taken for Grant-ed Ulysses S. Grant defeated the South at

the Siege of Vicksburg after opening up the Mississippi River to the North

Grant would Surround Vicksburg to Starve out the Soldiers who would surrender fulfilling the Anaconda Plan

With the South Split in two the union had an advantage in the War and Lincoln would place Grant in a position to defeat Lee

Merry Christmas Mr. President As Grant went after Lee in Virginia, William

Tecumseh Sherman would push through Atlanta to the Atlantic Coast

Sherman would wage Total War, destroying everything in his path leading to Atlanta

Sherman’s Victory in Atlanta would be a Boost to the Union but also lead to the Reelection of Lincoln as President

Sherman Brought hope to a quick end to the war and delivered Lincoln Savannah on the Georgia Coast

Total Control After Sherman’s Victory in Georgia he would march

North to meet Grant in Virginia where he had been fighting a Brutal War

Grant Would lose 17,000 men in the Battle of the Wilderness but would not retreat

The war would continue in Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor where 7,000 of Grant’s troops would die fighting

The war would settle in at Petersburg and lead to 10 months of fighting

Grant would have Richmond surrounded and Lee would retreat and at 8pm on April 3rd, the union would Control Richmond

Mission Accomplished Though Lee wanted to keep fighting,

he knew there was no hope and would Surrender on April 9th, 1865 at Appomattox Court House

Grant offered up a Generous Surrender, letting the Southern Troops march home in peace

After 4 long years of Fighting the Civil War would be over

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