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CH 11 Section 4 Turning Point of the Civil War Lee’s forces clashed with the Union army at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Union army defeated Lee’s troops after three days of fierce fighting. Northerners became rejuvenated due to the fact that they had finally broken through and defeated Lee’s army. in 1863. Confederate forces defeated the Union army in Chancellorsville, Virginia. During the battle, the South’s famous general, Stonewall Jackson, died when he was shot accidentally by his own troops. The day after Gettysburg, General Grant captured Vicksburg, Mississippi, for the Union. It was another significant defeat for the Confederacy. As a result of the battle, the Union controlled the Mississippi River. The Confederacy was split in two. In November 1863, a cemetery was dedicated at Gettysburg. President Lincoln delivered a short speech.. The Gettysburg Address honored the dead and asked Americans to rededicate themselves to preserving the Union. The losses at Gettysburg and Vicksburg caused Southern morale to drop. The South was exhausted and had few resources left. The Confederate Congress accused President Davis of ineffective leadership. Some Southerners began calling for peace. Lincoln made Ulysses S. Grant commander of all Union armies. Grant gave William Tecumseh Sherman command of the military division of the Mississippi. Both generals sought a total victory over the South. This meant conquering not only the South’s army and government but also its civilian population. Sherman’s troops invaded Georgia. His forces marched across the state to the sea. They destroyed cities and farms as they went. They did the same in South Carolina. The South was quickly becoming a wasteland. On April 9, 1965, Generals Lee and Grant met in a Virginia village called Appomattox Court House and arranged the Confederate surrender. Within a month, all Confederate resistance collapsed. After four long years, The Civil War was over.