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Ch. 11.4 The North Takes Charge
1. Armies Clash at Gettysburg
• Gettysburg- Pennsylvania, the turning
point of the Civil War.
A. Prelude to Gettysburg
• Chancellorsville- Virginia, Confederate
victory here in 1863.
• Lee hoped to win a Confederate victory
and build Southern support in the North.
http://www.history.com/videos/battle-atchancellorsville#battle-at-chancellorsville
• Stonewall Jackson
http://www.history.com/videos/stonewall-jackson#stonewall-jackson
B. Gettysburg
• Pennsylvania
• Confederate troops were looking for
footwear.
• They ran into a Union regiment, both
sides fired and sent for reinforcements
http://www.history.com/videos/gettysburg-battle-strategy#gettysburg-battle-strategy
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• Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain led com/videos/chamberlainhis troops to meet Confederate rebels defends-little-roundtop#chamberlain-defendsat Little Round Top.
• His soldiers ran out of ammunition little-round-top
and charged the tired rebels with their
bayonets.
• The rebels surrendered and the Union
Army held their position at Cemetery
Ridge.
C. The Second Day
D. The Third Day
• A charge at the center of the Union
lines at Cemetery Ridge.
• The Confederate soldiers retreated
and the Union held the hill.
• After this defeat Lee would never try
and attack the Union again.
http://www.history.com/videos/last-charge-at-gettysburg#last-charge-at-gettysburg
2. Grant Wins at Vicksburg
• Vicksburg- Mississippi, one of two
Confederate holdouts preventing the
Union from taking complete control
of the Mississippi River.
• important for transporting goods
http://www.history.com/videos/the-union-siege-ofvicksburg#the-union-siege-of-vicksburg
A. Vicksburg Under Siege
• Grant sent troops to destroy rail lines
and draw attention away from
Vicksburg.
• Grant landed infantry at Vicksburg
and took Jackson (capital of Miss)
• Two assaults on Vicksburg failed.
• Grant decided to use artillery and
shell the city, this wore down the
Confederates and they ran out of food
• Confederates surrendered, Confederacy
now cut in two.
3. The Gettysburg Address
• A famous speech delivered by Abraham
Lincoln in November 1863, at the dedication
of a national cemetery on the site of the
Battle of Gettysburg.
http://www.history.com/videos/gilder-lehrmangettysburg-address#gilder-lehrman-gettysburgaddress
4. The Confederacy Wears Down
A. Confederate Morale
• Confederate morale weakened due to a
lack of food and major losses.
• Many Confederate states such as North and
South Carolina wanted a peace agreement.
• Jefferson Davis could not govern effectively
because of the discontent.
B. Grant Appoints Sherman
• Grant appointed commander of the
Union armies.
• William Tecumseh ShermanAppointed by Grant to command
the military division of Mississippi
• Both believed in total war, taking the
fight to the entire south.
http://www.history.com/videos/grant-and-sherman-unlikely-leaders#grantand-sherman-unlikely-leaders
C. Grant and Lee in Virginia
• Grant’s strategy was to immobilize Lee’s
army in Virginia.
• Grant promised Lincoln that “Whatever
happens, there will be no turning back.”
http://www.history.com/videos/the-confederacys-laststand#the-confederacys-last-stand
D. Sherman’s March
• Sherman wanted to show Georgia’s
civilians the destructive nature of war
and thus destroy the will of Confederate
civilians to continue the war.
E. The Election of 1864
• Victories by Sherman helped Lincoln win
his reelection.
http://www.history.com/videos/legacy-of-the-civilwar#legacy-of-the-civil-war
F. The Surrender at Appomattox
• Appomattox Court House- The site of
Lee’s surrender to Grant, located in
Virginia.
• After four years the Civil War was over.
1861-1865.
http://www.history.com/videos/surrender-at-appomattoxcourthouse#surrender-at-appomattox-courthouse