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“The War Ends
Chapter 17 Section 5
• 1862 and 1863 were gloomy times for the
union army. They were losing the war.
Apr – Battle of Shiloh
Aug -
2nd
Nov/Dec Knoxville
Battle of Bull Run
Dec - Fredericksburg
May - Chancellorsville
Sep - Chickamauga
1862
1864
Nov - Chatanooga
Jul - Gettysburg
May - Vicksburg
Jan – Emanicipation Proclamation
Sep – Harper’s Ferry
May – Shenandoah
Mar – Monitor v. Virginia
• Northern spirits rose when union troops were
able to control all parts of the Mississippi
River. The final battle for the Mississippi took
place at Vicksburg. After brilliant
maneuvering, the north completely controlled
the Mississippi and had divided the south.
• Robert E Lee again went on the offensive. He
planned to attack Pennsylvania and then
Washington DC. On his way to Pennsylvania,
he met a northern army at the town of
Gettysburg. Even though the south made
several aggressive charges, they were not able
to break through the union position. The south
suffered a devastating loss. Lincoln was happy
with the victory, but was also upset because we
had once again just allowed the confederate
troops retreat to the south without chasing them.
Gen. Lee’s Headquarters
Gen. Meade’s Headquarters
• The Battle of Gettysburg left
more than 50,000 dead or
wounded. On November 19,
1863, there was a ceremony
to dedicate a cemetery to
the memory of the soldiers
who had died. There,
Lincoln gave his very
famous Gettysburg
Address. The speech was
only ten sentences long and
took about three minutes to
deliver. It is honored as a
profound statement of
American ideals.
Warning!!! Look away to avoid
Seeing Dead Soldiers
Confederate Soldiers found near Little Round Top
“The Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter – Gettysburg” in Alexander Gardner’s
Photographic Sketch Book
• Finally, Ulysses S. Grant was named
commander of the union forces in 1864.
Grant’s plan was to wage total war. This
means that the army would destroy food,
equipment, and anything else that might
be useful to the confederacy.
• Under the
aggressive
leadership of
Ulysses S Grant,
the north began
to cripple the
south. The turnaround could not
have come at a
better time.
Illustration showing Columbia (the U.S personified as
Lincoln was
a woman) voting for President Lincoln's re-election in
reelected for a 1864, with the Angel of Peace held captive by the
demons of Southern Rebellion and Traitors North.
second term.
• Grant pushed toward Richmond. On April 2,
1865, Richmond, the confederate capital, fell to
the union soldiers. Lee and his army were
surrounded and surrendered a week later at a
town outside of Richmond called Appomattox
Court House.
Richmond, Virginia following the Civil War
• Grant offered generous terms of surrender.
Each soldier had to give up his gun, but
they got to keep their horses, and they
were allowed to return home.
• In the end, about 750,000 men died. No
war has ever resulted in more American
deaths. The civil war was a turning point
in American history. The idea that states
would be allowed to secede was dead.
The war also put an end to slavery in the
United States. The struggle was not over,
though. Now the country had to put itself
back together.