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CHAPTER 6 LESSON 3
“THE WAR ENDS”
PGS. 190-193
EQ: What factors helped the Union defeat the
Confederacy?
VOCABULARY PREVIEW
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Telegraph: communication system that uses
electric impulses to send messages by wire
Total War: a method of warfare where anything
connected to an enemy’s resources is destroyed
Desert: to leave, abandon, or withdrawal
BUILD ON WHAT YOU KNOW
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To finish a job, you need to have enough supplies.
In the Civil War, the Union had more soldiers,
weapons, and food than the Confederacy. These
supplies helped the Union win.
UNION VICTORIES
By the end of 1863, the Union won several
important battles (Vicksburg, Gettysburg)
 President Lincoln need a strong general to defeat
the south so he chose Ulysses S. Grant.
 Lincoln made him commander of all Union
armies.
 Grant planned to lead an army to Virginia to
defeat General Robert E. Lee’s army and capture
Richmond.
 Grant ordered General Sherman to lead the
union army to Tennessee to attack Atlanta
Georgia (a major Confederate city).
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GENERAL GRANT
UNION GENERAL
General Lee
Confederate Army
ATLANTA CAMPAIGN
Sherman began his attack on Atlanta in May
1864. The city was the center for southern
supplies, factories, and railroads.
 Experienced Union soldiers marched into
Georgia. Confederates fought back all summer,
but Sherman’s army captured Atlanta in
September.
 Sherman telegraphed Lincoln saying “Atlanta is
ours, and fairly won”.
 Lincoln welcomed the news because he was
running for re-election and needed victories.
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SHERMAN’S MARCH TO SEA
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From Atlanta, Sherman’s
soldiers marched to
Savannah and this became
known as the March to the
Sea.
Union destroyed
everything along the way,
they stole food, killed
animals, and wrecked
railroads and factories.
Sherman used total war:
destroying enemies
resources.
Once in Savannah,
Sherman turned north
again, and ruined
everything in his path.
TABLE TALK
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What happed during Sherman’s March to the
Sea?
What was General grants’ plan to end the war?
GRANT AND LEE
When Sherman marched into Georgia, Grant led
a huge army to Richmond, Virginia.
 Lee used all of his skill to fight off Grant’s army.
The Union suffered terrible losses, but Grant
kept attacking.
 His attacks wore down the Confederate army in a
series of battles. Lee was forced farther and
farther south.
 June 1884: the two armies faced each other near
Richmond. They stayed there for almost a year.
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LEE’S SURRENDER
The Union was growing stronger and the
resources helped Grant. He received a steady
supply of food and equipment.
 The North send thousands more soldiers to join
his army.
 Lee’s army was suffering because they had no
more soldiers or supplies. Confederate soldiers
went hungry and began to desert: leave the army
without permission.
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LEE’S SURRENDER
April 1865: Lee’s army was too weak to defend
Richmond any longer and Lee retreated.
 The Union army captured Richmond and chased
Lee’s army west. Finally, near Appomattox Court
House, Lee made a hard decision, he
surrendered.
 On April 9, 1865, Grant and Lee met at the
Appomattox Court House and Grant said that
Lee’s soldiers could go home and Lee agreed and
surrendered.
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LEE’S SURRENDER
Grant send 25,000 meals to the hungry
Confederate soldiers. A few days later, Lee’s
soldiers marched pass the Union army to
surrender and were saluted by the Union
soldiers.
 News of Lee’s surrendered spread and in late
June of 1865 the war was over.
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