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Battle of Fredericksburg One of the biggest battles of the war. The Union commander Ambrose Burnside was replaced 6 weeks after the battle for such lopsided losses. Union losses: 13,353 Confederate losses: 4,576 Lincoln’s Command Problem Irwin McDowell George B. McClellan Ambrose E. Burnside Joseph Hooker George Meade Ulysses S. Grant Battle of Chancellorsville, April 30-May 6 1863 Lee and the Confederates beat Joseph Hooker’s Army of the Potomac. Stonewall Jackson was killed by friendly fire in this battle. Gettysburg Aftermath, July 1-3, 1863 About 50,000 Americans were killed. Lee was forced to retreat. He would fight defensively the rest of the war. The day after Vicksburg fell to the North. Fall of Vicksburg The last Southern stronghold on the Mississippi river was Vicksburg. General Grant laid siege to the city and it fell on July 4, 1863. The South was then finally severed. Politics of 1864 Many northerners opposed the war and wanted peace, they were known as Copperheads. They opposed the draft, the war, Lincoln, and emancipation. The Republicans disbanded shortly to become the Union party. George McClellan ran as the Democratic candidate. Chattanooga In November of 1863 the North won a victory at Lookout Mountain pushing all Confederate forces out of TN. Shortly after Grant was named General in Chief of all Union forces. Total War In the summer of 1864 William T. Sherman burned Atlanta and then marched to the sea. Grant constantly pursued Lee inflicting heavy losses. Grant and Lee Starting in May of 1864, Grant began attacking Lee’s forces during the Battle of the Wilderness. Lee was then sieged at Petersburg, VA from June 9, 1864-March 25, 1865; more trench warfare than an actual siege. Lee escaped only to have his army destroyed and split by Union forces. Surrender at Appomattox On April 9, 1865 Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse. Other armies remained throughout the south for several weeks. Lincoln Assassination John Wilkes Booth was a Confederate sympathizer from Maryland. He was an actor throughout the war and had been paid by the Confederacy to kidnap Lincoln. After the war Booth decided to kill Lincoln as well as Andrew Johnson and William H. Seward. Gist Pg. 478 Read Pg. 440-441 Write a couple paragraphs comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences between the Northern and Southern soldiers during the Civil War.
