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The North Wins
Thanks to victories, Beginning with Gettysburg and
ending with Richmond, The Union Survived
Key Terms and Key People
Vocabulary
 Battle of Gettysburg
Key People
 Ulysses S Grant
 Pickett’s Charge
 Robert E. Lee
 Siege of Vicksburg
 Appomattox Court
House
 William Tecumseh
Sherman
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 Abraham Lincoln replaced McClellan with Ambrose
Burnside as General but Burnside led 12,600 troops to
their death at Fredericksburg
 John Hooker replaced Burnside as General but he was
defeated at Chancellorsville by Lee with half as many
troops
 Stonewall Jackson would be killed after the battle but
Lee would plan to invade the North again to force
peace talks and gain European Support
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 As Lee crossed into Philadelphia, the Three day Battle of
Gettysburg would begin with 90,000 union Troops and 75,000
Confederates
 As Both Sides tried to hold position Lee ordered 13,000 troops to
storm the middle of the union line
 After Pickett’s Charge Lee would lead his men in retreat but the
North would not Finish him off
 The North Lost 23,000 men in the Battle with the South Losing
28,000 men as Lincoln looked for a man to defeat Lee
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 Ulysses S. Grant defeated the South at the Siege of
Vicksburg after opening up the Mississippi River to
the North
 Grant would Surround Vicksburg to Starve out the
Soldiers who would surrender fulfilling the Anaconda
Plan
 With the South Split in two the union had an
advantage in the War and Lincoln would place Grant
in a position to defeat Lee
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 As Grant went after Lee in Virginia, William Tecumseh Sherman
would push through Atlanta to the Atlantic Coast
 Sherman would wage Total War, destroying everything in his path
leading to Atlanta
 Sherman’s Victory in Atlanta would be a Boost to the Union but
also lead to the Reelection of Lincoln as President
 Sherman Brought hope to a quick end to the war and delivered
Lincoln Savannah on the Georgia Coast
Total Control
 After Sherman’s Victory in Georgia he would march North to meet
Grant in Virginia where he had been fighting a Brutal War
 Grant Would lose 17,000 men in the Battle of the Wilderness but
would not retreat
 The war would continue in Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor where
7,000 of Grant’s troops would die fighting
 The war would settle in at Petersburg and lead to 10 months of
fighting
 Grant would have Richmond surrounded and Lee would retreat and
at 8pm on April 3rd, the union would Control Richmond
Mission Accomplished
 Though Lee wanted to keep fighting, he knew
there was no hope and would Surrender on
April 9th, 1865 at Appomattox Court House
 Grant offered up a Generous Surrender, letting
the Southern Troops march home in peace
 After 4 long years of Fighting the Civil War
would be over
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