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The Civil War Ends Powerpoint Templates Page 1 Total War • General Ulysses S. Grant named commander of the Union army in March 1864 • Grant’s strategy – Pursue Lee in Virginia – General Sherman push to the Atlantic • Sherman uses total war to cut a path 60 miles wide and 300 miles long through Georgia – His success aids in Lincoln’s victory in the election of 1864 – Breaks the spirit of the South Powerpoint Templates Page 2 Battle Date State Leaders V & I N/S The May 4 – Virginia Grant Wilderness 6, 1864 Lee Confederate victory, but Union did not retreat and kept pressing Lee Wilderness Campaign • Both forces fought in a mangle of trees and brush – So thick it was difficult to see each other • Union lost 17,000 men – Grant vowed not to retreat • June 1864, at Petersburg they dug trenches and fought for 10 months • On April 3, 1865 the Union took Richmond, the Confederate capital – Confederates attempted to burn it Powerpoint Templates Page 7 Powerpoint Templates Page 8 Battle Date State Leaders N/S Atlanta July 16 – Georgia Sherman Sept 2, 1864 Hood Victor & importance of outcome Union captured the “heart of the South” launched the “march to the sea” leading to total war Powerpoint Templates Page 12 nd 2 Lincoln’s Inauguration • March 4, 1865 – Cold, windy, rainy day in Washington, D.C. • Lincoln spoke in front of for all; with firmness in the right, as God “With malice toward none; with charity the building givesCapital us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up • the wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his – nation's Dome was complete widow, and his orphan--to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting among ourselves, John Wilkespeace, Booth was an and with all nations.” invited guest • Recalled the major cause of war • Vowed to restore peace & Powerpoint Templates unity Page 14 Powerpoint Templates Page 15 CONFEDERATE LINES BREAK ON APRIL 2, 1865 LEE RETREATS WEST OF RICHMOND UNION BLOCKED HIS ESCAPE ROUTE “There is nothing left for me to do but go & see General Grant, & I would rather die a thousand deaths.” Main Battles -Review Battle Date State Leaders V & I N/S Appomattox Courthouse (surrender) April 9, Virginia Grant 1865 Lee Lee signs the Unions terms of surrender; Confederates were allowed to return home with property (except weapons) Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, April 9, 1965 Lee surrendered to Grant Confederates sent home without weapons “I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly…though [the cause]…[was] one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one which there was the least excuse. I do not question the sincerity of the great mass of those who were opposed to us.” Jefferson Davis is captured on May 10 & the war officially ends Cost of the War Casualties • Deadliest war in US history – 620,000 dead – 535,000 wounded • 3,000,000 served – About 10% of the population Union Confederacy Death from wounds 110,070 94,000 Death from disease 249,458 164,000 Total death rate 23 percent 24 percent Wounded 275,175 100,000 (approx.) Economic Costs • Federal loans and taxes to finance the war totaled $2.6 billion = $36.5 billion today • Federal debt on June 30, 1865 rose to $2.7 billion = almost $37 billion today • North & South combined • Confederate debt ran over $700 million = $9 spent more than 5 times billion today the spent in the previous • Union inflation reached 179% by 1865 8 DECADES Powerpoint Templates Page 20 • Confederate inflation rose to 9,000% Constitutional Amendment • Union Army marched through the South & released slaves – The officers read the Emancipation Proclamation at each plantation • Jan. 1865 – Lincoln urged Congress to end slavery • 13th Amendment passed in 1865 – Ended slavery in America – By year’s end, 27 states ratified – 8 in the South ratified it Powerpoint Templates Page 21 Lincoln Assassinated • Lincoln shot 5 days after the surrender – While watching a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. • He’s shot by a Confederate supporter, John Wilkes Booth – Booth jumped onto the stage and escaped – Broke his leg in the process Powerpoint Templates Page 22 Lincoln’s Assassination • Secretary of State William Seward was stabbed – He later recovered • Vice President Andrew Johnson was supposed to be assassinated • Booth was tracked & killed • The other conspirators were hanged or imprisoned Powerpoint Templates Page 23 Assassination Aftermath • Lincoln died the next morning – The bullet could not be removed from his brain – First president to be assassinated Funeral procession for President Lincoln Victory parade after the surrender • Vice Pres. Andrew Johnson was sworn in as the 17th President of the U.S. Powerpoint Templates Page 24 Causes Immediate Effects Conflict over slavery in the territories Economic differences between the North & South Failure of Congress to compromise Election of Lincoln as president Secession of Southern states Firing on Fort Sumter Abolition of slavery Devastation of the South Reconstruction of South Long-Term Effects Growth of industry Government more power Powerpoint Templates Nation reunited Page 25