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The North Wins Mrs. Enright Period 2 Chapter 17 Section 3 PowerPoint Outline What Happened so far Lee Invades the North The Battle of Gettysburg The Siege of Vicksburg The Confederacy Falls Sherman Takes Atlanta Grant’s Virginia Campaign Richmond Falls Surrender at Appomattox What Happened so far Emancipation Proclamation was introduced Social, economic, and political change affected both the Union and the Confederacy Greenbacks Lee Invades the North • Robert E. Lee was confident that the Confederacy was going to win the war Confederate victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville Lee made fatal decision to invade the North Lee’s troops are stopped by the Union in the town of Gettysburg Robert E. Lee The Battle of Gettysburg • The Battle Of Gettysburg lasted three days • Pickett’s Charge was enforced by General George Pickett • This brought victory to the Union • 23,000 casualties from the North • 28,000 men lay dead or wounded from the South Fighting During The Battle Of Gettysburg The Siege of Vicksburg • Confederate troops at Vicksburg in Mississippi surrendered to Ulysses Grant • Direct attacks failed, instead had a long siege • Troops surrounded city and prevented the delivery of supplies and food •Union now had total control of the Mississippi River The Siege of Vicksburg The Confederacy Falls March 1864 Ulysses Grant was given control of all Union armies Grant pursued Lee’s army General William T. Sherman marched deep into the South William T. Sherman Ulysses S. Grant Sherman Takes Atlanta Sherman took Atlanta in September 1864 Abraham Lincoln won reelection November 1864 Sherman burned Atlanta Sherman’s March to the Sea Goal was to join Grant’s troops in Virginia Sherman’s troops burn down Atlanta Grant’s Virginia Campaign Grant’s goal was to keep attacking Lee’s army no matter what the final outcome was. Took Grant a year to defeat Lee Battle of Wilderness Battle Of Wilderness Richmond Falls April 1865 Lee gave up hope Jefferson Davis and Government fled Richmond The Fall of Richmond Surrender at Appomattox April 9th 1865 Lee and Grant met at the Virginia Appomattox Court House Confederates were allowed to return to their homes The fighting may have ended but there was much more awaiting this new nation Appomattox Court House Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant Works Cited Dallek, Robert. "The Civil War." American History. Evanston IL: McDougal Littell, 2008.