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Grinding Out Victory, 1863-1865

Grinding Out Victory, 1863-1865. Ms. Bolognini. Vicksburg. July 4, 1863 Union win under Gen. Grant Important b/c cut Confed. in ½ Besieged the city and starved them out

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Grinding Out Victory, 1863-1865

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  1. Grinding Out Victory, 1863-1865 Ms. Bolognini

  2. Vicksburg July 4, 1863 Union win under Gen. Grant Important b/c cut Confed. in ½ Besieged the city and starved them out It was last spot on Mississippi River in which Confederates could send troops and supplies from west to east where most fighting occurred Lincoln makes Grant supreme commander of Union army

  3. The Siege of Vicksburg

  4. Gettysburg (July 1-3 1863) • Lee know he must win major battle in North • Lee and Meade meet at this PA town • Day 1: Confederates take town and Union takes heights • Day 2: Colonel Joshua Chamberlain’s charge • Day 3: General Pickett’s Charge • Lee was determined to strike the Union center  • Lee then retreats and Meade does not follow • 30% casualties on both sides (Union 23K, Confederacy 28K) • Why did the battle hurt the South more? • Lee never again able to invade North • Turning point of the war

  5. Chamberlain’s Charge

  6. Pickett’s Charge

  7. Conscription • Conscription (1862)- military draft • 18 to 35, then 17 to 50 • Support for war falling in North=less volunteers • “300 Man”= buy yourself out of war • “Rich man’s war, poor man’s fight.” Meaning?

  8. Rich Man’s War…Poor Man’s Fight • Inflation! • Salt- $2 to $60 a bag during the first year of the war • The draft stripped farms of their men • Left women and children to work and grow what they ate • “Men cannot be expected to fight for the Government that permits their wives and children to starve” (Southern Leader in Nov. 1862)

  9. The Draft and Riots • The Draft • Less volunteers, so 1863 Conscription • “$300 Man” • The Draft Riots • NYC in 1863; burned for 4 days; 100+ killed • Irish-Catholics formed majority of rioters • Attacked blacks and rich • Upset at having to fight a war to free blacks. Why? • Gettysburg troops-SHOW RIOT VIDEO

  10. The Gettysburg Address 2 minute speech November 1863 Dedication ceremony Brought Union together to end immorality of slavery Unified the North

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