The North Takes Charge

1. The North Takes Charge Section 11-4

2. Preview Questions • What battle turned the tide of the war? • How did the Battle of Vicksburg affect the Confederacy? • How did Union forces wear down the South?

3. I. Armies Clash at Gettysburg • Importance • Turning point of Civil War • South crippled: No longer on offensive • Background • Union defeated at Chancellorsville • Stonewall Jackson killed

4. I. Armies Clash at Gettysburg • First Day of Battle: July 1, 1863 • Fierce Confederate assault forces Union retreat near Cemetery Ridge • Second Day of Battle: July 2, 1863 • Confederates attack at Cemetery Ridge • Union bayonet assault holds their lines

5. I. Armies Clash at Gettysburg • Third Day of Battle: July 3, 1863 • Pickett’s Charge • Confederate raid that fails • Lee looses too many men to launch another offensive attack • Lee retreats to Virginia

6. II. Grant Wins at Vicksburg • April-July 1863 • Importance • Split Confederacy in two • Union controls Mississippi River

7. III. The Gettysburg Address • Listed reasons why Union fought • Emphasized idea of reunification • Assured people Union would survive

8. IV. Confederacy Wears Down • Confederate Problems • Low morale • No supplies • Soldiers desert • Disagreement among leaders

9. IV. Confederacy Wears Down • Wilderness Campaign (May 1864) • Grant’s plan to immobilize Lee’s forces • Union loses more men, but can replace

10. IV. Confederacy Wears Down • Sherman’s March (September 1864) • March from Atlanta to coast, through SC & NC • Destroy anything of value • Defeat civilians (Total War)

11. IV. Confederacy Wears Down • Surrender at Appomattox • Davis destroys Richmond and flees • April 9, 1865: Surrender