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The civil War 1863-1865

The civil War 1863-1865. Battle of Fredericksburg. One of the biggest battles of the war. The Union commander Ambrose Burnside was replaced 6 weeks after the battle for such lopsided losses. Union losses: 13,353 Confederate losses: 4,576. Lincoln’s Command Problem. Irwin McDowell

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The civil War 1863-1865

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  1. The civil War 1863-1865

  2. Battle of Fredericksburg • One of the biggest battles of the war. • The Union commander Ambrose Burnside was replaced 6 weeks after the battle for such lopsided losses. • Union losses: 13,353 • Confederate losses: 4,576

  3. Lincoln’s Command Problem • Irwin McDowell • George B. McClellan • Ambrose E. Burnside • Joseph Hooker • George Meade • Ulysses S. Grant

  4. Battle of Chancellorsville, April 30-May 6 1863 • Lee and the Confederates beat Joseph Hooker’s Army of the Potomac. • Stonewall Jackson was killed by friendly fire in this battle.

  5. Gettysburg Aftermath, July 1-3, 1863 • About 50,000 Americans were killed. • Lee was forced to retreat. • He would fight defensively the rest of the war. • The day after Vicksburg fell to the North.

  6. Fall of Vicksburg • The last Southern stronghold on the Mississippi river was Vicksburg. • General Grant laid siege to the city and it fell on July 4, 1863. • The South was then finally severed.

  7. Politics of 1864 • Many northerners opposed the war and wanted peace, they were known as Copperheads. • They opposed the draft, the war, Lincoln, and emancipation. • The Republicans disbanded shortly to become the Union party. George McClellan ran as the Democratic candidate.

  8. Chattanooga • In November of 1863 the North won a victory at Lookout Mountain pushing all Confederate forces out of TN. • Shortly after Grant was named General in Chief of all Union forces.

  9. Total War • In the summer of 1864 William T. Sherman burned Atlanta and then marched to the sea. • Grant constantly pursued Lee inflicting heavy losses.

  10. Grant and Lee • Starting in May of 1864, Grant began attacking Lee’s forces during the Battle of the Wilderness. • Lee was then sieged at Petersburg, VA from June 9, 1864-March 25, 1865; more trench warfare than an actual siege. • Lee escaped only to have his army destroyed and split by Union forces.

  11. Surrender at Appomattox • On April 9, 1865 Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse. • Other armies remained throughout the south for several weeks.

  12. Lincoln Assassination • John Wilkes Booth was a Confederate sympathizer from Maryland. • He was an actor throughout the war and had been paid by the Confederacy to kidnap Lincoln. • After the war Booth decided to kill Lincoln as well as Andrew Johnson and William H. Seward.

  13. Gist • Pg. 478

  14. Read Pg. 440-441 • Write a couple paragraphs comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences between the Northern and Southern soldiers during the Civil War.

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