FREDRICKSBURG

1. FREDRICKSBURG BURNSIDE TAKES COMMAND ATTACKS FREDRICKSBURG 1863 WAVES OF UNION FORCES SLAUGHTERED

2. CHANCELLERSVILLE HOOKER TAKES COMMAND LEE’S FINEST -UNION DEFEAT 1863 JACKSON IS KILLED!

3. VIDEO • http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history/videos/battle-at-chancellorsville?cmpid=mrss_int_taboola_video_his

4. GETTYSBURG LEE WANTS TO TAKE THE WAR NORTH MEADE REPLACES HOOKER LEE’S MEN MOVE INTO TOWN LOOKING FOR SHOES 1863 NEITHER ARMY INTENDED TO FIGHT AT GETTYSBURG

5. DAY 2 LEE ATTACKS FIERCE FIGHTING UNION LINES HOLD

6. PICKETT'S CHARGE LEE ORDERS PICKETT’S CHARGE -ONLY REAL MISTAKE PICKETT IS SLAUGHTERED

7. RESULTS LEE WITHDRAWS – OFFERS TO RESIGN -DAVIS SAYS “NO” MEADE DOES NOT FOLLOW – LINCOLN FIRES HIM TURNING POINT OF THE WAR VICKSBURG FALLS ON THE SAME DAY – JULY 4, 1863

8. GETTYSBURG VIDEO • http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsszvmuZBR4 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_hYZFUsOuw

9. GETTYSBURG ADDRESS ONE OF THE GREATEST SPEECHES DEDICATING A CEMETERY AT GETTYSBURG -LINCOLN ALMOST NOT INVITED speech LINCOLN SPEAKS 2 MINUTES – THINKS THE SPEECH WAS A FAILURE

10. The Presidential Election of 1864

11. 1864 ELECTION!!! People don’t like Lincoln ○ Resent the draft ○ High taxes ○ War weariness ○ “Dictator Like”

12. Election of 1864 Abraham Lincoln argued that the war must be won, the slaves freed, and the Union preserved at all costs. George McClellan argued that the war had gone on long enough and that the South should be allowed to secede in order to save American lives. This meant that slavery would continue in the Southern states.