1. VICKSBURG Abraham Lincoln was so impressed with Ulysses S. Grant he gave him command of the entire Union Army. Grant captured Vicksburg, Mississippi after a long siege from May 18 to July 4, 1863. It gave the North control of the Mississippi River and cut off Texas from the rest of the south Abraham Lincoln was so impressed with Ulysses S. Grant he gave him command of the entire Union Army.

2. Gettysburg July 1 st - 3 rd 1863.

3. Lee decided to invade the North to try and force Lincoln to end the war.

4. The battle was fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and was the bloodiest battle ever fought on American soil

5. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlin’s 20 th Maine held Little Round Top which saved the Union from being flanked. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlin “Gettysburg” Ch. 33

6. Little Round Top today

7. After Lee failed to flank the Union, he ordered George Pickett and 15,000 men to charge the middle of the Union Lines. “Pickett’s Charge” was a disaster. Lee lost 7,000 men. Afterwards when Lee told Pickett to rally his division for the defense, Pickett allegedly replied, "General Lee, I have no division.“ George Pickett

8. Gettysburg was the turning point of the war. Afterwards the North was in charge and the Confederacy was just trying its best to defend itself. Confederate Veterans reliving “Pickett’s Charge” in 1913

10. Grant Invades the South After Gettysburg, Grant pushed south to once again try and capture Richmond. Grant tried again and again to get around the right side of Lee's army, destroy it, then move on Richmond and end the war. Lee saw what he was trying to do and managed to stop him. The struggle continued along a hundred-mile line before the two armies settled in for a siege at Petersburg, southeast of the Confederate capital

12. Trenches at Petersburg

13. Trenches in France during W.W. I 53 years later

14. The Crater

15. Grant gave his friend Sherman the job of taking Atlanta, Georgia. William Tecumseh Sherman

16. “March To The Sea” After a tough fight to capture Atlanta, Sherman marched his men southeast to the ocean and took Savannah, Georgia Sherman then marched north into the Carolina’s. The south was now divided further still.

18. The End Lee is forced from his trenches in April of 1865 and flees west with Grant in pursuit. Grant catches Lee at Appomattox Courthouse in western Virginia. Lee is forced to surrender.

19. The War officially ends at Appomattox Courthouse

20. Grant chooses Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the hero of Little Round Top at Gettysburg, to accept the official surrender of Lee.

21. The last battle of the Civil War took place at Palmito Ranch in south Texas on May 12th and the 13th of 1865. The Union attacked Brownsville to stop cotton shipments across the Rio Grande The Confederate forces from Texas, led by John “Rip” Ford (the famous Texas Ranger) actually won the battle, even though the war was over at this point. John “Rip” Ford PALMITO RANCH

22. Nearly 70,000 men from Texas fought for the Confederacy. The most famous group was the Texas Brigade led by John Bell Hood which fought in the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee. “Texan’s always move them!!!” -Robert E. Lee At the battle of the Wilderness in 1864 Texans in the War John Bell Hood

23. Albert Sidney Johnston, killed at the battle of Shiloh, considered one of the top Confederate leaders in war. Other groups from Texas, included Terry’s Texas Rangers and Ross’s Brigade who gained fame for fighting all over the confederacy. Albert Sidney Johnston

24. The Draft During the war the Confederacy used a draft to get more soldiers. All men 18-35 had to serve Very unpopular In the South the rich could avoid it if they owned 20 slaves or hired someone to take their place

25. The Cost of the Civil War The Civil War lasted from April 1861 to May of 1865. Around 600,000 Americans were killed and another 400 thousand were wounded.