1. The War Comes to Georgia E.Q. Who invaded Georgia? P.T. Who made the March to the Sea?

2. Yankees in Georgia How did they ever get in? Atlanta Campaign May 9, 1864 Union General William T. Sherman 99,000 Union troops Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston 62,000 Confederate troops Fighting everyday

3. Battles of Atlanta Campaign Dalton Resaca Cassville New Hope Church Pickett’s Mill Johnston winning battles but being out-flanked

4. Battles of Atlanta Campaign (cont.) Kennesaw Mountain June 27, 1864 Sherman attacks head on Loose 3,000 Yankees Loose 500 Confederates

5. Siege of Atlanta July 17, 1864 Johnston was replaced with General John Bell Hood Battles Peachtree Creek Atlanta Ezra Church Jonesboro

6. Siege of Atlanta (cont.) Forty day siege Sherman’s artillery pounded Atlanta Civilians being killed and having to live in cellars Hood leaves Atlanta September 1, 1864 Surrenders September 2, 1864

7. March to the Sea November 16, 1864 Sherman burns Atlanta and leaves A path of destruction that was 60 miles wide from Atlanta to Savannah was made by Sherman Arrived in Savannah December 21, 1864

8. March to the Sea (cont.) Destroyed $100 million of food and other resources Civilian homes were destroyed Graves were violated Untold numbers of civilians killed

9. Battle of Griswoldville November 22, 1864 Confederates are out numbered Young boys and old men fighting for Confederacy

10. Siege of Savannah December 10 –21, 1864 Confederates cross Savannah River at night on December 21, 1864

11. Andersonville Prison/ Camp Sumter Opens February 1864 for 10,000 prisoners Captain Henry Wirz takes command in March 1864 Faced with impossible odds April 1864 12,000 prisoners May 1864 19,000 prisoners June 1864, 23,000 prisoners August 1864, more than 33,000 prisoners

12. Andersonville Prison/ Camp Sumter (cont.) United States Government refuses to exchange prisoners Four prisoners permitted to go to Washington to plead for prisoner exchange Washington refused and they returned “We have been abandoned by our government”

13. Andersonville Prison/ Camp Sumter (cont.) US Government was solely responsible for the conditions and affairs at Camp Sumter Confederate Government tried to give prisoners away but the US Government said no. 14 months operation, over 45 thousand prisoners, almost 13 thousand died

14. Andersonville Prison/ Camp Sumter (cont.) More Confederate died in Union prison camps than Union troops in Southern camps Union camps did not have to deal with a blockade Southern guards ate the same thing the Union prisoner ate

15. Capt. Wirz on Trial After the War, Capt. Wirz was arrested in violation to parole Kangaroo trial Life offered in exchange for a lie Hung on November 10, 1865 Death of an innocent man

16. Surrenders April 9, 1865 Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse Virginia April 26, 1865 Johnston surrenders in Greensboro North Carolina May 4, 1865 last Confederate Cabinet meeting in Washington Georgia May 10, 1865 President Jefferson Davis captured in Irwinville Georgia

17. Confederate Memorial Day Georgia General Assembly in 1872 established that April 26 th would be Confederate Memorial Day State Holiday

18. Groups Who Perpetuate the Memory of the Men Who Fought United Daughters of the Confederacy Sons of Confederate Veterans Children of the Confederacy

19. Reflection What did you learn?