Coach McKinney The North Takes Charge

Armies Clash at Gettysburg Chancellorsville May 1863 South defeats North Stonewall Jackson is accidently shot by own troops Dies 8 days later of pneumonia Lee invades North to get supplies

Armies Clash at Gettysburg Three day battle at Gettysburg cripples South is turning point in war Confederates are searching for shoes and meet Union cavalry July 1 Confederates drive Union back and take town

Armies Clash at Gettysburg The Second Day South attacks Union led by General George Meade on Cemetery Ridge North rejects repeated attacks on Little Round Top Many exhausted Confederates surrender Union line holds

Armies Clash at Gettysburg Third Day Armies exchange vicious artillery fire Lee orders attack on Union lines North cuts down Confederates Meade does not counter attack Lee retreats to Virginia Staggering losses on both sides

Grants Wins at Vicksburg Vicksburg Under Siege Confederate Vicksburg prevents Union from controlling Mississippi Spring 1863 Union destroys MS railroads and sacks Jackson Grants assaults on Vicksburg fail Begins siege in May Starving Confederates surrender on July 4 Port Hudson LA falls 5 days later Confederacy completely divided

The Gettysburg Address Memorial Ceremony November 1863, ceremony held to dedicate cemetery in Gettysburg Edward Everett gives flowery two hour speech Lincolns two minute Gettysburg Address asserts unity of US Honors dead soldiers Calls for living to dedicate selves to preserve Union and freedom

The Confederacy Wears Down Confederate Morale South unable to attack The goal is to undo North's morale Civilian morale plummets Public calls for peace Discord in government prevents Davis from governing effectively

The Confederacy Wears Down Grant Appoints Sherman March 1864 Lincoln appoints Grant commander of all Union armies Grants then appoints William Tecumseh Sherman commander of MS Division Sherman believes that total war will destroy Southern morale

The Confederacy Wears Down Grant and Lee in Virginia Grants Strategy Immobilize Lee in VA while Sherman raids Georgia May 1864-April 1865 Grant and Lee fight many battles The fighting results in heavy losses on both sides The difference: North can replace soldiers and South cant

The Confederacy Wears Down Shermans March Sept 1864 Sherman takes Atlanta South tries to cut supply lines Sherman cuts wide path of destruction in Georgia December Sherman takes Savannah Turns north to help Grant fight Lee Inflicts even more destruction in SC

The Confederacy Wears Down The Election of 1864 Democrats want an end to the fighting Nominate George McClellan Radical Republicans Want harsh readmission into the Union Northern victories and troops vote give him the win

The Confederacy Wears Down After Petersburg Davis government leaves Richmond They also set it on fire Appomattox Court House Lee surrenders April 1865 Lee soldiers paroled on generous terms