2. Main Idea Why It Matters Now Thanks to victories, beginning with Gettysburg and ending with Richmond, the Union survived. If the Union had lost the war, the United States might look very different now.

3. What were the key events from Section 3 that occurred between 1862 and 1866? 1862 Antietam; Fredericksburg 1863 Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Vicksburg 1865 Richmond falls; surrender at Appomattox 1864 Grant named head of Union armies; Wilderness; Cold Harbor; Atlanta; Lincoln reelected; Savannah Image 18621866

4. Why was the Battle of Gettysburg important? Why was Northern success in the Siege of Vicksburg important? How did Grant treat Confederate soldiers after the surrender at Appomattox Court House? Map

5. Why was the Battle of Gettysburg important? It ended Lee’s hopes for a Confederate victory in the North Why was Northern success in the Siege of Vicksburg important? It would split the South in two and helped propel Grant to the leadership of the Union armies. How did Grant treat Confederate soldiers after the surrender at Appomattox Court House? Respectfully; gave them food; allowed them to take their personal possessions home with them

6. The Gettysburg Address… The main purpose of the Gettysburg Address was to encourage people to continue fighting to reunify the nation

7. Lee’s Southern troops met the Union at GETTYSBURG in Pennsylvania – July 1863 90,000 Union troops against 75,000 confederate troops

8. GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD Video Clip

9. GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD

11. Southern General George Pickett tried to march his men across a wheat field and are mowed down by Union soldiers – PICKETT’S CHARGE

12. PICKETT’S CHARGE - GETTYSBURG

13. North wins the Battle of Gettysburg Union has 23,000 soldiers dead and wounded and Confederacy has 28,000 Union victory at Gettysburg ends all hope for further invasions in the North!

14. The day after Gettysburg, General Grant led the Union to a victory at VICKSBURG along the Mississippi Union surrounds the city and starves out the people until they are forced to give up

15. The victory at Vicksburg gives the Union total control over the Mississippi River Union now has the momentum

16. BATTLE OF VICKSBURG Video Clip

17. VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI

18. SEIGE OF VICKSBURG BLUE = UNION RED = CONFEDERATES

19. Lincoln places General Grant in charge of the entire Union army Grant will be a good general But… His troops suffer many causalities… What does that mean?

20. Union General WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN drives an army through the deep South to further divide the confederacy and weaken their support

21. Union wants to break the South’s will with this MARCH TO THE SEA through Georgia Union destroys everything for a 300 mile long stretch that is 60 miles wide

22. THE UNION’S “MARCH TO THE SEA” video clip

23. THE UNION’S “MARCH TO THE SEA”

26. THE UNION’S “MARCH TO THE SEA” Video Clip

27. Lincoln is re-elected President in 1864 for his second term What does Lincoln do to protestors? He has them put in prison with no trial… …Constitutional?...

28. Grant meets Lee in Virginia and defeats the South Lee surrenders at APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE, VIRGINIA on April 9, 1865 Video Clip

29. SIGNING THE SURRENDER PAPERS

30. The Union soldiers were gracious in victory Confederate soldiers were given food and allowed to go home The war that had lasted four long years was finally over