1. U.S. Grant Sherman’s March Election of 1864 Final Days of Civil War
The War Comes To An End
U.S. Grant
Sherman’s March
Election of 1864
Final Days of Civil War

2. Questions to be Answered?
What was the biggest advantage of the North?
Where did Lee surrender to Grant and what were the terms?
Who killed Lincoln and where?

3. Grant in the East Biggest advantage of North is pop. Total War
Grant went to capture Richmond
Sherman is sent to Atlanta
Troops go to destroy Lee’s food supply- Shenandoah Valley

4. Other Important Battles
••** South defeats North at Cold Harbor.
* Grant ordered Petersburg to be put under siege for 10 months.
Farragut attacks Mobile.

5. Sherman’s March Sherman captures and burns Atlanta
Sherman’s March to the Sea – destroying the Carolinas
After taking Atlanta he goes to Richmond

6. Election of 1864
Lincoln wins – Andrew Johnson chosen as vice president
Second Inaugural Address – Lincoln calls for peace without bitterness
Thirteenth Amendment adopted – abolishment of slavery

7. The Final Days Lee fled Richmond
April 9, 1865 Appomattox Courthouse – Lee surrenders
Grant allows southern soldiers to keep homes and weapons (Generous terms)

8. Lee Surrenders

9. Lincoln Assassinated
                                                             
Shortly after Lee’s surrender, a fanatical Confederate sympathizer, John Wilkes Booth, kills Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre
Lincoln’s death will change Reconstruction.

10. North is Victorious Power of federal gov’t is strengthened
South is devastated
Reconstruction