1. Objective: To examine the events leading to the end of the Civil War.
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (left) and Pres. Abraham Lincoln (below)
Gen. James Longstreet (top) and Gen. Robert E. Lee (right)

2. Battle of Gettysburg
· Gen. Robert E. Lee decided to attack the Union in Gettysburg, PA, in July of 1863.

3. Video: Battle of Gettysburg (12:02)
· Gen. George Pickett led the Confederates into battle.
· Pickett’s Charge failed, and Lee retreated.
* This was the turning point of the war.
Video: Battle of Gettysburg (12:02)

4. Pickett’s Charge

5. The view of Seminary Ridge seen from Cemetery Ridge
The view of Seminary Ridge seen from Cemetery Ridge. It was across these fields that Union soldiers repulsed the Confederates participating in the Pickett / Pettigrew Charge.

6. The War Ends
· On April 2, 1865, Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant captured Richmond, VA, the Confederate capital.

7. · On April 9, Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen
· On April 9, Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant in the town of Appomattox Courthouse, VA.
* The war was over!

8. Gettysburg Address
· On November 19, 1863, a ceremony was held to dedicate a cemetery in honor of the dead Union soldiers.
Lincoln Invitation to Gettysburg to Consecrate a Civil War Cemetery, November 19, 1863

9. Casualties of the Battle of Gettysburg awaiting burial
· Over 40,000 soldiers were killed or wounded at Gettysburg.
Casualties of the Battle of Gettysburg awaiting burial

10. Confederate soldiers on the Gettysburg Battlefield in an unfinished trench grave.

11. · Pres. Lincoln’s speech was known as the Gettysburg Address.
Gettysburg Address, delivered by Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863cc

12. The Only Known Photograph of President Lincoln at the dedication of the Civil War cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1863.

13. The Only Known Photograph of President Lincoln at the dedication of the Civil War cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1863.

14. Gettysburg Eyewitness (audio: 8:11)
William V. Rathvon, who as a nine-year-old boy, watched and listened to Abraham Lincoln deliver his address at Gettysburg in November The story was told, and recorded, in 1938.