1. Turning Points of the Civil War

2. Vicksburg Mississippi
Was the last stronghold for the Confederates on the Miss. River
In 1862 Farragut secured the Miss River
Grant had seized as far south as Memphis

3. Vicksburg GRIERSON’S RAId
Grant Intended to march on the city from the southern part of Mississipi
In order to maneuver troops into position he needed a diversion
He sent Grierson to take 1700 troops on a cavalry raid through Mississippi

4. Vicksburg Grierson went on a two week raid of Mississippi ---
This gave Grant time to set up his troops and enter Miss from the south
From this point Grant ordered a march directly east --- commanding his troops to live by foraging

5. Vicksburg
Grant marched 180 miles in 17 days fighting 5 battles and killing 7,200 confederates
May 1863 – Grant launched to assaults on the city- both repelled
Grant decided the only way to take the city was by seige

6. Vicksburg
July 4th 1763 the Confederates surrender

7. The War in the West, 1863:
Vicksburg

8. Road to Gettysburg
Shortly after Antietam, Lincoln became Frustrated with McClellan bc – he could have destroyed Lee’s retreating army but he let them go untouched
Nov – McClellan replaced with Gen. Ambrose Burnside

9. Fredricksburg
Dec. 8, 1862 –Burnside ordered a series of attacks on Lee – located at Fredericksburg Va. Union suffered 12,000 casualties, twice as many as the CSA
Lincoln replaces Burnside with Gen. Joseph Hooker

10. Chancellorsville
Hooker devised a plan to attack Lee’s troops at Fredericksburg
He would divide his troops
Some would stay at Fredericksburg
Others would leave go west and attack Lee’s troops from the west
May 2, 1863 Lee’s troops attacked Hookers forces at Chancellorsville
CSA outnumbered 2-1, won and Hooker surrendered on May 5, 1863

11. Battle of Gettysburg
Having weakened the Union Forces – Lee wanted to invade the Union
Lincoln replaced Hooker with Meade
Lee moved North – some of his troops forged into Gettysburg
When they arrived the CSA ran into Union troops under the command of John Buford
1st day – Union troops were pushed out of the town into hills directly south

12. Gettysburg 2nd day – Lee attacked but the Union Held their Ground
Cemetary Hill
Cemetary Ridge
Little Round Top
3rd Day – Lee ordered a massive attack of 15,000 troops under General Pickett and A.P. Hill – (mile wide line of troops)
7,000 casualties in less than a half hour

13. Gettysburg Less than 5,000 troops made it up Gettysburg
Lee quickly rallied his troops and ordered a retreat
Sever blow to both sided
Union 23,000 casualties
CSA 28,000 casualties

14. Gettysburg Casualties

15. The Road to Gettysburg: 1863

16. Gettysburg Address
In Nov, 1863 – Lincoln came to Gettysburg to dedicate a portion of the battlefield as a military cemetery
He was not the key note speaker – spoke for 2hrs
Lincoln spoke for 5 minutes

17. The North Initiates the Draft, 1863

18. Recruiting Irish Immigrants in NYC

19. Recruiting Blacks in NYC

20. NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)

21. NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)

22. A “Pogrom” Against Blacks

23. Inflation in the South

24. The Progress of War:

25. Grant
Grant’s successes in the West make him General in Chief of the entire Union Army
Chickamauga
Chatanooga
Wilderness to Cold Harbor
Seige of Petersburg
Farragut and Mobile
The Fall of Atlanta - Sherman

26. Grant Sherman – Nov 15 1864 – marches to the sea (Total War)
Destruction 60 miles wide
Turned North and headed to South Carolina
Did not spare SC
Thirteenth Amendment

27. Sherman’s “March to the Sea” through Georgia, 1864

28. 1864 Election
Pres. Lincoln (R)
George McClellan (D)

29. The Peace Movement: Copperheads
Clement Vallandigham

30. 1864 Copperhead Campaign Poster

31. Presidential Election Results: 1864

32. The Final Virginia Campaign: 1864-1865

33. Surrender
April 1st 1865 – Union troops cut the last rail lines into Petersburg
Lees troops left their positions and fled west
Attempt failed – Sheridan’s Calvary blocked Lee off at Appomattox

34. Terms of Surrender US would not persecute southern troops for treason
Let them take horses to work farms
Lincoln’s Assassination

35. Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865

36. Casualties on Both Sides

37. Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars

38. Ford’s Theater (April 14, 1865)

39. The Assassin
John Wilkes Booth

40. The Assassination

41. WANTED~~!!

42. Now He Belongs to the Ages!

43. The Execution