1. CHAPTER 15 Blood and Freedom, 1863 - 1867 Web

2. People at War: Spring 1863 Soldier life was harsh, with disease killing twice as many as wounds Both sides used courage, hatred, and religious fervor to justify the carnage Civilians on both sides begin to question reasons for war Lincoln’s critics become more vocal Conscription Act War Department created Department of Colored Troops

3. Black Soldiers in the Union Army ©2004 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning ™ is a trademark used herein under license.

4. The Battlefields of Summer: 1863 Lee wins at Fredericksburg, but at high cost 13,000 causalities Stonewall Jackson killed Lee is defeated at Gettysburg 35,000 causalities Vicksburg falls to Grant Union controls Mississippi River Immigrant battle losses contributed to draft riots in New York City Grant takes command of eastern theater Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

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6. Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863

7. Virginia, 1863 ©2004 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning ™ is a trademark used herein under license.

8. The Winter of Discontent:1863 -1864 Political foes oppose both Lincoln and Davis Confederate prison camps earn terrible reputations Grant takes control of entire Union army Southerner Andrew Johnson becomes Lincoln’s running mate in 1864 election Sherman’s March to Sea breaks will of South Lincoln’s re-elected

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10. Battle of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania

11. Campaign for Atlanta, May-September 1864

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13. From War to Reconstruction: 1865 - 1867 Thirteenth Amendment is enacted War ends on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Courthouse Lincoln is assassinated at Ford’s Theatre April 14 John Wilkes Booth Consequences of War 620,000 American dead Destruction of Southern economy North passed significant legislature Emancipation brings less than true freedom to blacks in South Freedmen’s Bureau

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15. Black Mobilization Major goal of blacks in South was gaining vote Johnson followed Lincoln’s moderate plan for reconstruction of South “ black codes ” Radicals in Congress override Johnson and passed Fourteenth Amendment Reconstruction Act divides and occupies South Ku Klux Klan Northerners head South to help blacks African American elected to some state constitutional conventions Web

16. Discussion Questions What was the significance of the battle of Gettysburg? Was it the turning point of the war? How did Grant and Sherman change the face of the war? How did the death of Lincoln effect reconstruction? Did radical republicans help or hurt civil rights for blacks in the South? What were the total costs and consequences of the Civil War?