THE CIVIL WAR COMES TO A CLOSE. THE SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX  April 9 th, 1865 at the Appomattox Court House  While the Union troops were surrounding.

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THE CIVIL WAR COMES TO A CLOSE

THE SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX  April 9 th, 1865 at the Appomattox Court House  While the Union troops were surrounding Richmond, General Lee  Richmond was taken over by Union troops and they followed Lee throughout Virginia  Lee sent a message to Grant to surrender

OUTCOMES OF THE CIVIL WAR  620,000 soldiers died  The 13 th amendment was ratified  Went from “The United States are …” to “The United States is …”  Northern economy and industries grew while Southern economy and agriculture shrank  National government was stronger with a new paper currency, income tax, and a new federal banking system

OTHER INSTANCES WHEN THE WAR COULD HAVE ENDED AntietamGettysburg  General Lee clashed with General McClellan September 17 th, 1862  Bloodiest day in US history  25,000 dead or wounded in one day  Lee retreated and McClellan did not follow him to finish him off, which resulted in McClellan getting fired  90,000 Union troops vs. 75,000 Confederate troops across 3 days of battle (July 1-3, 1863)  Union lost 23,000 troops while the Confederates lost 28,000  If General Meade would have followed General Lee, then they could have finished off Lee’s army

THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN  April 15 th, 1865  Lincoln was seeing a play with his wife when John Wilkes Booth shot him in the back of the head  Booth escaped  The Secretary of State was stabbed but recovered and Vice- President Johnson was also to be assassinated the same night