The End of the Civil War VUS.7

Emancipation Proclamation Proclamation issued by Lincoln declared that as of January 1863, all slaves living in states that had rebelled against the United States were free. The Proclamation had the following results: * It made the destruction of slavery a Northern war aim. * It discouraged interference of foreign governments. * It made the use of black troops a viable option for the North

Gettysburg Address In November 1863, President Lincoln dedicated a cemetery at the Gettysburg battlefield. Lincoln described the Civil War as a struggle to preserve a nation that was dedicated to the proposition that * “all men are created equal” and * that was ruled by a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.”

The only confirmed photo of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg (circled), taken about noon, just after Lincoln arrived and some three hours before the speech. To Lincoln's right is his bodyguard, Ward Hill Lamon.

Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865 Site of Lee’s surrender to Grant Surrender of Lee and other Confederate commanders ended the Civil War

Why Was Lincoln Assassinated? John Wilkes Booth was a Confederate sympathizer Had originally planned to kidnap Lincoln in March, but that plan failed

April 14, 1865 Booth and his fellow conspirators planned to kill Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson, and Secretary of State William Seward Only Lincoln’s assassination was “successful”

Ford’s Theater

William Petersen House

Lincoln’s Death Bed