Civil War Battles and Reconstruction Plans
December 13, 1862 I,J,Q Fredericksburg (Virginia- yes, that close) Robert E. Lee C (Lee works) Ambrose Burnside U (Yes, sideburns) Confederate Victory
May 1863 E,G,I,U Chancellorsville (VA) Stonewall Jackson C Lee C Joseph Hooker U Confederate Victory
July 1-3, 1863 DHIL Gettysburg (PA) Pickett’s Charge U George Meade U Lee C Union Victory
Pickett’s Charge Pickett’s Charge was the culmination of the Battle of Gettysburg. July 3, 1863, third and final day infantry assault 15,000 Confederate soldiers vs. Meade’s troops’ Cemetery Ridge, 6,500 Union. 9 brigades of Confederates over ¾ mile of open ground susceptible to cannon fire over 6,000 Confederate casualties end of the battle of Gettysburg Lee’s last invasion of the north.
July 4, 1863 K,R Vicksburg (MS) { Split the Confederacy at Mississippi River} Ulysses S. Grant Union Victory
November 1863 A,K,O Chattanooga (Tennessee) William Tecumseh Sherman (Sherman works) Ulysses S. Grant Union Victory
June 1864 B,I,K, T, W Spotsylvania Courthouse inconclusive Cold Harbor Confederate Victory The Wilderness inconclusive all in Virginia Lee C Grant U Union Victory in the end as Grant’s overland campaign continued
August 1864 N,S Mobile Bay (AL Gulf of Mexico) David Farragut U Union Victory
September 1864 A,C Atlanta (Georgia- burned) William Tecumseh Sherman Union Victory
December 1864 A,P Savannah ( March to Sea) {Total Warfare- 50 mile wide path of destruction} William Tecumseh Sherman Union Victory
April 2, 1865 F, I, K, V Petersburg (VA- very close to Richmond) Richmond ( VA- Confederate capital) Lee C Grant U Union Victory
April 9, 1865 I,K,M Appomattox Courthouse (VA- surrender) Lee Grant Union Victory
Abraham Lincoln’s Plan Ten Percent Plan 8 Did not punish the South 4 Offered amnesty to all white Southerners, except Confederate leaders 10 State Constitution had to ban slavery 3 Granted the right to vote for some African Americans 13 3,4,8,10,13
Wade-Davis Bill Only white males who had never fought against the Union could vote at a state’s convention 1 State constitution had to ban slavery 3 Former Confederates could not hold public office 5 Majority of white males in a state had to swear loyalty to the Union. 1,3,5,6
Andrew Johnson’s Plan Restoration 11 States had to ratify the 13th amendment 2 Only whites who had been pardoned could vote at the state’s convention. 12 State constitution had to ban slavery 3 Wealthy landowners had to apply to the president personally for a pardon. 9 Opposed to giving African Americans equal rights 7 2,3,7,9,11,12