Re-Election of Lincoln & the Surrender at Appomattox

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Re-Election of Lincoln & the Surrender at Appomattox The end of fighting Re-Election of Lincoln & the Surrender at Appomattox

Lincoln Re-Elected Ran for reelection in 1864 Outlook was bad Lincoln’s chances for victory were slim. Democrats nominated George McClellan Was willing to compromise peace with the Confederacy and restore slavery Then, Sherman (Georgia) and Sheridan (Valley) had huge Union victories. Rallied support for Lincoln Lincoln won the close election

Second inaugural

Flag raising ceremony over Ft. Sumter – Feb 22, 1865 The final year Fort Sumter surrenders on Feb. 17, 1865 Lee asks for Confederacy to arm slaves and on Mar. 13th they agree - desperate Lee dug in at Petersburg. There Grant held him to a nine month siege. Richmond and Petersburg fall on April 2, 1865. Flag raising ceremony over Ft. Sumter – Feb 22, 1865

Howell Cobb, Speaker of the CSA House Arming of slaves "You cannot make soldiers of slaves, or slaves of soldiers. The day you make a soldier of them is the beginning of the end of the Revolution. And if slaves seem good soldiers, then our whole theory of slavery is wrong.“ – Howell Cobb Howell Cobb, Speaker of the CSA House

Petersburg campaign

“Let the thing be pressed” By April, Union has one million men, Confederate only have had 100,000 Lee and his army withdrew to a small Virginia town called Appomattox Court House. Lee knew his men would be slaughtered so he surrendered on April 9, 1865.

Terms of surrender Grant offered generous terms to the Confederates. Soldiers were required to turn over their rifles. However, officers could keep their pistols. Soldiers who had horses could keep them. Each “officer and man would be allowed to return to his home and not be disturbed by U.S. authorities.” Remember – there are still Confederate armies in the field Joe Johnston and perhaps 30,000 men in North Carolina

Turning point in history Death toll was immense 360,000 Union, 250,000 Confederate War cost 20 billion dollars! Democratic Party lost its influence and Republicans were in a commanding position. Americans viewed the United States as a country, not a nation of states. Federal Government power grew Slavery was ended Reconstruction would begin…

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