The North Takes Charge Chapter 11 Section 4
Chancellorsville (VA) May 1863 Hooker (N) vs. Lee (S) Confederate Win Stonewall Jackson dies
Lee’s Offensive Lee wanted to invade the North Moved into MD, then PA Needed supplies Strategic reasons Political reasons Moved into MD, then PA
Gettysburg (PA) July 1-3, 1863 Lee (S) vs. Meade (N) Union win Heavy casualties Significance: no confederate invasion of North
Siege of Vicksburg (MS) Spring 1863 Grant (N) shelled city for several hours Little food Confederates surrender July 4 Union now had control of Mississippi River
Confederacy Wears Down Morale declines Grant is appointed head of Union Army (March 1864) – total war Sherman’s March GA, SC, NC Everything destroyed
End of War Davis & Confederate govt flee Richmond as Union troops move in (April 2, 1865) Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865