The Confederacy Wears Down  Confederate Morale  Morale sank  Food shortages  Taxes on cash crops and livestock  Davis had hard time governing because.

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The Confederacy Wears Down  Confederate Morale  Morale sank  Food shortages  Taxes on cash crops and livestock  Davis had hard time governing because of discord  States argued with each other  Some southerners openly protested for peace

The Confederacy Wears Down  Grant Appoints Sherman  Grant named Commander of all Union forces after Vicksburg  Grant gave Sherman a command in Mississippi  Both believed in total war  Wage war against civilians as well as government  Civilians provided supplies – can’t win without them  If they lost will to fight, the South would be forced to surrender

The Confederacy Wears Down  Grant and Lee in Virginia  Keep Lee occupied in VA while Sherman took care of the rest of the South  String of battles in VA  Grant threw forces at Lee, knowing he had a numbers advantage  Northern casualties often twice as high as the South’s  North lost almost 60,000 men; South lost about 32,000  Northern newspapers called Grant a “butcher”

The Confederacy Wears Down  Sherman’s March  Captured railroad depot in Atlanta  Headed southeast  Abandoned supply line – would live off the land until they reached coast  Left a wide path of destruction behind him  Make civilians so sick of war, the would never want another one  Burned most of Atlanta  Captured Savannah just before Christmas of 1864  Moved through SC, were even more destructive  When they got to NC, the stopped destroying private homes

The Confederacy Wears Down  Election of 1864  Lincoln faced strong opposition  People upset about length of war, casualties, recent losses  George McClellan ran as the Democrat  John C. Fremont ran for Radical Democracy Party (aka Radical Republicans)  Republican party changed name to National Union Party  Lincoln was pessimistic about chances  Ended up winning in a landslide – due to recent victories by the North

The Confederacy Wears Down  The Surrender at Appomattox  Grant was approaching Richmond from the West  Sherman was approaching from the South  Davis and his government abandoned Richmond and set fire to the city  April 9, 1865, Lee and Grant met at Appomattox Court House  Lincoln’s Terms for Surrender  Parole soldiers  Allowed to keep personal possessions, horses, 3 days rations  Officers allowed to keep side arms  Lee agreed to terms; within 2 months, all resistance collapsed