Major Battles of the Civil War 1861-1865. The Atlanta Campaign ► Summer of 1864 William Sherman pushes confederate forces form the Georgia-Tennessee border.

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Major Battles of the Civil War

The Atlanta Campaign ► Summer of 1864 William Sherman pushes confederate forces form the Georgia-Tennessee border to Atlanta ► Confederates burn Atlanta as they abandon it ► Atlanta is captured and the success helps propel Lincoln to victory in the election of ► It was a crushing defeat for the morale of the South.

► Capture of Atlanta Video

The Atlanta Campaign DateStateLeaders N/S Victor & importance of outcome July 16 – Sept 2, 1864 Georgia William Sherman John Bell Hood Union victory captured the “heart of the South” launched the “march to the sea” Use of “total war”

► March to the Sea Video

Election of 1864

"I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the City of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty guns and plenty of ammunition, also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton." - William Sherman to Abraham Lincoln Sherman’s March to the Sea

► After Savannah, Sherman moved into the Carolinas to meet up with Grant’s Army of the Potomac in Virginia ► Grant pursued Lee’s army through the summer and fall of 1864 in Virginia moving closer to Richmond. ► He promised Lincoln that whatever happened he would not retreat. ► In June of 1864 Grant, unable to break Confederate defenses began a siege just south of Richmond at Petersburg Grant’s Virginia Campaign

► End of War Animated Map End of War Animated Map End of War Animated Map

Siege of Petersburg DateState Leaders N/S Victor & importance of outcome June 15,1864 – April 2, 1865 Virginia Ulysses S Grant Robert E Lee Union victory open the door to Richmond led to Lee’s surrender

Union trenches at the siege of Petersburg

Union created “crater”

Richmond falls to the Union Confederate lines broke at Richmond on April 2, 1865 Lee and his army retreated west of Richmond Union blocked his escape route On April 3, 1865 they took Richmond Confederates attempted to burn it

“There is nothing left for me to do but go & see General Grant, & I would rather die a thousand deaths.” – Gen. Robert E. Lee Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9 Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9 Grant gave favorable terms to the Lee’s soldiers Grant gave favorable terms to the Lee’s soldiers Jefferson Davis was captured on May 10 Jefferson Davis was captured on May 10 “I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly…though [the cause]…[was] one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one which there was the least excuse. I do not question the sincerity of the great mass of those who were opposed to us.” – Gen Ulysses S. Grant

DateState Leaders N/S Victor & importance of outcome April 9, 1865 Virginia Ulysses S Grant Robert E Lee Lee signs the Unions terms of surrender; Confederates were allowed to return home with property (except weapons) Appomattox Courthouse (Surrender)

Lee surrenders to Grant Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia April 9, 1865