The War Ends
Economic Effects North Wartime need for clothing, shoes, and guns helped manufacturing South Couldn’t sell cotton Inflation occurred-hurt the economy
1864 General U. S. Grant takes command 2 part plan 1-Gen. Phillip Sheridan destroyed crops and livestock in the Shenandoah Valley (VA)
The Shenandoah Valley Plan
2-Gen. W.T. Sherman would destroy the South in a “March to the Sea” -From Chattanooga, TN to Savannah, GA -His army then marched on Columbia and burned the city
Columbia, SC - April, 1865
Hampton-Preston House
Charleston, SC - April, 1865
Sherman’s March to the Sea
April 9, 1865-Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, VA Lee’s Army did not want to surrender-men in NC kept fighting The war was finally over, so was slavery
The Civil War Ends