The American Civil War North Takes Charge By: Spencer Harrall & Erin Carney

Battles That Changed the War Chancellorsville Gettysburg Vicksburg

Battle of Chancellorville Who: Lee (Top general for the South) What: South defeated the North in the battle. Where: Chancellorsville, Virginia

Battle of Chancellorville When: 1863, the battle occurred the first four days of May. Why: Lee outmaneuvered the Union army and wanted to move North to cut off the Union’s army from supplies which then leads to a key victory win for the North.

Battle of Chancellorville

Battle of Gettysburg Who: It was a major victory for the Union. What: The battle had the largest number of casualties in the war. Where: The battle took place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Battle of Gettysburg When: The Battle was fought July 1-3 rd, 1863 Why: The two armies initially collided at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863 as Lee urgently concentrated his forces there, His objective was to defeat and destroy the Union Army.

Battle of Gettysburg

Battle of vICKSBURG Who: Ulysses S. Grant What: Grant continued held a campaign When: Vicksburg, Mississippi Where: Spring, In the year 1863

Battle of vicksburg Why: Vicksburg, Mississippi was one of the only two confederate holdouts preventing the Union from taking complete control of Mississippi River, an important waterway for transporting goods.

Vicksburg

Sherman’s March to the Sea This campaign began with Sherman’s troops leaving the captured city of Atlanta, Georgia, on November 15 th and ended with the capture of port Savannah on December 21 st. Sherman wanted to march and destroy everything in his path. – Burned entire towns – Destroyed railroad tracks – Burned farms and fields

Sherman’s march to the sea

South surrenders Who: Lee & Grant What: The South surrenders once the general of the North and the general of the South meet up, and make an agreement to surrender. Once they made an agreement the North let the South leave with their possessions.

South surrenders When: April 9, 1965 Where: Virginia, Appomattox Courthouse Why: North had finally defeated the South.

Finally south surrenders After Four years the war finally is over…

Legacy of The War The American Civil War Alicia B., Storm S., Corey M.

Fort Sumter

Political Changes Federal Government had nothing to do with peoples lives before the war. Federal Government reached into peoples pockets, taxing private incomes. Federal Government tore reluctant men from their families to fight in the war.

Economic Changes National Bank Act of 1863, a system of federally chartered banks, set requirements for loans, and provided for banks to inspected. Northern entrepreneurs had grown rich selling war supplies to the government and thus had money to invest in new businesses after the war, army recruitment created a labor shortage in north.

Cost Of the War 360,000 Union soldiers and 260,000 Confederates Died. 275,000 Union Soldiers and 225,000 Confederates were wounded. Union and Confederates spent a total of about $3.3 billion during the four years of war

Changing lives The North and the South separated from the Union in 1861–1865 The North and South split and all lives changed drastically For solders, African's and regular citizens

Abe’s Laws Abraham Lincoln passed the law called Emancipation Proclamation This law stated that January 1, 1863, “all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

Solders Lives The lives of soldiers was harsh during the Civil War. They had hard lives in the Civil War but they didn’t know when it was going to end

African American’s The lives of African Americans in the Civil War was bad. There was still discrimination against the blacks. Some times they even fought for what side they believed in

The Lives Affected African, solders, and also common people The presidents life changed drastically Same with all of the soldiers and commanders They all fought a nice long and hard battle for the law to be passed and lives to be changed

The Assassination Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14,1865 Abraham was at the Fords Theatre and was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth John was a actor and his first act was in Richard III. He also had a family member that was a actor. He was making plans in the summer of 1864 to take the president as a captive for the war.

John Wilkes Escapes Right after John Wilkes kills the president he jumps of the balcony and breaks his left leg on the landing. He looks at the crowd and says this "Sic simper tyrannous!" and then runs off stage to a horse held by one of his followers

Booths final attempt to get away After he got on the horse he went as far as he could, he got to a barn Once he got the barn a couple of Union soldier ordered them to come out or they will set fire to the barn, he refused to come out and they set fire, then Booth went to the barn door and got shot by Sergeant Boston Corbett, His last words were "Tell mother I die for my country."

The End The president was said to be dead at 7:22 Am of April 14. A year after the Confederacy starts to lose the war badly from not having enough supplies for his troops On October 14, 1865 the Confederacy’s President was hung.