2. Main Idea Why It Matters Now Thanks to victories, beginning with Gettysburg and ending with Richmond, the Union survived. If the Union had lost the war, the United States might look very different now.

3. What were the key events from Section 3 that occurred between 1862 and 1866? 1862 Antietam; Fredericksburg 1863 Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Vicksburg 1865 Richmond falls; surrender at Appomattox 1864 Grant named head of Union armies; Wilderness; Cold Harbor; Atlanta; Lincoln reelected; Savannah Image 18621866

4. Why was the Battle of Gettysburg important? Why was Northern success in the Siege of Vicksburg important? How did Grant treat Confederate soldiers after the surrender at Appomattox Court House? Map

5. Why was the Battle of Gettysburg important? It ended Lee’s hopes for a Confederate victory in the North Why was Northern success in the Siege of Vicksburg important? It would split the South in two and helped propel Grant to the leadership of the Union armies. How did Grant treat Confederate soldiers after the surrender at Appomattox Court House? Respectfully; gave them food; allowed them to take their personal possessions home with them

6. Lee’s Southern troops met the Union at GETTYSBURG in Pennsylvania – July 1863 90,000 Union troops against 75,000 confederate troops Gettysburg Video

7. GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD Video Clip

8. GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD

10. Southern General George Pickett tried to march his men across a wheat field and are mowed down by Union soldiers – PICKETT’S CHARGE

11. PICKETT’S CHARGE - GETTYSBURG

12. North wins the Battle of Gettysburg Union has 23,000 soldiers dead and wounded and Confederacy has 28,000

13. The day after Gettysburg, General Grant led the Union to a victory at VICKSBURG along the Mississippi Union surrounds the city and starves out the people until they are forced to give up

14. The victory at Vicksburg gives the Union total control over the Mississippi River Union now has the momentum

15. BATTLE OF VICKSBURG Video Clip

16. VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI

17. SEIGE OF VICKSBURG BLUE = UNION RED = CONFEDERATES

18. Lincoln places General Grant in charge of the entire Union army

19. Union General WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN drives an army through the South to further divide the Confederacy

20. Union wants to break the South’s will with this MARCH TO THE SEA through Georgia Union destroys everything for a 300 mile long stretch that is 60 miles wide

21. THE UNION’S “MARCH TO THE SEA” video clip

22. THE UNION’S “MARCH TO THE SEA”

25. THE UNION’S “MARCH TO THE SEA” Video Clip

26. Lincoln is re- elected President in 1864 for his second term

27. Grant meets Lee in Virginia and defeats the South Lee surrenders at APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE, VIRGINIA on April 9, 1865 Video Clip

28. SIGNING THE SURRENDER PAPERS

29. The Union soldiers were gracious in victory Confederate soldiers were given food and allowed to go home The war that had lasted four long years was finally over