1. Strategies, Strengths and Technologies

2. Battle of Gettysburg

3. Where is Gettysburg and when was this war fought?
Gettysburg, PA
July 1, 1863 – July 3, 1863

4. Stats

5. Gettysburg Most important battle of the Civil War.
Confederates surprised the Union
Lee ordered an attack by 15,000 troops
Little Round Top – Day 2
Union win
Battle of Gettysburg turned the tide of the Civil War in the Union’s favor.

6. Battle of Vicksburg

7. Where is Vicksburg and when was this war fought?
On the Mississippi River
1863
47 days

8. Stats

9. Vicksburg
Ulysses S. Grant wanted the Confederate river of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Previous attempts blocked
Surprise landing below Vicksburg
Mississippi River now in Union hands
On July 4, Vicksburg surrendered
Union win

10. Surrendering To give yourself up Must agree on terms to surrender
Unconditional surrender
No conditions

11. How did they surrender in the Civil War?
Lee asks Grant to accept terms to surrender
Grant looks at terms and decides what he likes or dislikes
Grant and lee come together on agreement

12. What were Grant’s Terms?
Southern soldiers could take their horse, or mule and go home.
Not punished as traitors
If they obeyed laws.
Grant gave food to starving Southern troops
Union soldiers celebrated
But Grant ordered them to stop