1. Interactive Notebook 1/31/2018 The End of the Civil War
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2. Sherman’s March to the Sea
Surrender
End of the War

4. Sherman’s March
One of the defining moments of the end of the Civil War was Sherman’s March to Sea
Also called Sherman’s March Through Georgia
This began in the late fall of 1864
The first part was the taking and destruction of Atlanta

5. Sherman’s March Marched over 60,000 soldiers from Atlanta to Savannah
Collect supplies from local farms to weaken Southern will and supplies lines/ infrastructure

6. Sherman’s March
Sherman and his men marched 300 miles in around a month
They made a 60 mile wide path of destruction during the march

7. Sherman’s March
"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.”
Sherman
“Many, many thanks for your Christmas gift – the capture of Savannah.”
Lincoln

8. Sherman’s March
Sherman’s March greatly weakened the Southern war effort
The South’s ability to supply the war was crippled
Confederate General Lee’s army was greatly weakened in their fighting with Grant’s forces

9. Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”

11. Sherman’s March Sherman implemented a policy of scorched earth warfare
Destroying anything that might be useful to the enemy while advancing through or withdrawing from an area

13. Sherman’s March
In September of 1864 Sherman and his men were able to capture the important Southern city of Atlanta
He sieged the city, warned citizens to leave and eventually burned much of the city to the ground
The capture of Atlanta won Lincoln the election of 1864

14. Election of 1864
Lincoln faced a legitimate threat in Democrat George McClellan in the election of 1864
Democrats favored ending the war even if that meant loosing the Confederacy

16. Election of 1864
Lincoln was reelected by a large majority in popular and electoral college votes
His Second Inaugural Address is perhaps the greatest inaugural address ever delivered
It was less than 8 minutes long

17. The Fall of Richmond
General Grant and his men sieged the city of Richmond for over 9 months

18. Surrender
On April 2nd 1865 Jefferson Davis and fellow Confederate leaders evacuated Richmond
Orders were giving to burn bridges, armories, warehouses, ect.
The city was devastated
By April 4th Lincoln was walking in the city of Richmond

19. The Evacuation Fire

21. Surrender
On April 9th 1865 Lee’s Confederate forces met Grant’s Union forces
Lee’s army was poorly supplied and morale was quite low going into this battle
Lee’s forces were outnumbered by over 70,000

22. Surrender The Battle of Appomattox essentially ended the war
This triggered a number of other surrenders which ended the Civil War

23. Surrender Lee’s surrender did not officially end the war
Over the next two months all Confederate commanders and states surrendered
The last Confederate surrender took place on November 6th 1865 in Liverpool England

24. Surrender
All Confederate troops forced to take an oath of loyalty to U.S.
Terms of surrender were lenient
Lincoln didn't want a humiliated South and further conflict
Issue of states' rights now "solved"-
Federal government had asserted its status

25. Deaths During the War Deaths During the Civil War Union Confederacy
Total forces
1,556,678
1,082,119
Deaths from Wounds
110,070
94,000
Deaths from Disease
249,458
164,000
Death Rate
23 percent
24 percent
Wounded
275,175
100,000

26. End of the War
Numbers vary on total deaths during the war, but at least 620,000 soldiers died
Some estimates are as high as 750,000
Around 2.5-3% of the American population died during the war!

29. End of the War Southern economy was completely devastated
Plantation economy was dead
Most major Southern cities were physically destroyed

30. End of the War The U.S. now faced a series of very difficult problems
What to do with the once rebellious Southern States?
How to transition FOUR MILLION of former slaves to wage working?
How to and IF the government should be involved in the protection of millions of former slaves?