1. CIVIL WAR: END OF THE WAR

2. Emancipation Proclamation
Issued by Pres.
Lincoln Jan. 1,
1863
After the Battle of
Antietam
Freed slaves in
the Confederacy

3. Emancipation Proclamation
Let Blacks into
the Union army
Slavery was now
a huge issue
Many slaves left
plantations

4. Gettysburg Address Given by Pres. Lincoln Nov. 19, 1863
After the Battle of
Gettysburg (July 1863)
7,500 soldiers died
Speech given at a
ceremony for the dead
soldiers
Keep up the war effort

5. Sherman’s March to the Sea
Nov. to Dec. 1864
Total War
300 mile march from
Atlanta to Savannah, GA
Destroy the South’s
will to fight
resources

6. Sherman’s March to the Sea

7. Sherman’s March to the Sea
Destroy railroad
tracks
Destroy supplies
Burned crops
Killed cattle and
farm animals
Destroyed cotton
gins

8. 54th Massachusetts Black Union army unit March 1863
Under a death sentence by the South

9. 54th Massachusetts Led a charge against Fort Wagner in SC
272 died at Fort
Wagner
Declared heroes
because of their
sacrifice
Led to more
Blacks joining
the Union army

10. Appomattox Courthouse
Robert E. Lee
surrendered
after the Battle
of Appomattox
End of the Civil
War April 9,
1865
and soldiers
were sent home

11. Results About 620,000 soldiers died Almost 413,000 died due to disease
56,000 died in
prisons
The South was poor
Many southern
cities were destroyed
Atlanta, 1864

12. Abraham Lincoln Wanted to bring the US back together Wanted to go easy
on the South
Assassinated April 14,
1865, died a day later
Killed by John Wilkes
Booth

13. Abraham Lincoln 8 people were tried, 4 were hanged including 1 woman
1st president to
ever be
assassinated

14. Vocabulary
Assassinate – to kill someone on purpose, especially a public figure Surrender – to give up Emancipate – to free someone or something

15. Closing Activity
View the clip of “Glory” about the 54th Massachusetts. If you were a Black in 1863, would their actions make you want to join the Union army? Why or why not?