1. War in the South and the Confederate surrender

2. William Tecumseh Sherman
Born: Lancaster, Ohio, February 8, 1820 Died: New York City, February 14, 1891
Sherman's goal was to destroy anything that could help the South in the Civil War.

3. Sherman’s Infamous March
Sherman came running through Tennessee, into Georgia and the Carolinas with his troops destroying everything in their path.
This became known as Sherman’s March to the Sea.

4. Sherman's March to the Sea
Sherman’s march destroyed almost everything in the path of his troops.
Burned down buildings
Tore up railroad tracks
Sherman’s goal-
Weaken Southern supply lines
Destroy Southern morale
Make everyone in the South understand the evils of war
End the war more quickly

5. Sherman and his Generals
Sherman and his Generals were a tough group of military officers.
Sherman commanded a force of 60,000 soldiers

6. Sherman ‘s Way to the Sea
Sherman and his men marched from Chattanooga to Atlanta (40% of the city ruined)
Atlanta to Savannah
Savannah to Columbia
Columbia to Bentonville, NC

7. Fort Fisher
Known as the “Gibraltar of the South” because of its great defensive strength
Mounds of earth moved to construct the fort
Protected Wilmington
Last Confederate sea port held by the South
Union took fort in Jan 1865

8. Bentonville March 1865 Last major battle fought in NC Union victory
Over 4,000 casualties in 3 days of fighting

9. Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
April 9, 1865
Lee realizes that continuing to fight will not change the outcome of the war and only cost more lives.
Lee accepts Grant’s conditions of surrender.
Officers pardoned
The men can keep their horses
Food is given to the starving Confederate soldiers