1. The End of the Civil War
Late

2. Early’s Shenandoah Campaign July –October 1864
CSA Gen. Jubal Early attempts to disrupt Grant’s Overland Campaign.
Eventually routed at Battle of Cedar Creek.

3. Siege of Petersburg

4. Battle of the Petersburg Crater July 30, 1864
Union troops/miners blow up section of Rebel defenses.
How could this go wrong????
Yep, It did.

5. Battle of Mobile Bay August 5, 1864
Adm. David Farragut, Union Navy.
Defeats CSA fleet, then forces surrender of both defensive forts.

6. Confederate Army of the Tennessee

7. Battle of Franklin, TN November 30, 1864
CSA: Gen. John B. Hood
27,000 men
Union: Gen. John Schofield
Hood orders 20,000 man assault.
“Pickett’s Charge of the West”
Confederates decimated and routed.

8. Battle of Nashville, TN December 15-16, 1864
CSA: Gen. John B. Hood
30,000 men
Union: Gen. George Thomas
55,000 men
Union assaults push Rebels from the field.
Hood retreats, and resigns command.

10. Battle of Five Forks, VA April 1, 1865
CSA: Gen. George Pickett
10,600 men
Union: Gen. Philip Sheridan
22,000 men
Confederates routed; Lee’s Petersburg line doomed.

12. Fall of Richmond, VA April 2, 1865

13. Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, VA April 12, 1865

14. President Lincoln Assassinated April 14, 1865

15. Final Actions of the Civil War
April 26, 1865: Gen. Johnston surrenders Army of the Tennessee.
May 10, 1865: Pres. Davis captured near Irwinville, GA.
May 12, 1865: Last battle fought at Palmito Ranch, TX.
May 26, 1865: Gen. Edmond Kirby Smith surrenders Army of Trans-Mississippi; Civil War ends.