1. Warm-up:

2. Civil War Part II
You will need two colors to complete these notes. I am using Blue for Union, Red for Confederates.

3. When we left off…
By Mid-1863 Lee and the Confederates have gained major confidence.
The war seems as if it will go on forever.
Union leadership is in shambles.
Lincoln gets ready to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

4. Lee invades North; Meade defends Turning Point of War
July 1863: Gettysburg
Lee invades North; Meade defends
Turning Point of War
Huge win for the Union
Famous 3-day battle with huge casualties

5. Confederates surrender after Grant surrounds them for 6 weeks
July 1863: Vicksburg
Confederates surrender after Grant surrounds them for 6 weeks
Union now controls the whole Mississippi R

6. Battle Map Notes
March 1864
o Lincoln appoints Ulysses S. Grant as Commander of the Union. He is the 6th since the start of the war

7. Confederates running low on supplies and men
June 1864: Cold Harbor
Confederates running low on supplies and men
Win battle and kill many Union troops

8. Sherman’s March to Sea from Atlanta to Savannah
September 1864: Atlanta to Savannah
Sherman’s March to Sea from Atlanta to Savannah
Union burns everything in their path / TOTAL WAR

9. April 1865: Richmond
Lee realizes his army cannot continue to fight -flees the Capital of the Confederacy

10. Lee surrenders to Grant ending the Civil War
Appomatox Court House
Lee surrenders to Grant ending the Civil War

11. o Civil War Ends / Union defeats Confederates
Battle Map Notes
April 1865
o Civil War Ends / Union defeats Confederates

12. Four Terrible Years… Now a difficult task:
Putting the Union back together
Where would Freed-Slaves go?
Should Confederate soldiers be punished?
How could the South be re-built?
These questions will be answered after Spring Break!