1. The North Takes Charge Chapter 11 Section 4

2. Chancellorsville (VA)
May 1863
Hooker (N) vs. Lee (S)
Confederate Win
Stonewall Jackson dies

3. Lee’s Offensive Lee wanted to invade the North Moved into MD, then PA
Needed supplies
Strategic reasons
Political reasons
Moved into MD, then PA

4. Gettysburg (PA) July 1-3, 1863 Lee (S) vs. Meade (N) Union win
Heavy casualties
Significance: no confederate invasion of North

5. Siege of Vicksburg (MS)
Spring 1863
Grant (N) shelled city for several hours
Little food
Confederates surrender July 4
Union now had control of Mississippi River

6. Confederacy Wears Down
Morale declines
Grant is appointed head of Union Army (March 1864) – total war
Sherman’s March
GA, SC, NC
Everything destroyed

7. End of War
Davis & Confederate govt flee Richmond as Union troops move in (April 2, 1865)
Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House
April 9, 1865