1. CHAPTER 2-SECTIONS 4, 5 The End of the Civil War

2. The Two Sides North  The Union  Yankees (Billy Yank) Leaders  Abe Lincoln (President)  Generals in charge:  Winfield Scott: July 5, 1841 – November 1, 1861  George B. McClellan: November 1, 1861 – March 11, 1862  Henry W. Halleck: July 23, 1862 – March 9, 1864  Ulysses S. Grant: March 9, 1864 – March 4, 1869 South  The Confederacy  Rebels (Johnny Reb) Leaders  Jefferson Davis (President)  General in charge:  Robert E. Lee  Other important generals  “Stonewall Jackson”  A.P. Hill

3. The Two Sides North  Uniforms: Blue coats  States: 23  Advantages:  -Larger population -More factories/industries  Disadvantages:  -Soldiers not as well trained -Invasion force/fighting on unfamiliar territory South  Uniforms: Grey coats  State : 11  Advantages:  -Better marksmen -Fighting on their own territory -Better generals (start of war)  Good war strategy  Disadvantages:  -Smaller population -No factories -Economy reliant on North -Less centralized government

4. Main Causes of the war State’s Rights Slavery Cotton Gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 Preserving the Union Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe Slave vs. Free States Everyone thinks that the war started over slavery….it was actually over the state’s rights to make their own decision

5. 1862-1863-Southern Victories Fredericksburg  Led by Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson  Trench war- dug trenches and fired down the hill at Union soldiers Chancellorsville  War strategy: divided his troops up  Some marched around the side of Hooker’s position  One side at the front  One at the rear—they were sandwiched

6. 1863-1865 The Tide Turns Gettysburg- Union win read in book Vicksburg Siege-Union control The Wilderness Campaign  The six bloodiest weeks of the war began May 5, 1864  In between Washington D.C and Richmond, Va. There were woods. 1864 election- Lincoln was re-elected The Petersburg Siege- Union win  Union soldiers got supplies, Confederacy didn’t

7. The War’s End Sherman’s March to the Sea  Trail of destruction- Sherman’s troops burned cities and farmlands along the way (Georgia to Atlantic Coast) The Fall of Richmond- Richmond is the Conf capital  The Union wanted to seize the capital to take the win Surrender at Appomattox- let’s read

8. Civil War Facts Border states Border States (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, & Missouri) were States that had soldiers fighting for both sides! Slavery was legal there. African Americans in war  54 th regiment  Were allowed to enlist in 1862

9. Facts….contin.. Habeas Corpus- Pg. 53—Lincoln suspended this right as a way of dealing with war opponents. Jail without trial What is it called when the government forces you to fight…..?

10. Flags for both sides….Conf..left…