1. Turning Points of the Civil War

2. 1. Capture of New Orleans Confederacy’s Largest Port Confederacy’s Largest City Mouth of the Mississippi River Experiment in Reconstruction

3. 2. Battle of Antietam Army of the Potomac’s First “Victory” Seven Days Second Manassas Effect on Great Britain Opportunity for Lincoln

4. 3. Emancipation Proclamation Union war aim Undermined Confederate War Effort Foreign Policy Ramifications

5. 4. Vicksburg Campaign Closing of the Mississippi/Splitting Confederacy Demoralization Rise of U. S. Grant

6. 5. Rise of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant Integrated Strategy/Pressure on all points Sherman’s March Shenandoah Valley Red River Campaign Overland Campaign Determination Culmination of Total War

7. 6. Election of 1864 Guarantees War Will Continue Cements Republicans’ Power Solidifies Lincoln’s Reputation

8. 7. Sherman’s March

9. 8. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Slave Power Conspiracy Continues Bloody Shirt Eliminates Alternative Reconstruction Halts Lincoln’s Evolution on Race

10. Spring and Summer 1865 Lincoln Views the Future 10 per cent plan The Second Inaugural Two Weeks in April Last Gasp at Appomattox Assassination, Mourning, and a New World