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The Way to Victory

The Way to Victory. Chapter 16, Section 5 The Way to Victory. Southern Victories. 1862-1863 Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia seemed unbeatable Fredericksburg Confederates entrenched on hills General Burnside sent several Union troops that fell Chancellorsville

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The Way to Victory

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  1. The Way to Victory Chapter 16, Section 5 The Way to Victory

  2. Southern Victories • 1862-1863 Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia seemed unbeatable • Fredericksburg • Confederates entrenched on hills • General Burnside sent several Union troops that fell • Chancellorsville • Lee divided troops and won another victory • General Stonewall Jackson, shot by friendly fire

  3. The Tide of War Turns • The Battle of Gettysburg • General Meade: find Lee’s forces and take them down • Met by accident on July 1, 1863 • Three day battle • Union cavalry surprise Rebel infantry in the town • Pickett’s Charge • 13,000 Confederate soldiers advanced toward Union lines • Made easy targets • Lee retreats to Virginia • Lincoln • “We had them in our grasp. We had only to stretch forth our hands and they were ours.” • November 19, 1863: Gettysburg Address • Restored hope for war-weary Americans

  4. Gettysburg

  5. The Tide of the War Turns, (continued) • Vicksburg • Ulysses S. Grant • Took place at the same time as Gettysburg • Union held control of the entire Mississippi River

  6. Final Phases of the War • Grant takes Command • Devised a plan to take on all fronts at once • Grant-Army of the Potomac: Virginia • Sherman-Western army: Atlanta, Georgia • Virginia battles • Battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse, and Cold Harbor: vicious battles • “Sherman’s March to the Sea” • Burnt Atlanta and many other southern cities • Left destruction in his wake

  7. Final phases of the war (continued) • Election of 1864 • Democrats wanted to make peace with the south • Total War • Sherman’s “march to the sea” • Cut a path of destruction 50 miles wide

  8. Victory for the North • Richmond Falls • April 2, 1865: Confederate lines broke • Petersburg and Richmond fall to the Union • Confederates set fire to the city • Surrender at Appomattox • Lee: tried to stop Sherman’s advance • April 9, Lee surrendered to Grant in a village called Appomattox Court House • Confederate soldiers had to lay down their arms but were free to go home • Jefferson Davis captured May 10

  9. Results of the War • Most devastating conflict in American history • 600,000+ soldiers died • Federal government strengthened • More powerful than the states • The war freed millions of African Americans

  10. Timeline

  11. Terms to know • Entrenched: occupying a strong defensive position • Total war: war on all aspects of the enemy’s life

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