Battle of FredericksburgBattle of Fredericksburg• Burnside marches his 122,000 men to Richmond, VA to

get Lee.• Lee puts his 79,000 troops up on a ridge overlooking the

city.• It started on 12/13/1862…Burnside just kept sending his

troops at Lee. • In the end…Union (13,000) and Confederates (5,000)

overall casualties. • Burnside asked to be relieved!

CONFEDERATE VICTORYCONFEDERATE VICTORY

General BurnsideGeneral Burnside

Battle of Fredericksburg

Battle of Fredericksburg

Battle of ChancellorsvilleBattle of Chancellorsville

• Fighting Joe Hooker replaced Burnside.• 04/1863, he left a 1/3 of his troops at Fredericksburg

and used the rest to come around the back of Lee.• Lee sent 40,000 to deal with Hooker and left 10,000 to

remain at Fredericksburg (lots of fires).• It started on 05/01/1863, Hooker went into the woods,

waited, Lee sent Jackson (26K) to flank the right…rabbits and deers..oh my!

• Jackson will be accidentally shot and Hooker will retreat back across the river.

CONFEDERATE VICTORYCONFEDERATE VICTORY

Battle of GettysburgBattle of Gettysburg• Late June, 1863 Lee heads north to Pennsylvania to get

more supplies. He knows that one big win in the north could end the war.

• It turns out to be his last advance into the north- the turning point of the war…

• July 1st: Troops (both sides) showed up and headed to the hills…stretching 4 miles. General Meade is in command of the Union. Cemetery Ridge was in the middle of the Northern line and Seminary Ridge was in the middle of the Southern line…between the two was a large field, several hundred yards long.

• July 2nd: Longstreet didn’t get going till 4:00 p.m. giving Meade time for reinforcements. South tried taking the hill but were forced to retreat.

Battle of GettysburgBattle of Gettysburg(Cont.)(Cont.)

• July 3rd: It started with an artillery barrage by both sides. Then 15,000 Confederate troops (mile long, 3 rows) moved towards Cemetery Ridge…Pickett’s Charge! Only a few hundred made it to the line. It was all over in 30 minutes with a Confederate retreat back to their hill.

• This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War…Union (23,000) and the Confederates (28,000).

• The Confederates made their retreat back to Virginia the very next day.

UNION VICTORYUNION VICTORY

SEMINARY RIDGESEMINARY RIDGE

Gettysburg Address(11/19/63)

• 15,000 folks came to hear Lincoln’s dedication to the memorial.

• It was a 2-minute speech about the state of the Civil War.

• Here’s the audio of the speech read by Jeff Daniels:

Election of 1864Election of 1864• Lincoln got the Union soldier’s vote!

• He won 212/233 electoral votes (easy win).

• 3 months later…Congress passed the 13th Amendment ending slavery for good.

Surrender at AppomattoxSurrender at Appomattox(April 1865)

• Confederate Army was down to 35,000.

• They surrendered in the small town of Appomattox Court House, VA.

• Lee and Grant met:

1. Southern soldiers could go home.

2. They would not be charged with treason.

3. Grant would feed them.

Lincoln’s AssassinationLincoln’s Assassination(04/14/65)

• John Wilkes Booth was a great actor from MD, but also a Southern sympathizer.

• 1st it was kidnap…then it was murder!

• Back of the head…Ford’s Theater in D.C.