The North Wins

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The North Wins
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Main Idea

• Thanks to victories beginning with Gettysburg and
  ending with Richmond, the Union survived.

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Why should I care?

• Because I said so
• If the Union had lost the United States would be
  a completely different country today.

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The Battle of Gettysburg

• Because McClellan hesitated to chase and destroy
  the Confederate army after Antietam, Lee was able
  to win more battles.
• At Fredericksburg Lee routed the Union who lost
  12,600 soldiers
• Lee would have a few other big wins then he
  decided to invade the North again.

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The Battle of Gettysburg

• Late June 1863 Rebels cross the border into PA
• They go to G-burg to get some shoes and instead
  find the Union Army
• Started as a skirmish but turned into a huge,
  important battle
• Gen.Meade-90,000 men vs.. Gen. Lee-75,000

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The Battle of Gettysburg

• The turning point of the battle was Picketts
  Charge- 13,000 Confederate men were dropped as
  they charged the Union position at Cemetery Ridge

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Cemetery Ridge
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The Battle of Gettysburg

• After this the Confederates were forced to
  retreat
• Again the Union failed to chase and finish off
  the Rebels and Lee was able to make it back to
  Virginia
• But the Confederate Army was in bad shape they
  lost 28,000 men at Gettysburg
• This battle would be the beginning of the end for
  the Confederates

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Siege of Vicksburg

• The day after the Battle of Gettysburg Grant won
  a big victory in Mississippi
• Vicksburg was the last stronghold the Rebels had
  on the Mississippi River and Grant finally
  completed a major part of the Anaconda Plan- The
  river was under Union control
• Now Lincoln saw Grant as the man to once and for
  all beat Lee

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Grants Virginia Campaign
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Grants Virginia Campaign

• For months the Union army was fighting vicious
  battles with the South
• In battle after battle, Grant would attack, rest,
  then attack again
• He was losing thousands of men but all the while
  inching closer to Richmond
• Grant told Lincoln Whatever happens we will not
  retreat

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Grants Virginia Campaign

• Some Union troops were so sure they would die in
  battle, they pinned their names and addresses to
  their jackets so their bodies could be identified
• At Petersburg just outside of Richmond the two
  sides dug trenches and faced off for 10 months!
• Grant was relentless and Lee was forced to pull
  out and on April 3, 1865 the Anaconda Plan was
  finally complete- The Union Army took Richmond

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Surrender at Appomattox
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Surrender at Appomattox

• On April 9 1865 Lee and Grant met in the small
  town of Appomattox Court House to arrange the end
  of the Civil War.
• The war raged for 4 long years and hundreds of
  thousands of lives were lost but the United
  States of America survived and would be changed
  forver