UNION LOOKS TO SMASH CSA INDUSTRY
CONFEDERATES DRIVEN BACK TO CHATTANOOGA
UNION DEFEATED AT CHICKAMAUGA
GRANT TAKES OVER – WINS BATTLES OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
& MISSIONARY RIDGE
DESTROY LEE’S ARMY!“WHERE EVERY LEE GOES WE WILL GO!”
LOBSTER CLAW
GRANT WILLTAKE RICHMOND& DRIVE SOUTH
SHERMAN WILLTAKE ATLANTA &
DRIVE NORTH
DESTROY LEE’S ARMY!“WHERE EVERY LEE GOES
WE WILL GO!”
NO RETREAT -WEAR DOWN LEE WITH NUMBERS
DEFENSIVE WAR
-DEFEND RICHMOND
-FORTIFICATIONS-ATTRITION
LEE OUTNUMBERED -FORCES GRANT TO FIGHT IN
WOODED AREA - CHAOTIC
GRANT LOSES (HIGH CASUALITIES) BUT DOES NOT RETREAT
GRANT DOES NOT RETREAT-TRIES TO OUTFLANK LEE
LEE - DIGS IN
RELENTLESS FIRE –TERRIBLE CASUALTIES
GRANT FLANKS – LEE DIGS IN
GRANT ASSULTS LEE’S POSITION
HORRIBLE CASUALTIES –GRANT THE BUTCHER!
60,000 IN LESS THAN 1 MONTH!
GRANT FLANKS – LEE DIGS IN
BOTH SIDES DIG TRENCHES
10 MONTH SIEGE
UNION RAILROADS & PORTS
ABOUT SHERMAN
TOTAL WAR! DESTROY EVERYTHINGATTACK CIVILIAN TARGETS
CITY UNDER SIEGECSA HAS MILESOF TRENCHES
RE-ELECTION LOOKS BAD
“COPPERHEADS”ANTI-WAR
END THE WAR
DEMOCRAT
ELECTION DURINGCIVIL WAR?
“WITH MALACE
TOWARD NONE & CHARITY TO ALL”
THE NATION MUST HEAL ITS WOUNDS
PRISONER OF WAR CAMP IN GEORGIA
HORRIBLE CONDITIONS
13,000 DIE IN ONE YEAR
UNION TROOPS OUTRAGED!
SHERMAN DESTROYS EVERYTHING“MAKE THEM SICK OF WAR FOR
GENERATIONS!”
PETERSBURG FALLS – APRIL 1865
CSA GOVERNMENT FLEES
CSA SETS RICHMOND ON FIRE!
LINCOLN VISITS
“FATHER ABRAHAM”
LEE’S ARMY IS DESTROYEDLEE SURRENDERS – APRIL 9, 1865
GRANT & LEE MEET
THE TERMS AND THE MEETING START THE NATION HEALING – THE WAR IS OVER
THE NATION IS CHANGES FOREVER1 MILLION CASUALTIES
COST $5 BILLIONSOUTH PHYSICALLY DESTROYED
BITTERNESS FOR GENERATIONSNORTHERN INDUSTRY
MORE POWERFUL
THE NATION WILL HAVE TO BE REUNITED
END OF SLAVERY – THE UNION IS PRESERVED
ABOUT JOHN WILKES BOOTH
PLOT TO KILL UNION GOVERNMENT
BELIEVED IN SOUTH – DID NOT JOIN ARMY
ATTENDS “OUR AMERICAN COUSIN” AT FORD’S THEATHER
BOOTH SHOTS LINCOLN IN HIS BOX
LINCOLN DIES THE NEXT DAY IN THE PETERSON HOUSE
THE NATION MOURNS
