Chapter 15 Section 5

Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, and the End of the War

Pages 534-537
Battle of Gettysburg
Confederate General

believed that a major victory in the

would make northerners want to

In June 1863, Lee and his soldiers marched into

On

, Lees army ran into some of the Union army. By this point,

the Union army in Pennsylvania was led by General

.
By the end of the day, the

had pushed the

soldiers through the town of

. The Union held on to the

high ground though.

On July 2, more than

Union soldiers met approximately

Confederate soldiers. The Union army occupied

; the Confederates occupied

_____________________________-west of the Union

army.
The Confederates attempted to attacked the
On July 3, General

flanks.

ordered a charge against the Union middle.

led his men across a field almost a

wide and a

heavy fire. Only a few of the

across under

men made it to the Union line.

Confederates in

suffered almost fifty percent

casualties.
The three day Battle of

had

total

casualties.
Lees response after the final charge on July 3 was
.

Gettysburg Address

On

, Abraham Lincoln attended a dedication for

the dead at _________________________.

This was the first national cemetery set up after a major battle in the Civil War.

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In the speech, Lincoln said that those present were

that these dead shall

He looked forward to the US having

and hoped that government

would not perish from the earth.

Lincoln believed that the speech would not be long remembered. This speech

has come to symbolize the ultimate fight during the Civil War.

Total War

command of all

In 1864, Lincoln gave

forces.

early

In less than two months of fighting, Grant had suffered about

casualties. The Confederates sustained about

in

Grant and the Union army began attacking the Rebels in northern

The northern advantages of

casualties.

and

began to take its toll on

Lees army.

In June 1864, Grant and the Union army laid siege to

Union General

.
began to use the tactic of

against the South. He wanted the South to feel the

of

war.
on September 2,

Sherman captured

Lincolns reelection bid received a boost, and Lincoln easily defeated

candidate

In November, Sherman had

in November 1864.
burned. He and his men began a

___________ ______________________-from Atlanta to the Atlantic Ocean.

Union soldiers set fire to

and seized

and

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, set fire to the cross ties, and bent

They also pulled up

the rails beyond repair.

wide path. In February

They destroyed multiple resources in a

, Sherman and the Union army utilized some of the same tactics in South Carolina.

Peace-The Civil War Ends

In Lincolns

, he stressed his desire for

the war to end and the nation once again be

. He said he wanted the

people to work to bind up the

On

, 1865, Grant and his troops captured Richmond, VA-the

Confederate capital.

, Lee surrendered his army to Grant at

On
.

of surrender. Officers were able to keep

Grant offered

their side arms. Any Confederate who had a horse was allowed to keep it since
planting season was ahead.

Grant rebuked his men who

The

as

rode away.

was the deadliest war in United States history.

Approximately __________________ Americans died. African Americans made up about

percent of the Union dead. Almost another

went home

wounded and maimed.

The Civil War had two major outcomes.

.

(officially with the Thirteenth Amendment)

United States became

United States.

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