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HOLT
The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Chapter 3
THE CIVIL WAR
Section 1: The Union Dissolves
Section 2: The North and South Face Off
Section 3: Fighting the War
Section 4: The Final Phase
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Section 4: The Final Phase
Objectives:
What were the results of the Battle of Gettysburg?
Why was the Union victory at Vicksburg significant?
What was General Grant’s strategy in the summer of
1864?
What were the strategy and tactics of General
Sherman?
What were the terms of the surrender at Appomattox?
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The Battle of Gettysburg
Lee was forced to retreat back to Virginia.
The Union army gained confidence that the
Confederate army could be beaten.
Casualties numbered more than 50,000 in three
days of fighting.
Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address when
the battlefield was dedicated as a cemetery.
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Vicksburg
Combined with the fall of Port Hudson, Louisiana,
victory at Vicksburg gave the Union complete
control of the Mississippi River.
The city’s fall cut off Arkansas, Louisiana, and
Texas from the rest of the Confederacy.
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Section 4: The Final Phase
Grant’s strategy
take advantage of the North’s soldiers and supplies
keep fighting despite losses
fight a war of attrition
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Sherman’s tactics and strategy
waged total war
destroyed economic resources
spread demoralization
burned Atlanta and captured Savannah
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Section 4: The Final Phase
Terms of surrender
All soldiers would be fed.
Confederate officers could keep their side arms.
Soldiers could keep their horses and mules.
Rebels would not be tried for treason.
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