Transcript Emancipation Proclamation

The Fall of Vicksburg
The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, was
important because it gave the Union
control of the Mississippi River and cut
the South in half.
The North’s Reaction
to the Emancipation
Proclamation
 It
was praised.
 Northern Democrats opposed it because
they only wanted to restore the Union, not
to end slavery
 Abolitionists argued that Lincoln had not
gone far enough still leaving “slavery, as a
system . . . , still to exist in all the so-called
loyal Slave States.”
The
Emancipation
Proclamation
The Southern View of Emancipation
Emancipation in 1863
African American and Women’s
Contributions to the War
 participated
in
military service
 served in the
workforce
 women provided
medical care and
ran plantations and
farms
African-Americans in Civil War Battles
The Famous 54th Massachusetts
Importance of the Battle of
Gettysburg
 It
was a major turning point because
General Lee never again entered the
North.
 This Union victory took place on the same
day as General Grant’s capture of
Vicksburg in Mississippi.
 Both these critical victories made
northerners believe that the Confederacy
could be defeated.
The Road to Gettysburg: 1863
Gettysburg Casualties

that from these honored dead we take
increased devotion to that cause for which
they gave the last full measure of devotion
-- that we here highly resolve that these
dead shall not have died in vain -- that this
nation, under God, shall have a new birth
of freedom -- and that government of the
people, by the people, for the people, shall
not perish from the earth.
Abe Lincoln
Campaigns Launched in
Virginia and Lower South
 Wilderness
Campaign – May-June
1864
 Battle of Cold Harbor – June 1-3,
1864
 Battle in Atlanta – Atlanta fell to
General Sherman on September 2,
1864
 Sherman’s March to the Sea – ended
December 10, 1864 when Sherman
reached Savannah, Georgia
Sherman’s
March
through
Georgia
to the
Sea, 1864
The End of the Civil War
 Trapped
and defenseless in Richmond,
Virginia, Lee surrendered to Grant at
Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865.
 The Civil War had come to an end.
Appomattox Courthouse
April 9th, 1865
General Robert E. Lee
(Confederacy)
Surrendering to:
Ulysses S. Grant (Union)
McLean Home
•Meeting lasted 1 ½
hours
•The Confederates were
to return home with
dignity and respect
… More Surrendering!!
Bennitt Place
Confederate: Joseph Johnston
Union: William T. Sherman
After four bloody years of civil
war, the South was defeated.
Casualties on Both Sides
Over 618,000 military deaths during Civil War.