Battle of Fredericksburg

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Battle of Fredericksburg

• Burnside marches his 122,000 men to Richmond, VA
  to get Lee.
• Lee puts his 79,000 troops up on a ridge
  overlooking the city.
• It started on 12/13/1862Burnside just kept
  sending his troops at Lee.
• In the endUnion (13,000) and Confederates
  (5,000) overall casualties.
• Burnside asked to be relieved! ?

CONFEDERATE VICTORY
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General Burnside
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Battle of Fredericksburg
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Battle of Fredericksburg
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Battle of Chancellorsville

• Fighting Joe Hooker replaced Burnside.
• 04/1863, he left a 1/3 of his troops at
  Fredericksburg and used the rest to come around
  the back of Lee.
• Lee sent 40,000 to deal with Hooker and left
  10,000 to remain at Fredericksburg (lots of
  fires).
• It started on 05/01/1863, Hooker went into the
  woods, waited, Lee sent Jackson (26K) to flank
  the rightrabbits and deers..oh my!
• Jackson will be accidentally shot and Hooker will
  retreat back across the river.

CONFEDERATE VICTORY
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Battle of Gettysburg

• Late June, 1863 Lee heads north to Pennsylvania
  to get more supplies. He knows that one big win
  in the north could end the war.
• It turns out to be his last advance into the
  north- the turning point of the war
• July 1st Troops (both sides) showed up and
  headed to the hillsstretching 4 miles. General
  Meade is in command of the Union. Cemetery Ridge
  was in the middle of the Northern line and
  Seminary Ridge was in the middle of the Southern
  linebetween the two was a large field, several
  hundred yards long.
• July 2nd Longstreet didnt get going till 400
  p.m. giving Meade time for reinforcements. South
  tried taking the hill but were forced to retreat.
  

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Battle of Gettysburg(Cont.)

• July 3rd It started with an artillery barrage by
  both sides. Then 15,000 Confederate troops (mile
  long, 3 rows) moved towards Cemetery
  RidgePicketts Charge! Only a few hundred made
  it to the line. It was all over in 30 minutes
  with a Confederate retreat back to their hill.
• This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil
  WarUnion (23,000) and the Confederates (28,000).
• The Confederates made their retreat back to
  Virginia the very next day.

UNION VICTORY
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SEMINARY RIDGE
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Gettysburg Address(11/19/63)

• 15,000 folks came to hear Lincolns dedication to
  the memorial.
• It was a 2-minute speech about the state of the
  Civil War.
• Heres the audio of the speech read by Jeff
  Daniels

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Election of 1864

• Lincoln got the Union soldiers vote!
• He won 212/233 electoral votes (easy win).
• 3 months laterCongress passed the 13th Amendment
  ending slavery for good.

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Surrender at Appomattox(April 1865)

• Confederate Army was down to 35,000.
• They surrendered in the small town of Appomattox
  Court House, VA.
• Lee and Grant met
• 1. Southern soldiers could go home.
• 2. They would not be charged with treason.
• 3. Grant would feed them.

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Lincolns Assassination(04/14/65)

• John Wilkes Booth was a great actor from MD, but
  also a Southern sympathizer.
• 1st it was kidnapthen it was murder!
• Back of the headFords Theater in D.C.

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