Chapter 17 Section 3 Notes part2 The Confederacy Falls

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Chapter 17 Section 3 Notes part2The Confederacy
Falls
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Grant Takes Command page 553

• March 1864
• President Lincoln gave General Grant command of
  ALL Union armies
• Grant called for all Union forces to coordinate
  their attacks.
• Grant would focus on pursuing Lees army in
  Virginia
• While General William T. Sherman pushed through
  the Deep South

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General William T. Sherman page 553

• September 1864
• General Sherman pushed his troops southward from
  Tennesse to Atlanta, Georgia
• November 1864
• Sherman burned Atlanta and set out on a
  terrifying march to the sea

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Shermans March to the Sea page 554

• Shermans army cut a path of destruction across
  Georgia that was 60miles wide and 300miles long
• The march was intended to create fear and
  hardship for the people of the South

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Shermans March to the Sea page 554

• Sherman waged total war on everything!
• Not only against enemy troops, but against
  anything that supported the enemy
• His troops tore up railroad lines
• Destroyed crops
• Burned and looted towns

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Shermans March to the Sea page 554

• He reached Savannah in Dec 1864
• Then marched north into the Carolinas
• His goal was to join Grants troops in Virginia

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Shermans March to the Sea page 554

• Shermans march also increased the size of the
  Union army
• 19,000 slaves left Georgia plantations and
  followed the Union army to freedom

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Grants Virginia Campaign page 554

• In Virginia Grant pursued Lees army
• Grants plan was to keep attacking Lee despite
  the number of Union casualties
• Lee was running out of men and supplies

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Grants Virginia Campaign page 554

• It took Grant a year to corner and defeat Lee!
• Lee, despite being short on men and supplies,
  maneuvered (moved) them around brilliantly!

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Grants Virginia Campaign page 554

• April 1865
• Lee realized he could hold out no longer.
• He sent President Davis a note to leave Richmond
• Confederate leaders left and burnt anything that
  could be used against them by the Union

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Grants Virginia Campaign page 554

• Lincoln visited Richmond, Virginia to see his
  victory
• African Americans cheered for him

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Surrender at Appomattox page 555

• Lee fled west of Richmond
• He knew it was hopeless
• He sent a note to Grant that he was ready to
  surrender

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Surrender at Appomattox page 555

• April 9, 1865 Lee and Grant met in the small
  Virginia town of Appomattox court House to
  arrange the surrender
• Grant offered generous terms of surrender

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Terms of Surrender page 555

• Confederates
• should lay down their arms
• return home in peace
• Take their possessions and horses with them
• Grant also fed the hungry Confederate soldiers

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The End