Sherman's March continued on through Georgia, intent on destroying suppliesĭestined for the Confederate army. He destroyed rail lines and burned buildings. He captured Atlanta in September of 1864Īnd burned it in November. General William Tecumseh Sherman led the invasion of Georgia. State of Tennessee was cleared of Confederates. General Grant won the battle at Chattanooga, and the The city fell and surrendered on July 4, 1863.ĭue to back-to-back Union military victoriesĪt the Battle of Gettysburg and the Battle of Vicksburg, all Confederate hopes General Grant was given command of the Union forcesĪttacking Vicksburg. His plan was foiled when he was defeated by a Confederateįorce at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6-7, 1862. He next planned to capture a line of railroads in the Mississippi His first victory was when he captured Fort HenryĪnd Fort Donelson in February 1862. Grant became a colonel in the Union volunteer army. Since the Union ended up winning the battle, Lincoln did not negotiate with the South.Īt a cemetery dedication in Gettysburg, Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. Confederate President Jefferson Davis was planning toĭeliver negotiators to Washington D.C. The failure of General George Pickett's charge enabled the Union to win the battle. Time to Pennsylvania), he was met by Meade's force at Gettysburg on Julyġ-3, 1863. Hooker was replaced by GeneralĪs Lee moved his Confederate force to the north again (this During the battle at Chancellorsville, Virginia on May 2-4, 1863, Hooker was badly beaten, but Due toīurnside's massive defeat at Fredericksburg, Virginia on December 13,ġ862, he was replaced by Hooker. War, the Confederacy allowed blacks to enlist, but by then it was too late.Īfter Antietam, Lincoln replaced McClellan as commander of Low, blacks were allowed to enlist in the Union army.
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Had to preserve the Union and free the slaves.Īfter the Emancipation Proclamation and as manpower ran The North now had a much stronger moral cause. With the Emancipation Proclamation, many people in the South said that Lincoln was just trying to stir up slave rebellion. This legally ended slavery.Įditor's Note: Wikipedia has a great map that shows the regions covered by the The 13th Amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1865, 8 months after the Civil War ended. The proclamation fundamentally changed the nature of the war because itĮffectively removed any chance of a negotiated settlement between the North and Lincoln did not require slaves to be freed in the Border States because he feared that they would Slaves in Confederate territory, except in locations where the Union had mostly regained control. The Emancipation Proclamation called for the freeing of all On January 1, 1863, Lincoln issued a final proclamation. Issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 23, 1862. Although notĪ victory, the Union stopped the Confederate march northward.Īntietam provided Lincoln with the military backing to Halt Lee's forces after his forces discovered Lee's battle plans. In the Second Battle of Bull Run (August 29-30,ġ862), General Lee defeated General Pope's Union forces.Īs Lee moved into Maryland, he met McClellan's forces againĪt the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. On March 9, 1862, the Union ironclad, the Monitor, and the Confederate Merrimack met and fought to aĪfter General Lee crushed McClellan's forces in Richmond, Northern blockades because it could crush through the Union's wooden Wooden ship that was plated with metal armor. In 1862, the Confederates created the Merrimack and renamed it the Virginia. These ships made a lot of profit by exchanging cargoes of arms for cotton. To overcome the strong blockades, fast ships wereĭeveloped to run through them. The Northern sea blockades were concentrated at the Sending troops through Georgia and the Carolinas.
The Northern military plan had 6 components:īy seizing control of the Mississippi River. Union forces, known as the Seven Days' Battles, from June 26 to Jandĭrove McClellan's forces back to the sea. He came to within sight of Richmond and attacked "Stonewall" Launched a waterborne attack in the spring of 1862 that moved towards Richmond. Starting the Peninsula Campaign, McClellan's army Given command of the Army of the Potomac. "Tardy George" McClellan and the Peninsular Campaign The loss for the Union dispelled the allusion of a quick end to the war. Unexpectedly, the Confederates won as " Stonewall" Jackson held his line ofĬonfederate soldiers until reinforcements arrived. On July 21, 1861, the Union and Confederate forces Successful, the victory would show the superiority of Union arms and mightĮventually lead to the capture of Richmond. President Abraham Lincoln decided to attack a small Confederate force at Bull Run.