Chapter 16: 2nd Half

Question 1

Fall of Atlanta

Answer 1

Sherman (mental institution) told by Grant to go on rampage through the South that went through at Atlanta, Georgia and then destroyed a bunch of cities in South Carolina

Question 2

Field Order 15

Answer 2

Redistibute land to freed slaves- “40 acres and a mule”

Question 3

Election of 1864

Answer 3

• Mcllelan wanted to let the South go with no emancipation

- if Lincoln wasnt president again all the deaths would be in vein

Question 4

Cold Harbor

Answer 4

7000 dead in 20 minutes

Question 5

Petersburg

Answer 5

10 month seige, Lee runs for it, Grant destroyed Richmond

Question 6

Appomatox

Answer 6

Lee rested here and Grant surrounded them

• Lincoln said “Let them down easy.”
• Lee was allowed to keep his stuff and go home
• Confeds had to surrender their supplies
• Davis tried for treason amd escaped

Question 7

Mclean

Answer 7

1st cannon ball in his house, Lee surrendered at his new house, Appomatox

Question 8

Lincoln’s Assassination

Answer 8

He was killed in a balcony in Ford’s theater by John Wilkes Booth, Grant was supposed to be there and be killed but his wife didnt like Lincoln’s wife
-Seward was almost killed by Booth’s partner

Question 9

Total War

Answer 9

Just destroy anything the enemy is associated with

Question 10

Battle of Vicksburg

Answer 10

Le captured Memphis and then went to get Vicksburg

-“the Gibraltar of the Mississippi