Lesson 5 Flashcards
General Grant accomplishments
Led Union troops to victory at Shiloh and Vicksburg. Lincoln put grant in charge of all Union armies in March 1864
He liked that grant took action
Grants plan to end war
Attack from all sides
His armies would move on to Richmond, the confederate capital
At same time, Sherman would lead attacks across the Deep South
Three battles Grant was responsible for
Battles of the Wilderness
Spotsylvania court house
Cold harbor
The wilderness
Where the 6 bloodiest weeks of war began
Resistance
Refuse to give in
Mobile bay
Union victory led by David Farragut
Election of 1864
If Lincoln lost, war would end and most likely the confederacy would become an independent country
Lincoln vs. McClellan
What two victories helped get Lincoln Reelected
Atlanta and Mobile bay
Sherman’s trail of destruction is known as
Sherman’s March to Sea
Total war
Strategy of bringing war to the entire society, not just the military
April 9, 1865
Appomattox court house
Grants terms
Lees officers could keep small firearms
Any soldier with a horse could keep it
Document signed on jan. 1 1863
Emancipation proclamation
Union controlled what
Blocked Confederate coast, reducing trade goods getting out and supplies getting in
Controlled Mississippi River cutting off western states from the eastern states
