The Final Phase Flashcards
1
Q
- What was the name of the first battle between Grant and Lee in the spring of 1864?
A
The Battle of the Wilderness
2
Q
- What did Grant do after this battle that no other commander of the Army of the Potomac had done against Lee before?
A
Followed him
3
Q
- What was the name of the second battle between Grant and Lee that soon followed the Battle of the Wilderness?
A
The Battle of Cold Harbor
4
Q
- What type of time-consuming and deadly warfare did both sides fight at this battle?
A
Trench Warfare
5
Q
- For how many days did this battle last?
A
Thirteen Days
6
Q
- Who did Grant place in command of Union forces in the western theatre before heading to Washington D.C. to take command of the Army of the Potomac?
A
Roger Sherman
7
Q
- What type of warfare did the new Union commander in the western theater order his troops to engage in?
A
Total Warfare
8
Q
- What did this type of warfare aim to destroy, weaken and demoralize?
A
Infrastructure
9
Q
- What city in the western theater was Sherman’s army focusing on capturing in the summer of 1864?
A
Atlanta Georgia
10
Q
- What nickname was given to the melted and twisted rail lines that Sherman ordered outside of this city?
A
Sherman Neckties
11
Q
- Why was the timing of Sherman’s capture of Atlanta especially good news for Lincoln?
A
It happened right before Lincoln was running for reelection
12
Q
- After leaving Atlanta his army began a destructive 300 mile long by 60 mile wide march to Savannah on the coast. What was this march called?
A
March to the Sea
13
Q
- What state was next on Sherman’s hit list?
A
South Carolina
14
Q
- Why was Sherman’s army determined to “wreak vengeance on the people” of this state?
A
Because they were the first states to secede
15
Q
- What city in Virginia did Grant aim to capture after being defeated at The Wilderness and Cold Harbor?
A
Petersburg
16
Q
- Why was the capture of this city an important step in defeating the Confederacy?
A
if he is able to capture petersburg because all the supply lines go through there and then go to the capital so he can shut it down and make is so that they can’t get anything
17
Q
- Why did Grant cancel an invasion of this city when his army arrived at the edge of town?
A
It was surrounded by Heavy Fortifications making it a suicidal mission for Grant to attack
18
Q
- What did Grant decide to do to this city after cancelling an invasion of the city?
A
They surrounded it and made it so that nothing could get in for nine months
19
Q
- How long did Grant’s army implement this tactic on Petersburg?
A
nine months
20
Q
- What was Lee’s army forced to do after a nine month siege of Petersburg?
A
They had to evacuate
21
Q
- Where in Virginia was Lee forced to surrender to Grant on April 9, 1865?
A
Appomattox Virginia
