UNION LOOKS TO SMASH
CSA INDUSTRY
CONFEDERATES DRIVEN
BACK TO CHATTANOOGA
UNION DEFEATED AT CHICKAMAUGA
GRANT TAKES OVER – WINS
BATTLES OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
& MISSIONARY RIDGE
LOBSTER CLAW
GRANT WILL
TAKE RICHMOND
& DRIVE SOUTH
SHERMAN WILL
TAKE ATLANTA &
DRIVE NORTH
DESTROY LEE’S ARMY!
“WHERE EVERY LEE GOES WE WILL GO!”
DESTROY LEE’S ARMY!
“WHERE EVERY LEE GOES
WE WILL GO!”
NO RETREAT -WEAR
DOWN LEE WITH NUMBERS
DEFENSIVE
WAR
-DEFEND
RICHMOND
-FORTIFICATIONS
-ATTRITION
LEE OUTNUMBERED -FORCES
GRANT TO FIGHT IN
WOODED AREA - CHAOTIC
GRANT LOSES (HIGH CASUALITIES)
BUT DOES NOT RETREAT
GRANT DOES NOT RETREAT
-TRIES TO OUTFLANK LEE
LEE - DIGS IN
RELENTLESS FIRE
–TERRIBLE CASUALTIES
GRANT FLANKS – LEE DIGS IN
GRANT ASSULTS LEE’S POSITION
HORRIBLE CASUALTIES –
GRANT THE BUTCHER!
60,000 IN LESS THAN 1 MONTH!
GRANT FLANKS –
LEE DIGS IN
BOTH SIDES DIG
TRENCHES
10 MONTH SIEGE
UNION RAIL
ROADS & PORTS
ABOUT SHERMAN
TOTAL WAR! DESTROY EVERYTHING
ATTACK CIVILIAN TARGETS
CITY UNDER SIEGE
CSA HAS MILES
OF TRENCHES
ELECTION DURING
CIVIL WAR?
RE-ELECTION
LOOKS BAD
DEMOCRAT
“COPPERHEADS”
ANTI-WAR
END THE WAR
“WITH
MALACE
TOWARD
NONE &
CHARITY
TO ALL”
THE NATION MUST
HEAL ITS WOUNDS
PRISONER OF WAR CAMP IN GEORGIA
13,000 DIE IN
ONE YEAR
HORRIBLE
CONDITIONS
UNION TROOPS
OUTRAGED!
SHERMAN DESTROYS EVERYTHING
“MAKE THEM SICK OF WAR FOR
GENERATIONS!”
PETERSBURG FALLS – APRIL 1865
CSA SETS RICHMOND ON FIRE!
CSA GOVERNMENT FLEES
LINCOLN
VISITS
“FATHER
ABRAHAM”
LEE’S ARMY IS DESTROYED
LEE SURRENDERS – APRIL 9, 1865
GRANT & LEE MEET
THE TERMS AND THE MEETING START
THE NATION HEALING – THE WAR IS OVER
THE NATION IS CHANGES FOREVER
COST $5 BILLION
1 MILLION CASUALTIES
SOUTH PHYSICALLY DESTROYED
BITTERNESS FOR GENERATIONS
NORTHERN INDUSTRY
MORE POWERFUL
THE NATION WILL HAVE TO BE REUNITED
END OF SLAVERY – THE UNION IS PRESERVED
ABOUT JOHN WILKES BOOTH
BELIEVED IN SOUTH –
DID NOT JOIN ARMY
PLOT TO KILL UNION GOVERNMENT
ATTENDS “OUR AMERICAN COUSIN” AT FORD’S THEATHER
BOOTH SHOTS LINCOLN IN HIS BOX
LINCOLN DIES THE NEXT DAY
IN THE PETERSON HOUSE
THE NATION
MOURNS