Warm-Up
October 21
Sherman
The Friendship that
Won the Civil War
Sherman’s Goal
Use of Total War
total war (n.): an unrestricted
warfare in which one or more sides
are willing to sacrifice both lives and
resources in order to win
Use of Total War
total war (n.): an unrestricted
warfare in which one or more sides
are willing to sacrifice both lives and
resources in order to win
Sherman’s March
• The defeat of Confederate Gen. Joseph E.
Johnston's army at the Battle of
Bentonville in March, and its surrender in
April, represented the loss of the final
major army of the Confederacy.
• Johnston told Jackson:
“Our people are tired of the war, feel
themselves whipped, and will not fight. Our
country is overrun, its military resources
greatly diminished, while the enemy's
military power and resources were never
greater ... My small force is melting away like
snow before the sun.”
Atlanta, GA after Sherman
Ruins of Charleston, SC after
Sherman’s invasion
Ruins of a plantation in
Columbia, SC
Ruins of Richmond, VA
Freed Slaves in Richmond
Fact 1
By the time Sherman started his campaign in the
South, there were already more than half of a million
men dead because of the Civil War
Fact 2
Approximately half of Atlanta, GA was completely
destroyed, roughly the same amount of
Chambersburg, Pennsylv. that had been burned by
Confederates the previous July.
Fact 3
Items destroyed during Sherman’s march include:
- Railroad tracks and depots
- Bridges
- Government buildings
- Machine shops
- Thousands of bales of cotton - Cotton fields
- Metal-works Factories
Fact 4
Approx 3800 Confederates were killed trying to
defend their home state.
Fact 5
Sherman did about $100 million in damage to the
South…. Close to a billion dollars in today’s money
Fact 6
Before Sherman even started, the South’s economy
was suffering. A loaf of bread cost up to $90 a loaf in
today’s money.
On left side of page:
Lee surrounded
Invitation to Surrender
Sunday, April 9, 1865
Terms of Surrender:
Terms of Surrender:
The signing…
The actual living room in the McLean home where
Grant and Lee met.
The signing…
After the War
General Robert E. Lee was pardoned by President Lincoln. His
home in Arlington Virginia, however, now sat in the middle of a
national cemetery, overlooking the graves of thousands of
soldiers.
Lee and his family instead moved to Lexington, Virginia, where
he became the president of Washington College. He died 15
years later of heart failure.
Pres. Jefferson Davis was captured by Union forces in Georgia
and was charged with treason. He was imprisoned at Fort
Monroe in Virginia for two years, before being released on bail.
Went to Europe for several months, came back and lived a life in
Mississippi. Died 24 years after the Civil War ended.
General Ulysses S. Grant was honored as the hero of the Union
and is eventually elected as President of the United States.
Sunday, April 11, 1865
2 days after the surrender
Sunday, April 11, 1865
The Assassination
April 14 (5 days after the surrender)
Interesting Facts
Lincoln’s funeral procession
The funeral wagon.
Lincoln’s tomb in Illinois
The capture and killing of Booth
Fun Facts
Conditions of the South
By 1865
Conditions of the South
By 1865
Thinking Map
The South by 1865
Economic
Society
Geographic
Politics
Technology
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A. Lincoln
Gen’l Beauregard
Fort Sumter
South Carolina
siege
Election
Mary Lincoln
Seceded
slavery