Name ____________________________
Ch. 15.5 Decisive Battles
The Tide Turns
Confederate
Victories
The Battle of
Gettysburg
The Fall of
Vicksburg
After the ______________ of _______________ the war began to go
_______________ for the _________________. One problem was
________________ leadership, such as, when ______________________
failed to ________________ Lee’s army. He was __________________ by
Gen. ______________ ________________.
Gen. __________________ took an opposite approach than McClellan by
marching his army of ________________ men directly towards
_________________. Gen. ____________ had _____________ men at
Fredericksburg, __________________ to __________________
Burnsides. The Union lost nearly _________________ soldiers compared
to Confederate losses of _____________ casualties. Burnsides was
replaced with ______________________ who marched towards
__________________ only to have his army ______________ by the
______________________ in the Battle of ________________________.
But the Confederates lost __________________ __________________
during the battle when he was ______________ and died a few days
later.
Lee’s confidence grew with all the ___________________ victories. Lee
believed a ________________ on Union _____________ soil would
_____________ northerners to _______________________. Lee’s troops
marched into ________________ in Jun ____________. Union Gen.
____________________ pursued them. On ____________, some
______________________ were looking for ________________ in the
town of ________________________. The Rebels ran into ___________
of Meade’s army. More __________ joined the ___________ on both
sides. There were _________________ Union soldiers and ____________
Confederate soldiers involved in the _____________. By the third day,
___________ ordered an __________ on the ____________ of the Union
line. This was called __________________ ________________ and about
________________ Confederates were __________ or ______________.
There were heavy losses on both sides, but Lee had __________ nearly a
_______________ of his troops in this battle.
On July ___, 1863 the South suffered another _____________. Gen.
_____________ had captured __________________, one of the last cities
on the ____________________ _________________ to remain in
______________________ hands. The siege on ____________________
lasted _______ weeks. Days later, ___________ ________________,
Louisiana gave up. These events make ___________ ___________ the
major turning point of the war.
The Gettysburg About ________________ people gathered on ____________ 1863 to
Address
listen to _____________ _________________ deliver a speech.
Closing In on the Lincoln finally found the __________________ he sought in Ulysses S.
Confederacy
Grant. In _____________ Grant is given ________________ of ALL the
________________ forces.
Grant Versus Lee Grant attacked Confederate troops in _______________ Virginia for ____
weeks. Grant had lost _________________ while Confederates lost
_______________. Grant realized this his ___________ could count on a
________________________________ while ___________ was running
out of both. In June _________, Grant began another __________ on
Petersburg. Meanwhile, Gen. _____________ _____________ _________
advanced towards ________________. Sherman believed in __________
_______________.
March to the
Sherman easily marched into ___________________ on Sept. ____, 1864.
Sea
The capture of Atlanta gave ______________ reelection campaign a
____________. Lincoln won the ____________ over Gen. _____________
___________________, the Democrat’s candidate. In November,
_________________ ordered the _______________ of
_______________. He then marched to the ___________________
setting fire to ______________, seizing _____________ and ___________
and pulled up _____________________.
Peace at Last
In ______________ 1865, Grant still continued his siege outside
_____________________. __________ knew it was only a matter of
_________________ before Grant _______________________________.
In ________________ Second _______________ Address he asked
Americans to _____________ and ________________.
Surrender at
By the evening of ________________, Richmond belonged to the
Appomattox
_______________. Lee retreated to the town of __________________
__________________ where he ___________________ on April _____,
1865. Lee was offered _______________ surrender terms.
The War’s
The Confederates lost about ____________________ soldiers and the
Terrible Toll
Union lost ____________________, including _______________ African
Americans. The war had ___________ key results.
1. ____________________________________________________.
2. ____________________________________________________.