Chapter 11 Section 3
The Tide of the War Turns
Battle of Fredericksburg
• December 1862
• Union charges several
times at Confederates
• Some Union army units
lose more than half
their men
• Union- 13,000
casualties
• Confederates- 5,000
casualties
Battle of Chancellorsville
• May 1863
• Confederates divide
their forces and
surround Union forces
• General Lee’s most
brilliant victory
• Also most costly
– Stonewall Jackson dies
due to being wounded
Battle of Gettysburg
• July 1863
• Day 1- Union
established position on
the high ground of the
battle field
Battle of Gettysburg
• Day 2
• Confederates attack
Union positions
• Attack vulnerable spots
on the Union line of
defenses
• If Confederates successful
they could bombard
Union lines anywhere on
the battlefields
Battle of Gettysburg
• 350 soldiers from
Maine stop repeated
Confederate charges
• Maine was led by Joshua
Lawrence Chamberlain
Battle of Gettysburg
• Day 3
• 150 Confederate
cannons open fire on
Union positions
• Lee ordered an all out
infantry charge at the
center of the Union
positions
– 15,000 Confederates
charge
Battle of Gettysburg
Pickett’s Charge
• Confederate Troops
(5,000 serving under
General George Pickett)
marched across about a
mile of open ground
• Union cannons shooting
at them
• Only a few hundred
Confederates reach
their destination
Battle of Gettysburg
• Less than half the
Confederates returned
• Union: 23,000
casualties
• Confederates: 28,000
casualties
• The Confederates then
retreat back to Virginia
Gettysburg Address
• 2 minutes speech
written and delivered
by Lincoln
• Reminds listeners as to
why the North was
fighting
Summarize the main points of the
Gettysburg address.
• Preserve the Country’s
commitment to the
principles of freedom,
equality and selfgovernment
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a
turning point in the war?
• It decided how each
side would be able to
operate for the rest of
the war
• The North was now in
charge in the east
• Lee was restricted to
acting defensively only
in the South
Siege
• A tactic in which an
enemy is surrounded
and starved in order to
make it surrender
What were 3 effects of Grant’s siege of
Vicksburg?
• Confederate residents
had to move into
underground dwellings
• Reduced supplies and
soldiers rations
• Forced a Confederate
surrender