Chapter 2, lesson 3
How the North Won
Mr. Julian’s 5th Grade Class
Essential Question
What events led to the North winning the
Civil War?
Places
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Atlanta, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
People
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
Vocabulary
Battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address
Battle of Vicksburg
Total war
The Battle of Gettysburg
One of the most important battles of the
war happened on July 1, 1863 fought in
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
The South, led by Robert E. Lee, pushed
deep into northern lands.
The Battle of Gettysburg lasted 3 bloody
days.
The North won this important battle with
the South retreating back to Virginia.
The Gettysburg Address
In November 1863, the Gettysburg
battlefield was turned into a national
cemetery.
President Lincoln gave his Gettysburg
Address which asked the Union to keep
fighting and the end of slavery was worth
the cost.
The Tide Turns
Vicksburg, Mississippi was the focus of the
western battle front for the North. To
control Vicksburg you would control the
use of the Mississippi River.
General Ulysses S. Grant headed the
Union forces in the Battle of Vicksburg.
The battle lasted 48 days.
The Tide Turns
On July 4, 1863, one day after the Battle
of Gettysburg, the Union won.
The Battle of Vicksburg cut the South in
half.
The War Ends
Grant was given control over all Union
forces in March 1864.
General William Tecumseh Sherman
moved his army toward Atlanta, Georgia.
Atlanta was a vital supply and railroad
center.
Atlanta fell to the Union on September 2,
1864.
The War Ends
General Sherman used a method of
warfare called total war where one does
not just destroy the army but the people’s
will to fight.
Sherman ordered his troops to burn
Atlanta and then burned a trail 300 miles
long and 60 miles wide from Atlanta to
Savannah, Georgia.
The War Ends
On December 21, 1864 Sherman's “March
to the Sea” ended as Savannah fell
without a fight.
Sherman wrote the President “I present
you as a Christmas gift the city of
Savannah.”
Sherman moved north joining forces with
Grant’s moving south.
The War Ends
In April 1865 both armies met in
Richmond, capturing the Confederate
Capitol.
Robert E. Lee was trapped and had to
surrender. He told his men “There is
nothing left for me to do but go and see
General Grant, and I would rather die a
thousand deaths.”
The War Ends
Generals Grant and Lee met in a
farmhouse in Appomattox Court House,
Virginia on April 9, 1865 to discuss the
terms of surrender.
The war was over, but the President
expressed sympathy for the south.
He asked the band to play “Dixie” as he told
the crowd “I have always thought “Dixie”
one of the best tunes I ever heard.”
He would never see his plans carried out.
Timeline
July 4, 1863 – Union soldiers led by General
Grant cut the Confederacy in two by
capturing Vicksburg, Mississippi.
November 19, 1863 – President Lincoln
gave the Gettysburg Address honoring the
men who died in battle there.
April 9, 1865 – General Robert E. Lee
surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at
Appomattox Court House, Virginia ending
the war
Review Question
What events led to the North winning the
Civil War?