Opening April 22nd 1. Copy Down Homework p.6 & 7 Gettysburg Address and Battle to Key Moments...

Opening April 22nd

• 1. Copy Down Homework p.6 & 7 Gettysburg Address and Battle to Key Moments Write the apology letter to Mr. Varley 2. Update TOC

#12 Gettysburg Address #13 Sherman’s March

• 3. Have Out the following items on your desk

Sherman Notes and A PIECE OF SCRAP PAPER

Reactions and Questions

• Write down 3 reactions and 2 questions you still have about the events surrounding the Boston Marathon last week

“ We are not only fighting hostile armies, but a hostile people and we must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.” -General George Tecumseh Sherman

What is Total War?

City of Charleston, South Carolina (1865)

Context of Sherman’s March

Grant: “I propose to fight it out along this line if it takes all summer.”

SPRING/SUMMER 1864:1. Ulysses Grant was given a promotion by Lincoln and given command of the whole Union army2. Grant’s army would suffer heavy casualties at Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Battle of the Wilderness. “I propose to fight it out along this line all summer”3. Lee’s army became exhausted for men and supplies4. Grant would be stopped outside the city of Petersburg for months before breaking through DOES NOT CAPTURE RICHMOND

Stalemate: Trench Warfare

Stalemate: Trench Warfare

Goal of Sherman’s March

General William Tecumseh Sherman

1. “war is hell” “make Georgia howl” “war is war, and not popularity-seeking”2. marched from Tennessee to capture Atlanta, boosting Lincoln’s chances of re-election 3. “March to the Sea”, path of destruction 60 miles wide, 300 miles long before capturing the city of Savannah 4. Sherman brought “total war” to the South, civilians were no longer “off limits” during wartime

Opening April 23rd

• 1. Copy Down Homework– Key Moments Due Thursday ! (Use p. 306-

308)

2. Update TOC#12 Gettysburg Address #13 Sherman’s March

• 3. Have Out the following items on your desk

Sherman Notes & Key Moments Chart

Sherman reaches Savannah December 1864

Sherman continues to sentinel

"Sherman's Sentinels” (guards) Only the chimneys stand aftera visit by Sherman's Army

Sherman’s NECK TIES (bended railroads)

Outcomes of Sherman’s March to Sea

• Atlanta Siege: September 1864

• Savannah captured• Costs to GA $100

million (about $1.4 billion in 2010 dollars)

• Union wreck 300 miles of railroad

• Confiscated 9.5 million pounds of corn

Cover of sheet music for "Sherman's March to the Sea” (1865)

III. Appomattox Courthouse

A. General Lee’s Dilemmas1. his army had been exhausted and running out of supplies. 2. Grant’s army had him surrounded, and prevented him from obtaining new supplies3. Concerned about the welfare of his men, he wanted to avoid any future bloodshed

Context1. Sherman’s March Atlanta to Raleigh, NC (March 1865) 2. Troops decimated and worn out from a long stalemate trench warfare in Virginia

B. Lee’s Surrender

On April 9, 1865, the two generals met at Appomattox Virginia

Based on the context and what you know about the HOW and WHY the war was fought… In your group… WRITE YOUR OWN TERMS OF

SURRENDER…

Terms of Surrender

Grant: “Peace being my great desire… 1. ) the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified (not allowed) for taking up arms against the Government of the U.S”

2. ) Soldiers allowed to go home undisturbed (no jailing or hanging of traitors )

“The war is over the rebels are our countrymen again .” –Grant

C. (EFFECTS) End of the War

1. On April 26, 1865, Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered his forces of 100,000 men to General Sherman. (Raleigh, North Carolina)2. On May 10, 1865, Jefferson Davis was captured in Georgia3. Fighting continued sporadically across the South, but more and more Confederate officers abandoned plans to launch a guerilla war3. On August 20, 1865, President Andrew Johnson declared that “peace and tranquility existed in the whole United States...”