Think about it…

What were the final events of the Civil War?

What were the lasting effects of the Civil War?

Activities:

1. Discuss the final events of the Civil War

2. Look at pictures of Sherman’s March

3. 5 minute break

4. Reenact Appomattox surrender

The South grows weary

After the Battle of Gettysburg, the Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army was severely ___________.

As the war went on, southern troops became increasingly ___________ and more poorly equipped and clothed.

William Sherman

Surrender at Appomattox

In 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered the Ulysses S. Grant at ____________ Courthouse.

 Lee urged southerners to accept defeat and

reunite as ____________ when some wanted to fight on.

Surrender at Appomattox5 P.M., April 7th, 1865.

“The results of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further [spilling] of blood by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States army known as the Army of Northern Virginia.”U.S. Grant, Lieutenant-General

April 7th, 1865.“General: I have received your note of this date. I reciprocate your desire to avoid useless [spilling] of blood, and therefore, before considering your proposition, ask the terms you will offer on condition of its surrender.”R.E. Lee, General.

The South is Defeated

Much of the South was __________ by the end of the war (i.e. burning of Atlanta, Richmond).

 Confederate money was _____________.

“The work does not end with the abolition of slavery, but

only begins.”

--Frederick Douglass

Exit Slip:

What were the final events of the Civil War?