U.S. History 11.4
Why is the Battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War?
The South stopped trying to invade the North.
Grant and Sherman's strategy of total war targeted not only the Confederate army but also...
The civilian population of the South.
Appomattox Court House
Town near Appomattox, Virginia, where lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War.
Lincoln won the 1864 presidential electron with the help of...
Union victories in the South.
The Battle of Gettysburg
A 3-day battle at Gettysburg of which many historians condsider to be the turning point of the Civil War because it crippled the Confederacy so badly that Confederate troops would never again be able to invade a Northern state.
Gettysburg Address
A famous speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln in Nov. 1863, at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.
How long did the siege of Vicksburg last?
About 3 months.
Ulysses S. Grant
As commander of all Union armies, he attacked Confederate troops over and over again, losing nearly 60,000 men in just one 6-week period. He kept going because he had promised Lincoln, "Whatever happens, there will be no turning back."
William Sherman
His march across Georgia created a wide path of destruction, terrorized civilians, attracted thousands of formerly enslaved persons, and destroyed the locale of white Southerners.
In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln referenced the Declaration of Independence when he emphasized...
Liberty, equality, and democracy.
Chancellorsville
The Confederacy won an important battle here but lost a great general when Stonewall Jackson was accidentally shot by his own troops.
