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Day 26 North Takes Charge

Explore the decisive moments and aftermath of the Civil War, including battles, the Emancipation Proclamation, and Lincoln's assassination. Learn about key figures and the impact on the nation.

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Day 26 North Takes Charge

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  1. Day 26 North Takes Charge • Homework: 175-183

  2. Brother Green • Oh Brother Green, please come to meFor I am shot and bleedingDear brother, stay, and put me awayAnd write my love a letter Tell her I know she's prayed for meAnd now her prayers are answeredThat I might be prepared to dieIf I should fall in battle • The Northern foe has laid me lowOn this cold ground to sufferAnd now to heaven I will flyTo see my dear old mother • Go tell my love she must not grieveGo kiss my little sistersFor they will call their brother in vainWhen he is up in heaven • I have one brother in this wide worldHe's fighting for the UnionBut oh, dear love, I've lost my lifeAnd I shall die a Southern • My darlin' girl, I love her wellOh could I once more see herThat I might give a sweet farewellAnd meet again in heaven

  3. Turning Tide • Stone walls troops accidentally shoot him- Chancellorsville • Emancipation proclamation a political move ending slavery in the confederate states • Lee invades North • Gettysburg, PA- 3 Day decisive battle, dedication of cemetery and address • Vicksburg- cuts confederacy in two- goal finally achieved

  4. Confederacy Wears Down • Already with fewer men and technology Confederacy wears down • Ulysses Grant -Willingness to lose men to win. “Whatever happens we will not turn back” • William Tecumseh Sherman’s red leg troops brutality in Georgia. “Total War” • Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Court House • Lincoln demands generous terms

  5. Effects • 720,000 soldiers dead • End of slavery economy • Federal power • Hand grenades, land mines, rifle, Iron ships • Clara Barton forms the American Red Cross

  6. Aftermath • 13th Amendment- Abolished Slavery • 14th Amendment- citizenship • 5 days after surrender Lincoln assassinated by actor John Wilkes Booth • Sherman remains in the west to fight Indians • National Bank Act Passed making banking safer and easier

  7. Summary Questions • Who shot Abe Lincoln? • Who used brutal tactics to subdue the southern whites? • What Confederate General Surrendered? Where did he surrender? • Which battle finally achieved the Unions goal to cut the confederacy in half? • What was the purpose of the 13th amendment? The 14th? • What was Lincolns view on the surrender of the Confederacy?

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