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by: Harper Crosson, Izzy Knowles, Ruth Weaver, and
By Harper Crosson, Ruth Weaver, Izzy Knowles,
Sam
J.H DuBose
and Sam J. H. DuBose
Timeline
Lincoln’s
Reelection:
November
8th 1864
Appomattox
campaign: March
29th-April 9th 1865
Lincoln’s second
inaugural address:
March 4th, 1865
General Lee
surrenders at
Appomattox:
April 9th,
1865
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
reading his Second
Inaugural Address
At the time of the speech
(beginning of 1865)
● At the beginning of 1865 the North was
winning the war
● Lincoln and many other people were almost
positive that the North was going to win
● It was predicted by many that the North
would win because of erosion/decay.
Key Ideas of Lincoln's Second
Inaugural Address
● Reconciliation - joining the confederacy and the union
back together. “Binding up the nation’s wounds”
● Lincoln wanted to finish the war. “Let us strive to finish
the work that we are in.” And finish he wanted to finish
it as soon as possible.
● Lincoln discusses the causes of the war and he also gives
reasons and justifies the Union’s decision to fight in the
war.
Key Ideas on Slavery in Lincoln’s
Second Inaugural Address
● Lincoln believed that slavery was morally wrong.
He referenced the Bible in his speech to prove that
slavery was wrong and god did not want it any
longer.
● Lincoln said that God did not want slavery any
longer. Lincoln believed that was why the North
was winning because God was on their side.
Lincoln’s Second Election
● Lincoln ran against a man named George B.
McClellan.
● Lincoln won the election by a lot
● The differential of the electoral college was
much greater than that of the popular vote
Election Of 1864
Popular vote vs. Electoral college
Lincoln’s Campaign banner for the 1860 election
Lincoln on the left and
Hannibal Hamlin on
the right.
Lincoln’s campaign banner for the 1864 election (second term)
Lincoln on the left and
Andrew Johnson on the
right.
Hannibal Hamlin: Lincoln’s
First Vice President
● Hamlin was chosen because
Lincoln needed an east coast
politician to balance out the
midwest block he already had.
● Hamlin appealed to the vast
majority of the public, or at least
the vast majority had nothing
against him.
Andrew Johnson: Lincoln’s
Second Vice President
● Andrew Johnson was a Southern
Democrat.
● He was a member of the senate of
Tennessee
● Johnson was from the seceded
state of North Carolina.
● Stayed with the union even after
his home state seceded
Why Abraham Lincoln
Changed his Vice Presidents
● Andrew Johnson became the vice president in 1864
because the Union recognized him as a hero for
staying with the union after his state, seceded.
● Andrew Johnson was a southern Democrat and
lincoln was a Republican, so if Lincoln had a
democratic vice president, he could appeal to more
people
● Also, Lincoln was almost positive that the North
would win. So planning ahead for the Confederacy
Any Questions?
George McClellan
● Ran against lincoln in the 1864
election
● Ran on the peace platform
● Was a Union general before he ran
for president
● He was only good at training the
troops but he was not good at
leading the army
● He did not like to fight
McClellan and his
vice president
George H.
Pendleton
William Tecumseh Sherman
John Sherman
When William T. Sherman
rejoined the army, his younger
brother named John Sherman,
had just been elected senator
of Ohio. John sherman helped
his older brother retain his
position as colonel (where he
quickly worked his way up to
general)
John Sherman
Sherman’s March to the Sea
● Sherman wanted to demonstrate the Union’s power
and strike at the Confederacy’s Morale.
● Sherman wanted to scare the Confederacy
● To make the confederacy unsure of his final
destination, Sherman sent multiple generals off
course with a portion of his main army. This kept the
south unknowing of his destination and in constant
fear.
Map of Sherman’s March to the sea
Sherman’s Tactics
● Sherman used the idea of waging psychological
warfare.
● The March to Sea was an example of waging
psychological warfare.
● Sherman wanted to show how awful and horrible war
is, so he brought it to the confederacy’s doorsteps.
● Tried to damaged the Confederacy’s Morale.
● Sherman tried (and succeeded) at scaring the
Confederacy.
This painting is
by Alexander
Hay Ritchie
from around
1868
Painting of Sherman’s March to the Sea
Effect’s of the march
● Showed people the horrors of war and scared them
● Cut Confederacy train tracks
● Destroyed much of the Confederacy’s stored food
for their soldiers
● Cut telegraph lines
● Scared many Generals and soldiers and caused
them to doubt Jefferson Davis (president of the
Confederacy)
The result of Sherman’s March to Sea
Far?
Any Questions So
General Robert E. Lee
● Commander of the Confederate
Army
● Followed his home state,
Virginia, in secession.
● cared alot about his home state
● Was once thought of to be
invincible by the Confederacy,
the Union, and himself.
General Robert E. Lee
● During the war, Lee served as a senior military
advisor to President Jefferson Davis
● Offered a position to oversee the entire Union army
by Lincoln, but Lee declined
● Lee opposed slavery and secession but fought for
the Confederacy for state’s rights and mostly for his
home state of Virginia
Lee’s Retreat
● Soldiers defending Richmond and
Petersburg evacuated because the supply
line was broken
● Lee wanted these soldiers to meet up with
General Johnston in North Carolina and the
combined forces would take on the union
● But grant’s army was a barrier between Lee’s
men and Johnston’s
The “Battle” at Appomattox
● General Lee launched an attack to break
through the Union line
● Confederacy was massively outnumbered
● Lee was forced to surrender
● “There is nothing left for me to do but to go
see General Grant and I would rather die one
hundred deaths”
General Lee’s Surrender
● Occured at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia
On April 9 1865
● Marked the unofficial end of the war and the
unofficial victory of the Union
● Grant offered very generous surrender terms
Terms of Lee’s surrender
● Very Generous and did not treat the confederates as
traitors
● Officers could keep their side arms
● Soldiers/enlisted men could keep their horses and
mules for farming
● Grant Gave rations of food to the Soldiers
● A copy of all of the men enlisted in the confederate
army to be given to Grant
● All arms and ammunition of the confederacy were to
be turned over to Grant.
The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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