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Today in History
Civil War
Part 2
Robert E. Lee
Virginian
Commander of
Confederate Army
30-year army
veteran
(Mexican War)
Lacked men to
sustain war effort
Ulysses S. Grant
Union commander
Famous for
battle strategic
Civil War hero and
victor (accepted
Lees surrender)
Later 18th
president
Stonewall Jackson
Confederate General
Right-hand to Lee
Noted for using
geography to
advantage
Leads huge surprise
Confederate attack,
victory at
Chancellorsville
Wounded by friendly
fire, dies of pneumonia
Antietam
Sept. 1862
Lee (C) plans
secret North
invasion
Union learns
of plan
Bloodiest single day in US History
3,620 die in 1-day; 17,365 wounded
Union stops invasion, but
Confederates slip away
Gettysburg
July1863
Lee (C) moves
North again
Union beats
Confederates
in battle with 51K
casualties
Bloodiest battle
Ends Conf. invasion
Turning point for Union
Gettysburg Address: Lincolns speech at
cemetery honoring dead soldiers
Vicksburg
May-July 1863
To complete
Union control
of Mississippi
River
Union
surrounds
town, traps
Confederates
Attempt to starve them out
Confederates surrender
Appomattox
Candidate 1
Candidate 2