Chapter 11 Sec 4 The North Takes Charge

3 day battle that could of possibly been the most important of the civil war, South had heavy casualties and defeat

A major battle in the American Civil War (1863), the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker. General Jackson was killed by friendly fire.

Battle that lead to the Union's control of the Mississippi River

Speech given by Abraham Lincoln which captured the spirit of liberty and morality ideally held by citizens of a democracy. That ideal was threatened by the Civil War.

2nd most important Union General who introduced total war in "the march to the sea." He destroyed crops, towns, and farms everywhere he went.

Famous as the site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant