Chancellorsville to Chattanooga
Lincoln replaced Burnside with Joseph Hooker
Hooker attacked Lee’s army near the old Fredericksburg battlefield
Lee divided his army and attacked Hooker’s army from the rear
Stonewall Jackson was killed by his own men
Lee’s greatest victory
• Lee invaded Pennsylvania with 70,000 troops
• Lincoln replaced Hooker with George Gordon Meade
• Two armies accidently confronted each other at Gettysburg
• Confederate troops pushed the Union defenses along Culp’s Hill, Little Round Top, and Devil’s Den, but fail to break the Union line
15,000 Rebel troops attack the Union center
The attack is shattered, over half of the Rebels are killed or captured
Gettysburg was a decisive turning point in the war
• July 4, 1863 Ulysses S. Grant cut the Confederacy in half by taking Vicksburg after a six week siege
• Sept. 19-20, 1863 Battle of Chickamauga the Confederates win a major battle in north Georgia, second bloodiest battle of the war
• However their siege of Chattanooga is broken by Grant in Nov. at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge
United States Colored Troops
Formed in 1863 Commanded by
white officers 10% of the Union
army Fort Wagner and
the 54th Massachusetts
People moved into the city in greater numbers to take manufacturing jobs in the North
Draft riots in the cities Hardships at home left many in the South
in miserable conditions Many women became nurses, spies, and
advocates for reforms Exemptions from the army
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