1. Fredericksbur
g

2. Fredericksbu
rg
• Commanders
– Union - Burnside
– Confederacy – Lee
• Again, it’s an attempt to take
Richmond
• Burnside is being pressured to
attack

3. Video

4. Gen.
Burnsid
e

8. Fredericksbu
rg
• Battle will be fought on
hillsides outside of town
–Marye’s Heights

9. Marye’s Heights

10. Attack
• CSA – behind stone wall at
top of hill
• USA – attack
–Dismal failure
–Confederate victory

12. The Stone
Wall

15. Chamberlain

16. Video

17. Casualties
• Union 9,000 at Marye’s Heights
Alone
–CSA - 1,500
• Totals
–Union - 12,000
–Confederate - 5,300

18. Burnside
• Retreats
• Fired
–Replaced by Gen. Joe
Hooker – “Fighting Joe”

19. Gen.
Joe
Hooke
r

20. Chancellor
sville

21. Chancellorsvill
e
• Lee vs. Hooker
• Plan
–Take Richmond from the West
–Lee wouldn’t cooperate

22. Gen.
Rober
t E.
Lee

23. Lee
• Divides Army twice in the face
of a superior enemy
• Still wins!

27. Casualties
• Casualties
–Union - 17,000
–Confederate - 13,000

29. Jackson
• Riding with staff scouting
the ground after the battle
–Shot by own men by mistake
–Amputate his left arm
–Pneumonia sets in
• Dies

30. Gen.
Jackson
R.I.P

31. Hooker
• Fired
–Given to Gen. Meade

32. Gen.
Mead
e

34. Vicksburg
• Last Confederate stronghold on the
Miss. River
– Controlled 250 miles of River
– On a Hill above the river
•
•
•
Union sends Grant to take city
Johnston commands CSA army
Pemberton commands CSA militia
inside city

35. Gen.
Johnsto
n

36. Gen.
Pemberto
n

37. Vicksburg

38. Gen.
U.S.
Grant

39. Gen.
William
Tecumse
h
Sherman

41. Vicksburg
• Grant lays siege to the city
– They are low on food & supplies
– Civilians dig caves to escape
bombardment
• July 3, 1863 - Pemberton asks for
terms
• Surrenders City on July 4

43. Vicksburg
• Mississippi River system is
now under Union Control
• Grant will get command of all
Union everywhere forces just
before next battle