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July 1863

July 1863. Left Side, Strong Side. General Carousel. George McClellan – slow and deliberate Victory at Antietam – Let Lee slip away Lee turned around and blocked his advance on Richmond Commander of the Army of the Potomac and General-in-Chief of the Union Army Removed from duty by Lincoln

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July 1863

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  1. July 1863 Left Side, Strong Side

  2. General Carousel • George McClellan – slow and deliberate • Victory at Antietam – Let Lee slip away • Lee turned around and blocked his advance on Richmond • Commander of the Army of the Potomac and General-in-Chief of the Union Army • Removed from duty by Lincoln • November 7th, 1862 • Replaced by Ambrose Burnside • Replaced by Joseph Hooker following Fredericksburg • Replaced by George Meade following Chancellorsville

  3. Gettysburg • July 1-3, 1863 • Union Victory • 160,000 soldiers • Over 52,000 casualties • 22,000 Union and 30,000 Confederate • 1/3 of Lee’s Forces • George Meade vs. Robert E. Lee Lee’s last attempt at a Northern invasion

  4. Vicksburg • May 18th– July 4th, 1863 • Grant had captured Jackson in early May • Allowed Grant to cut off railroad ties with Vicksburg • Grant wanted to take Vicksburg head on • Placed the city under siege • Starving Confederates forced to surrender • Railroad hub • Only channel on Mississippi River "Vicksburg is the nail head that holds the South's two halves together.“ Jefferson Davis

  5. The New York City Draft Riot • Lincoln passes National Conscription Act • Forced any unmarried man between the ages of 21-45 to a draft, unless he could hire someone to fight for him for $300 • Abolition of slavery following Gettysburg • Tammany Hall • “Any alien, of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, who has enlisted or shall enlist in the armies of the United States, either the regular or the volunteer forces, and has been or shall be hereafter honorably discharged, may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States, upon his petition, without any previous declaration of his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and that he shall not be required to prove more than one year’s residence within the United States previous to his application to become such citizen”.

  6. The New York City Draft Riots • July 13th, 1863 • Mostly Irish • Attacks aimed at African-Americans and wealthy political figures • Mayor’s office attacked • New York Times Building • Colored Orphan Asylum burnt to the ground • "symbol of white charity to blacks and of black upward mobility.“ • At least 120 people killed

  7. Draft Riots • Martin Scorsese

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