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When you first get in…. Add LO and DQ to pg. 73 LO: 1. Identify the facts about the Virginia Campaign and Surrender at Appomattox 2. Understand Essential Questions from Civil War Unit DQ: What was the significance of the Virginia Campaign? Where was the surrender and what were the terms?
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When you first get in… • Add LO and DQ to pg. 73 LO: 1. Identify the facts about the Virginia Campaign and Surrender at Appomattox 2. Understand Essential Questions from Civil War Unit DQ: • What was the significance of the Virginia Campaign? • Where was the surrender and what were the terms? Table of Contents Pg. 72No Reflection Activity 10/28/13 Pg. 73Virginia Campaign & Surrender10/28/13
Which leader would most likely say this? • “Whatever happens, we will not retreat”
Virginia campaign • Grant’s plan – keep attacking Confederacy despite losses • Lee – excelled at maneuvering, took a year for Grant to defeat him • April 3, 1865- UNION TAKES RICHMOND, VA
Based on Grant’s quote, do you think the terms of surrender will be harsh or do you think the North will let the South off easy? • “I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse. I do not question, however, the sincerity of the great mass of those who were opposed to us.” • Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs
end of war • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse • April 9, 1865 Lee & Grant meet • Terms of Surrender • Confederates could return home in peace • Allowed to take possessions and horses • General Grant fed soldiers • Slavery finished
Reflection Activity • Create a Newspaper Headline and Picture w/ caption for the Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse • Your headline should excite the reader • Picture should go with the headline and have a short caption to explain what is going on in the picture
