Civil War
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- We are low on food and supplies we should surrender
- The Union army decided they needed to capture Vicksburg because it was easy to defend and difficult to capture. The Union had gunboats shelled the city from the river while Grant's army bombarded Vicksburg from the land. Slowly the Union troops burrowed towards the city in trenches and tunnels. To survive the shells pounding the city people in Vicksburg dug caves for protection and to survive they ate horses and mules. Vicksburg surrendered due to being low on food and supplies. The Mississippi was now Union territory and the Confederacy was split in two.
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- It's worth the risk of getting caught! We can do this!
- Black people fought in over 500 wars and received less pay than White soldiers. Black soldiers were given little training and poor equipment. Black soldiers risked death or enslavement if captured, but still the Black soldiers fought with great courage.
- Slide: 3
- You should vote for me because we captured Atlanta and the destroyed Shenandoah Valley!
- The South's hope for victory was if President Lincoln were to lose the election of 1864. The Northern Democrats nominated General George McClellan to run against Lincoln because McClellan urged an immediate end to the conflict. Lincoln didn't think he would win the reelection, but the destruction of Shenandoah Valley and the capture of Atlanta was able to save his campaign. The victories changed the Northern opinion about Lincoln and his idea of ending the war. Lincoln got reelected in November.
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