The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

The End of the Civil War:

General Sherman's March to the Sea was one of the most brutal campaigns of the war.

• Bio on General Sherman
• Scorched Earth
• Video on Sherman's March

Southern General Robert E Lee could have kept fighting but ultimately decided to surrender to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.

• Appomattox Campaign
• The Surrender Video
• General Lee's letter to President Jefferson Davis

POW camps were horrible place to live during the Civil War

• Civil War Prison Camps
• Andersonville Prison Video

As a result of the fighting, the South suffered more than the North during and after the war.

• Civil War Casualties
• Heal the Wounds
• Rebuilding the South
• Costs of the War Infographic