The Final Civil War Chapter

The president finally found the leader he needed in ________. Lincoln named him commander of the Union forces in March 1864.

In May 1864, General Grant invaded Virginia with a force of more than _______men.

Grant believed in _______. He fought the enemy's will to fight. He also fought its ability to support an army.

In May 1864, General Sherman left Tennessee for ________. He was given orders to inflict "all the damage you can against their war resources."

Luckily for the president, two events occurred just in time to rescue his campaign. First, Sheridan had destroyed the Shenandoah Valley. Second, Sherman had captured ________.

For nine months, Grant's forces battered Lee's army. They fought at Petersburg, the gateway to Richmond. On April 2, 1865, the _______ forces finally broke through _________ lines.

Grant's terms of surrender were _______. They enabled Confederate soldiers to go home if they promised to discontinue the fighting.

Billions of dollars had been spent on the conflict. More than ________ Union and Confederate soldiers had died. Almost every family had lost a member or a friend.

It would take several years for the South to recover from the environmental destruction wrought by the war.

Secession and enslavement were gone. However, conflicts over states' rights and the status of immigrants would continue.