The North's greatest victory during the Civil War, would be the surrender of the South, through its commander Robert E. Lee.
The two commanders met at Appomattox Court House, on April 9, 1865. Grant allowed the Confederate soldiers to return home, surrendering only their arms and artillery.
Lee did not offer his sword in defeat; Grant did not ask for it. Five days later, President Lincoln was shot while attending a play at Ford's Theater. It was a tragic ending to a tragic war.
Mary-Joe-anna or Jo-mama
* Manpower. * An Industrial base. * A fleet capable of establishing a blockade on the South. * lots of girls
Chancellorsville
To reunite the states and get the cotton revenues back.
The Norths Definition of Liberty was that all white men and women were free. Until after the war they passed the 14th which said everyman had equal rights
The most talented President the Americans ever had
Much bigger population and much bigger manufacturing capacity.
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U.S. Grant
Mary-Joe-anna or Jo-mama
to free all slaves from slavry in the south
* Manpower. * An Industrial base. * A fleet capable of establishing a blockade on the South. * lots of girls
Chancellorsville
Chancellorsville
One of the things the North wanted to do was to capture the Mississippi River, dividing the south in half.
Antietam.