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Inhis November 1863 Gettysburg Addresscommemorating that battle’s dead, Lincoln reaffirmed that
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“all men are created equal” andstated the war heralded a “new birth of freedom.”
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Giventhe command of Union forces in the East, Grant in 1864 initiated
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awar of attrition against Lee’s army in Virginia.
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The two Union generals whosuccessfully carried out
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the North’s strategy of awar of attrition were Grant and Sherman
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Grant was willing to incur highnumbers of casualties
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withthe knowledge that the North could replenish its armies, while the South couldnot.
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GeneralWilliam T. Sherman marchedthrough
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Georgia,and took Atlanta in September 1864
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General Sherman (of theUnion) as part of the North’s war of attrition marched from Atlanta to the sea(the March to the Sea) to
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demoralize the South’s civilian population.
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