Significance of 1864
Grant, in 1864, began a war of attrition against Lee’s army in Virginia. At the end of six weeks of fighting, Grant’s casualties stood at 60,000—almost the size of Lee’s entire army—while Lee had lost 25,000 men. General William T. Sherman entered Atlanta, seizing Georgia’s main railroad center. The Election of 1864
Republicans nominated John C. Fremont on a platform calling for a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery, federal protection of the freed people’s rights, and confiscation of the land of leading Confederates. The Democratic candidate for president was General George B. McClellan. Rehearsals for Reconstruction and the End of the War
The Sea Island Experiment
The Union occupied the Sea Islands
Grant, in 1864, began a war of attrition against Lee’s army in Virginia. At the end of six weeks of fighting, Grant’s casualties stood at 60,000—almost the size of Lee’s entire army—while Lee had lost 25,000 men. General William T. Sherman entered Atlanta, seizing Georgia’s main railroad center. The Election of 1864
Republicans nominated John C. Fremont on a platform calling for a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery, federal protection of the freed people’s rights, and confiscation of the land of leading Confederates. The Democratic candidate for president was General George B. McClellan. Rehearsals for Reconstruction and the End of the War
The Sea Island Experiment
The Union occupied the Sea Islands