Weekly Assignments--Week Eleven:
McPherson, Chapters, 24-25

 

New York Tribune
John Hay
Mobile Bay
Sherman neckties
Sons of Liberty
Bloody Bill Anderson
Libby Prison
Andersonville
Hood’s Tennessee Campaign
Fort Fisher
Alexander Stephens
William J. Hardee
5th Massachusetts
Appomattox
John Wilkes Booth
  

  
Study Questions:
 
Why was 1864 a third turning point in this war?
What were the primary issues in the Presidential election of 1864?
What was the impact of Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley campaign?
Why did the “prisoner of war” issue become so complex?
Describe the final events leading to the end of the Confederacy.
Why did Grant finally approve Sherman’s march to the sea?