US History › Section H · Civil War and Reconstruction › Topic H.4
Union victory
In 1864 and 1865 the Union turned its advantages in people and industry into victory, through relentless campaigns, the service of Black soldiers and Lincoln's re-election. The war ended slavery and preserved the Union, at a cost in lives that historians are still counting.
In this topic
- A Confederacy under strain
- Europe stays out
- Black soldiers in the Union army
- Fort Pillow and the prisoners
- Grant takes command
- Worked example: a strategy of attrition
- Sherman's march
- The election of 1864
- Worked example: counting the dead
- The war ends
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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