THE SOUTH AFTER THE WAR

CITIES OF THE SOUTH

• Atlanta was burned during Gen. Sherman's March to the Sea
• Richmond was destroyed by Gen. Grant near the end of the war
• Montgomery was captured by the Union
• Columbia, like Atlanta, was burned by Gen. Sherman

PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH

• Many people were killed in Sherman's March to the Sea
• Others were left poor and homeless because of the war
• The South became part of U.S again
• The people of the South had to release their slaves

FAMOUS PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH

• Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox
• Jefferson Davis was imprisoned
• Alexander Stephens was imprisoned, but soon became a senator

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