Lincoln's Second Inaugural

Too Much?Not Enough?Just Right?

What's Going On?

Union army three pronged attack on SouthGrant pursues Lee and tries to capture Richmond (Confederate capital)

Sheridan destroys the crops in the Shenandoah Valley (VA) to cut off Confederate food supply

Sherman marches from Chattanooga, TN to the coast of Georgia, laying waste to all in his path

Context

Who appears to have the upper hand?

How might the Union be feeling?

How might the Confederacy be feeling?

KEY QUESTION

How do these events influence the writing of Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural, and his treatment of the South after the war?