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Battle of Bull Run
The battle of bull run was the major conflict of the american civil war. the battle was five hours long and commanded by general jackson. -
Battle of Shiloh
Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee before the Army of the Ohio, under Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, could join it. The Confederate retrenchment was a surprise, although a pleasant one, to the Union forces, and it took Grant, with about 40,000 men, some time to mount a southern offensive, along the Tennessee River, -
Battle of Hampton Roads
Confederate ironclad Virginia steamed into Hampton Roads where she sank Cumberland and ran Congress aground. On March 9, the Union ironclad Monitor having fortuitously arrived to do battle, initiated the first engagement of ironclads in history.Confederate ironclad Virginia steamed into Hampton Roads where she sank Cumberland and ran Congress aground. On March 9, the Union ironclad Monitor having fortuitously arrived to do battle, initiated the first engagement of ironclads in history. -
Battle of Bull Run ( 2nd)
This battle was one of the most significant confederate victories, while the american civil war. The northerners didnt know but they came at the of the union campaign. -
Battle of Antietam
the confederate army thought to be forced so that they could retrest back across the potomac. lincoln had significance and was issued from the whole imancipation proclamtion. -
emancipation proclamation
Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for supressing said rebellion, do, on this 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the first day above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people -
Battle of Fredricksburg
The Battle of Gettysburg Burnside initiated a new offensive in January 1863, which quickly bogged down in the winter mud. The abortive “Mud March” and other failures led to Burnside’s replacement by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker in January 1863 -
Battle of Chancellorsville
joseph hooker led the X, XI, XII, and the confederate flank left and crossed the Rappahannock, and Gibbson decision remained against the confederate at fredericksburg. -
Siege of Atlanta
Johnston began one of the great retreats in history, parrying when he could, stalling everywhere, threatening on good ground, evading every trap, backing up with guns and men intact until, at last, he looked down on Sherman's legions from defenses atop Kennesaw Mountain, northwest of Atlanta. There Sherman was checked (June 27), but he flanked the Confederates and besieged Atlanta by the end of July 1864 -
Siege of Vicksburg
Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John Pemberton. On July 4, Vicksburg surrendered after prolonged siege operations. This was the culmination of one of the most brilliant military campaigns of the war. With the loss of Pemberton’s army and this vital stronghold on the Mississippi, -
battle of Gettysburg
Before the battle, major cities in the North such as Philadelphia, Baltimore and even Washington were under threat of attack from General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia which had crossed the Potomac River and marched into Pennsylvania. -
raticifaction of the 13 amandment
This collection documents the life of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) both through writings by and about Lincoln as well as a large body of publications concerning the issues of the times including slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and related topics. -
surrender at appomattox
Then was witnessed one of the most inspiring scenes of the campaign. Bonfires were lighted on the sides of the street, the men seized straw and pine knots, and improvised torches; cheers arose from throats already hoarse with shouts of victory, bands played, banners waved, arms were tossed high in air and caught again. The night march had become a grand review, with Grant as the reviewing officer. -
Assassaination of Abraham Lincoln
The Loncolns paperAbraham LIncoln was assanated while he was at a special performance of comedy. while watching it quietly he was shot. iIt was after the play, John Wilkes Booth.
