Civil war

Battles of the Civil War

By Taelor Olsen

  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    • Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the South Carolina Malitia
    • Return Gunfire -Subsequent surrender of the United States which caused the start of the Civil War -North: 387 killed and 1,582 wounded, with just 13 reported missing or captured.
    • South: No casualties

  • Secession of Virginia

    Secession of Virginia
    • confederate congress proclaimed Richmond as the capital of the Confederacy and Confederate Troops
    • Bloodiest Battle of the war North: 2,108 Union soldiers were killed and 9,549 wounded South: 2,700 Confederates were killed and 9,029 wounded.

  • Battle at Bullrun

    Battle at Bullrun
    • First major land battle of the civil war
    • 35,000 union troops march from the capital in Washington D.C. to strike a confederate force along the small river called Bull Run.
    • North: 480 killed, 1,000 wounded, and 1,200 missing -South: 390 killed, 1,600 wounded, and about a dozen missing

  • Battle of Shiloh Page

    Battle of Shiloh Page
    • One of the Bloodiest Battles
    • armies of General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston collide at Shiloh
    • North: 2,108 Union soldiers were killed and 9,549 wounded
    • South: 62,000 troops were killed, wounded, captured or missing.

  • Battle at Richmond

    Battle at Richmond
    • First major battle in the Kentucky campaign
    • Victory by the north against the south
    • North: 4,300 Union troops
    • South: 78 killed, 372 wounded, and one missing

  • Battle at Antietam

    Battle at Antietam
    • North: 2,500 Dead, wounded, and missing.
    • South: 3,800 dead, wounded, and missing.
    • Bloodiest Single Day Battle in American HIstory
    • South invaded Maryland
    • North won

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    • delivered by Abraham Lincoln
    • North: Slaves were now allowed to be in the Union Army
    • Proclaimed Freedom for 10 confederate states

  • Battle at Gettysburg

    Battle at Gettysburg
    • North won
    • Stopped the south invasion on the north]
    • North: 3,155 dead, 14,529 wounded, 5,365 missing
    • South: 3,903 dead, 18,735 injured, and 5,425 missing

  • Gettysburg Address

    Gettysburg Address
    • Delivered by Abraham Lincoln
    • Delivered at the cemetery for Union Soldiers
    • Everett spoke for two hours. Lincoln Spoke for 2 minutes and it was the most memorable speech in the history of America

  • The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
    • killed by an actor named John Wilkes
    • He was Shot in the head and died the next morning
    • Casualties: Didn't have a Political leader any more