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Fort Sumter
The battle of Fort Sumter started on April 12, 1861, and ended on April 13, 1861. The Confederate was victorious. Fort Sumter was in danger of being starved out, so Lincoln sent supplies to the fort, and the Confederate fort in South Carolina, which fortifications were threatened by Fort Sumter. There were no causalities from the battle the South was victorious because the Union was not expecting their and attack, and the Union was low on supplies. This battle was the start of the Civil War. -
Battle of Bull Run
The first battle of Bull Run started on July 21st, 1861, it only lasted one day. The Confederates won the battle. Popular fervor led President Lincoln to push a cautious Brigadier General Irvin McDowell, commander of the Union army in Northern Virginia. To attack the Confederate forces commanded by Brigadier General Beauregard, who held a relatively strong position along Bull Run. Its outcome sent northerners who had expected a quick victory reeling, and gave the southerners false hope. -
Second Bull Run
Union side wins. Pope prepared his army overnight Jackson was preparing to retreat in order to join the rest of the rebel army. The second Bull Run (Manassas) was a decisive victory of the rebels. This Battle allowed McClellan united his army and army of Virginia and marched northwest to block Lee’s invasion. Two generals would clash the Battle of Antietam, the costliest single day in American history. -
Battle of Hampton Roads
The battle of Hampton Roads took place on March 9th, 1862 when the Union Monitor ship emerged to do battle with the Confederate ship, the Merrimack (Virginia). The battle stage was set when the Confederate ironclad Virginia steamed into Hampton Roads, on March 8th, and sank Cumberland and the 50-gun frigate Congress, while the frigate Minnesota ran aground. The battle is inconclusive, but is interpreted as a victory for the Union ship, the Monitor. The battle marked an end to wooden navies. -
Peninsula campaign
Confederate side won McClellan continued to call for reinforcements Johnston lead confederates in an attack against two federal corps. McClellan complained to Washington for needing more supplies and reinforcements. McClellan had to hold his ground; the shift of momentum would also enable the confederate general to take offensive in Virginia. -
Shiloh
Union side won Confederates were unable to hold their position, and were forced back. A.S Johnson and general P.G.T were collecting a force aimed at recovering some of their recent losses. Union army was doing little more than reoccupying the camp it had lost the day before while the confederates returned to Corinth, Mississippi. This battle allowed both sides to immobilize for the next three weeks because of the heavy casualties about 10,000 men on both sides. The Shiloh National Military park -
Battle of Antietam
The battle began on September 17th, 1862 and ended on September 18th, 1862. It was the first battle of the American Civil War fought on Northen soil. The Union won after Lee turned his forces back to Virginia. The battle was won when McClellan’s forces pierced Lee’s line of forces to the right, which was weakened to reinforce other sections. The Victory provided Lincoln administration enough justification to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
The battle of Fredericksburg started on December 11, 1862 and ended on December 15, 1862. It was a Confederate victory. Union commander Ambrose E. Burnside’s army held Longstreet and the Confederate First Corps in position at Marye’s Heights. Waves of Federal soldiers went to take the Heights, but were met with devastating rifle and artillery fire from the nearly impregnable Confederate positions. The president named Joseph Hooker to replace Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
The battle of Chancellorsville was fought from April 30th to May 6th, 1863. It is a Confederate victory; it is considered to be General Lee’s greatest victory. Facing an enemy that was twice the size of his army, Lee split his troops in two, confronting and surprising Union General Joseph Hooker. Lee’s victory came at a high cost, when Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was mortally wounded by friendly fire in the battle. Lee now possessed the strategic initiative that would help him in later battles. -
Vicksburg
Union side won. Confederates lost Fort Henry, Memphis Tennessee and fort Donelson. Union forces waged a campaign to take confederates stronghold. 40,000 troops were sent to the west bank in Mississippi. This battle allowed the union to win and the surrender of Vicksburg, with the victory of the battle of Gettysburg, greatly heartened the North an in fact marked the turning point of the war. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg started on July 1st, 1863 and ended on July 3rd, 1863. It was a victory for the Union. General Robert E. Lee concentrated his army around Gettysburg, upon the approach of Union General George G. Meade’s forces. Union infantry opened fire on the advancing rebels from behind stone walls, while regiments from Vermont, New York and Ohio hit both of the enemy's flanks. Barely half of the Confederates survived. The battle results turned the tide of the Civil War in the Union. -
Battle of Chickamauga
The battle of Chickamauga lasted from September 18th to September 20th, 1863.The battle was won by the Union, it was fought between General William Rosecrans, for the Union, and General Braxton Braggs. Assisting Rosecrans in the battle was George Thomas, and assisting Braggs, was James Longstreet. Bragg decided to split his army into two wings, with Longstreet in command of the left and Leonidas Polk leading the left. Chickamauga was the costliest battle in the war’s western theater. -
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address was delivered on November 19, 1863. The speech was to remind the war-weary public why the Union had to fight, and win the Civil War. An attorney named David Wills bought 17 acres of pasture to turn into a cemetery for the more than 7,500 who fell in battle. Wills sent a letter to Lincoln requesting some appropriate remarks at the ceremony, to consecrate the grounds. The Civil War was not just a fight to save the Union, but a struggle for freedom and equality for all. -
Lincolns Assassination
Confederate side won. Abraham Lincoln was the first America president to be assassinated John Wilkes Booth was Lincolns killer Lincolns body was put in a temporary coffin draped with a flag. Booth slipped his .44 Caliber- single shot derringer into the back of Lincoln’s head. This assassination allowed Johnson to become of his least popular presidents in American History he was impeached by the House of Representatives, the senate failed to convict him by one vote. -
Spotsylvania
Union side won Union assaults on the “mule shoe” at Spotsylvania. Heavy casualties were sustained on both sides and union pulled a victory. There was a surprise attack but if failed miserably. This battlefield allowed Lee who was forced yet again to maneuver his army between the enemy and the confederate capital. Union army headed for Cold Harbor crossroad town near the Battlefield of gains. -
Petersburg campaign
Confederate sides win. The union losses were heavy union army began to siege two cities, with both sides rapidly constructing fortifications. Hunger, exposure, and apparent hopelessness of further resistance led to desertion. This campaign allowed Lee to inform President Jefferson Davis that two cities could no longer be held, and the evacuation was carried out that night. -
Mobile bay
The union side won. The naval was triumph Hartford cried out “damn the torpedoes: full speed ahead!” Harford was in the lead in fleet sailed to Mobile Bay. He was victorious because Morgan surrendered, sealed the gulf coast from further blockade running. This battle allowed Admiral David Farragut to seal off the port of Mobile from confederate blockade runners. -
Sherman's March
Union side wins Sherman split his troops in two groups. Factories, farms, and railroads provided confederate troops with what they needed, he reasoned; and if he could destroy things, the confederate war effort would collapse. This allowed the confederacy to run off to the south, wrecking their own havoc as they went -
Appomattox
On April 9, 1865, the American Civil War ended with the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. In the front parlor of Wilmer McLean's home in Appomattox Court House, Virginia. The Union won the Civil War. With the surrender of General Lee, the bloody, four year Civil War was ended. -
Wilderness
Confederates side won. They started the battle 48 hours earlier union suffered more than 17,500 casualties over two days of fighting. Federal troops left their trenched and went south. This battle allowed Lincoln to appoint Ulysses S. Grant in the civil war. Confederates manage to get to Spotsylvania first, stalling the advance again in a series of confrontation starting May 8 and lasting two weeks.
