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Fort Sumter
April 12, 1861 to April 14, 1861
President Lincoln sends a ship to resupply the federal fort. Believing the ship had troops and weapons the Confederacy fired on the fort. Due to the attack on the fort, Lincoln sends 75,000 troops and some of the border stats such as Virginia secede. -
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Civil war
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First Battle of Bull Run
McDowell's force had struck the Confederates army on July 21 of 1861. The Unions were shelling the Confederates across Bull Run while they were trying to cross the river. Over two hours, 10,000 federals pushed back 4,500 rebels across the Warington Turnpike and up Henry House Hill. Reporters watched on a nearby hill in the country side and celebrated the Union victory. This battle made both sides realize that the war would last longer than expected. -
Hampton Roads
This battle was fought in hope of the Confederates to break the blockade of the southern ports set up by the North. Including Norfolk and Richmond Virginia. The battle was inconclusive but it began the era of Naval warfare. Lieutenat John Worden arrived in a 172-foot "Yankee Cheese Box on a Raft" with its water level decks and armored revolving gun turret. This began a new concept of Naval design. Soon after 8 o'clock Virginia opened fire on the Minnesota, and the monitor appeared. -
Shiloh
This battle was the second largest engagement in the American Civil War. Confederate general sent a suprise attack on Grant's forces in Southwestern Tennessee. The Confederates initially won the battle but couldn't hold their position and were eventually pushed back resulting in a Union victory. -
Antietam
September 17 - September 18
Fought along Antietam Creek, at Sharpsburg, Maryland, this battle was America's bloodiest day, the product of Confederate audacity and Union command failure. The battleground Lee selected was well suited for defense but it was also dangerous, having the Potomac River behind him. -
Chancellorsville
April 30 - May 6
General Robert E. Lee's best victory during the American war especially for defence. Early on May 2, Jackson and 30,000 men followed a circuitous route that brought them against Hooker's weak right flank. Jackson's attack, begun in late afternoon, was a brilliant tactical success that destroyed half of Hooker's line; only nightfall prevented a complete victory. -
Gettysburg
July 1 1863 - July 4 1863
Over the next several hours, bloody fighting raged along Sickles' line, which stretched from the nest of boulders known as Devil's Den into a peach orchard, as well as in a nearby wheat field and on the slopes of Little Round Top. Fewer than 15,000 troops would march about three-quarters of a mile across open fields to attack dug-in Union infantry positions. -
Chickamauga
September 20 - late summer and autumn
With some 65,000 men at his disposal (either on the field or on the way), Bragg was sure that he would like a numbers of advantages over Rosecrans. In November, Thomas helped Grant's forces reverse the results of Chickamauga with a decisive victory over the Confederates in the Battle of Chattanooga. -
Wilderness
May 5 -
The first day of battle was inconclusive, with both armies remaining more or less where they had begun that morning. At dusk, Lee ordered another attack (led by the aggressive Georgia brigadier John B. Gordon) on the exposed right flank of the Union line, breaking through two brigades and sending soldiers flying back to Union headquarters with panicked reports of defeat. Grant held his ground, however, and the Federals were able to stabilize their position, despite heavy losses. -
Pettersburg
June 9-
General Ulysses S. Grant had crossed the Petersburg–Weldon Railroad; he captured Fort Harrison on September 29. Southern railroads had broken down or been destroyed. Hunger, exposure, and the apparent hopelessness of further resistance led to increasing desertion, Mostly among recent conscripts. -
Shermans March
September 2 -
In Georgia it was brutal and distrctuctive. But they did what they were suppose to do, exactly what they were suppose to do. The 10,000 Confederates who were supposed to be guarding it had already fled. In April, the Confederacy surrendered and the war was over. -
Lincolns Assassination
John Wilkes Booth wsa the person who had killed Lincoln. He had tried to kill Lincoln once before but Lincoln didn't show up to where he was going to kill him at. So Lincoln was at a theater in a private box and John Booth had stabbed Rathbone in the shoulder when he initially tried to stop him. A little after 10 AM, John Wilkes Booth had shot Lincoln in the back of the head with a 44. caliber pistol. Booth leaped over the ledge and broke his leg. He still managed to get up and leave by horse.
