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Battle of Fort Sumter
This battle lasted for two days from April 12, 1861 to April 14, 1861 Confederate Victory President Lincoln was determined to prepare relief expeditions to both forts but before the supplies were able to get to the forts Confenderate forces demanded Fort Sumter's immediate evacuationl. On April 14 Fort Sumter was evacuated by federal troops they marched out carrying the American flag on that day while a salute an explosion happened. This was the first battle of the civil war -
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First Bull Run
This battle was also known as First Manassas this battle took place in Fairfax County and Prince William County of Virginia Confederate victory Union casualties were 3,000 and Confederate 1,750 casualties. -
Battle of Hampton Roads
The battle of Hampton Roads lasted from March 8 to March 9, 1862 located in Hampton Roads, Virginia This battle was history's first duel between ironclad warships. This battle was part of a confederate effort to breaik the Union blockade of southern ports. -
Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh started on April 6, 1862 and ended the next day on April 7, 1862. The battle was the second greatest engagement of the American Civil War. On April 6, 1862 the Confederate generals launched a surprise attack on Ulysses S. Grant in southwestern Tennessee. Johnston was mortally wounded during the battle. On April 7, 1862 both sides claimed victory but it was a Confederate failure because of heavy casualties. -
Peninsula Campaign
The Peninsula Campaign started on May 4, 1862 and ended on July 26, 1862. Lincoln named George B. McClellan general of all Union armies. McClellan replaced previous general Winfield Scott. McClellan wanted Lincoln to approve his plan of moving his army between Johnston's army and the Confederate capital of Richmond. Lincoln approved but removed McClellan from general of the Union armies and instead put him in charge of the Army of Potomac. -
Second Battle of Bull Run
The Second Battle of Bull Run started on August 28, 1862 and ended on August 30, 1862. Lincoln made Henry Halleck general of Union armies during the Civil War instead of McClellan. Lincoln and Halleck decided to summon the Army of Potomac back to Washington and unite it with the Army of Virginia, under the command of John Pope. The outcome of the battle was a victory for the Confederates. -
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Antietam lasted from September 17, 1862 to September 17,1862. This battle was held in Sharpsburg, Maryland along the antietam creek. This battle led to a Union victory. This victory provided Lincoln the political cover he needed to present the Emanipation Proclamation. This battle remains the bloodiest single day in American history with more than 22,000 casualties. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
This battle lasted from Dec. 11 to Dec. 15 1862
Located in spotsylvania county and fredericksburg, Virginia This battle battle resulted in a Confederate victory Union casualties were 12,653 and Confederate casualties were 5,377 President Lincoln offered Ambrose burnside not only once but twice overall command of the Union's Army of the Potomac due to frustrations with its present commander, George B. McCellan. Burnside turned it down. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Chancellorsville lasted from April 30 to May 6, 1863 The Confederate was considered victorious in the battle. Lee had 80,000 enemy troops by his side because of th march and river crossing by the Union Major General Joseph Hooker. On May 6 the final day the Union lost 17,278 casualties to Lee's 12,826 casualties. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg last from July 1 to July 3, 1863 this battle was located in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa This battle led to Union Victory Union casualties were 23,000 to Confederate casualties were 28,000 Demoralized by the defeat at Gettysburg, Lee offered his resignation to President Jefferson Davis, but was refused. -
Vicksburg
The Vicksburg Campaign began on May 18, 1863 and ended on July 4, 1863. The capture of Vicksburg divided the Confederacy and proved the military genius of the Union to General Ulysses S. Grant. Vicksburg is the key point of their defense. Pemberton surrendered the city on July 4. The surrender of Vicksburg marked the turning point of the war. It was a victory for the Union. -
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Chickamauaga lasted from Sept. 19 to Sept. 20, 1863 Union wins this battle Confederate casualties were close to 20,000 and the Union suffered some 16,000 casualties. -
Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address is a speech dedicated to the Soldier's National Cemetary in Gettysburg, Pa. This speech was given by President Abraham Lincoln during the civil war. It was given on the afternoon of Novemeber 19, 1863. -
Wilderness
The Battle of the Wilderness started on May 4, 1864 and ended on May 7, 1864. Lincoln put Ulysses S. Grant in charge of all Union armies in the Civil War. On May 4, 1864 Grant ordered 115,000 soldiers of the Army of Potomac, led by George Meade to march through an area of dense woodland known as the Wilderness. The smoke and fog forced soldiers to fire blind, without knowing who they were shooting at. The battle was inconclusively and this was the first battle using fire. -
Spotsylvania
The Battle of Spotsylvania began of May 8, 1864 and ended on May 21, 1864. For the next twelve days the Spotsylvania Court House saw some of the bloodiest fighting of the Civil War. On May 12, 1864 Hancock's Union attacked the Confederates at a section that became known as the "Bloody Angel." Grant shifted his army to look for weak points in the Confederate line. Lee was forced yet again to maneuver his army in between the enemy and Confederate capital. -
Mobile Bay
The Battle of Mobile Bay started on August 2, 1864 and ended on August 23, 1864. The Mobile Bay in Alabama was the most important Confederate part left in the Gulf of Mexico. Hartford fought Tennessee for two hours. When Tennessee surrendered, the Mobile Bay was in Union control. On August 23rd Fort Morgan surrendered. The outcome was a Union victory. -
Sherman's March
Sherman's March began on November 15, 1864 and ended on December 21, 1864. General Sherman and his troops captured Atlanta because it was a railroad hub and industrial center of the Confederacy. After the Confederates lost Atlanta they headed west into Tennessee and Alabama while attacking Union supply lines. Sherman's troops arrived in Savannah on December 21, 1864. After they left they burned their way through South Carolina to Charleston. Sherman was the first person to use Total War. -
Petersburg Campaign
The Petersburg Campaign started on June 9, 1864 and ended on April 9, 1865. The Campaign was a series of military operations in Virginia. The South was defeated. The Union army began a siege of two cities on June 9, 1864. On April 9, 1865 Lee surrendered to General Joseph E. Johnston at the Appomattox Court House. -
Battle of Appomattox
Battle of Appomattox ended the American Civil War with Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrending to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. Union forces cut off General Lee's final retreat, he was forced to surrender in result ending the four years of conflict. -
Lincoln's Assassination
Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865. He died the next morning on April 15, 1865. Lincoln's killer was John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln's kidnapping plan was a failure because he didn't show up to where Booth was waiting for him. On July 7, 1865 Booth's men were found guilty of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated.
