Civil War

By EK11557

  • Attack at Fort Sumter

    Attack at Fort Sumter
    Confederate General Pierre Beauregard captures Fort Sumter. Shelled upon with 50 cannons and 3000 shells. Civil War begins.

  • First Bull Run

    First Bull Run
    Union Army under General Irvin McDowell suffers defeat at Bull Run 25 miles south of Washington. Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson earns nickname “Stonewall” because his brigade resists Union attacks. Union troops fall back and Lincoln realizes the war will be long.

  • Shiloh

    Shiloh
    Confederate surprise attack on General Grant at Shiloh on the Tennessee River. Results in bitter struggle. 13,000 Union and 10,000 Confederates are killed and wounded, more men than all previous American wars combined. Lincoln resists the pressure to relieve Grant.

  • Second Battle of Bull Run

    Second Battle of Bull Run
    75,000 Federal soldiers under command of General John Pope were defeated by 55,000 Confederates under General Stonewall Jackson. Union flees to Washington and President Lincoln relieves Pope.

  • Antietam

    Antietam
    Bloodiest day in U.S. military history. Lee and his armies are stopped in Antietam by McClellan and his Union forces. By nighttime, 26,000 men were dead, wounded, or missing. Lee withdraws to Virginia.

  • Fredricksburg

    Fredricksburg
    Army of the Potomac under General Burnside. Suffers costly defeat in Virginia with a loss of 12,653 men after 14 failed frontal assults on Marye’s Heights. Confederate losses are at 5,309.

  • Chancellorsville

    Chancellorsville
    Union Army under General Joe Hooker is defeated by Lee’s smaller forces. Confederate General Stonewall Jackson is severely wounded by his own soldiers. Union losses- 17,000 killed, wounded, and missing out of 130,000. Confederate losses- 13,000 out of 60,000.

  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg
    Began as an accident. Union was stationed in defensive position along Cemetery Ridge. Confederates were weakened and were unable to follow. Union troops defeat Confederates. Turning point of war.

  • March to the Sea

    March to the Sea
    Sherman takes 62,000 men on a march to the sea through out Georgia. Destroys Atlanta’s warehouses, railroads, and anything useful. Leaves behind 300 mile long 60 mile wide path of destruction from Atlanta to Savannah. When Sherman reaches Savannah, he telegraphs Lincoln offering him Savannah as a Christmas present.

  • Lee surrenders

    Lee surrenders
    General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Grant allows Rebel officers to keep sidearms and permits soldiers to keep horses and mules.