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The First Battle of the Civil War
Confederates attacked Fort Sumter before supplies could arrive. Confederate guns opened fire on April 12, 1861 -
The Surrender of Fort Sumter
The Union surrendered the fort. Despite heavy cannon fire, no one had died -
The First Battle of Bull Run
The battle that starts off the war that takes place in northern Virginia, near a small river called Bull Run. -
Union Captured Fort Henry
The Union captures Fort Henry in a succesful effort to control the mississipi river and rivers that branch off of it -
The Monitor Engages Battle with the Virginia
The Confederates created an Iron clad called the Virginia to attack the union but the Union had their own iron clad called the Monitor. -
The Battle of Shiloh
Generals Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard led Confederate forces in a surprise attack that caused a battle which lasted two days. -
The Union Captures New Orleans
Union naval forces under David Farragut captured New Orleans, Louisiana, the largest city in the South. -
The Attack on Richmond, Virginia
The Union was trying to capture the Confederacy's capital at Richmond, Virginia. Close to the Union. Confederate armies fought hard to defend it -
The Battle of Fredericksburg
General Ambrose Burnside (shown above) marched his troops toward the Confederate capital at Richmond. Lee intercepted the Union army near Fredericksburg. -
Victory at Chancellorsville
Lee met Union forces led by General Joseph Hooker in the Battle of Chancellorsville. Although Hooker had twice as many men, Lee divided his forces. Confederate troops confronted the main Union force. -
Confederate Victories
The Confederates turned back General George B. McClellan at the Seven Days' Battle, General John Pope at the Second Battle of Bull Run, and General Ambrose Burnside at Fredericksburg. Lee's army defeated a Union force twice its size at Chancellorsville, Virginia, -
General Lee Surrenders the Confederate Capital
Lee and his troops defended the town of Richmond, but sickness, casualties, and desertion weakened them. Finally, on April 2, 1865, the Confederate lines broke and Lee withdrew.
