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More States Leave the Union
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas all join the Confederacy. -
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Civil War
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Union Blockade
Abraham Lincoln announced the blockade just after the war began in an effort to cause the Confederate States to collapse as a part of the larger "Anaconda Plan". -
First Battle of Bull Run
The Union's army under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell marched from Washington D.C. to just behind Bull Run Creek where the Confederate army (under the command of Gen. Pierre G. T. Beauregard) would defend a railroad junction. The Union's army would pressure the confederate army until the Confederate army received reinforcement and hit the Union's right flank and ultimately won the battle. -
The Capture of Fort Donelson
Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant advanced his forces to Fort Donelson on the Cumberland river where Confederate commander Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd held about 16,000 troops. The Union captured the fort making it the first major Union victory and also opened a route to northern Alabama. -
The Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack
The Northern-built Merrimack was rechristened by South when they added iron armor to the vessel naming it Virginia. The vessel commanded by Commodore Franklin Buchanan demolished the Union's wooden fleet in Newport News, Virginia on the 8th. The following day, the Union's ironclad Monitor commanded by Lieutenant John Worden came to challenge the Virginia ultimately ending in a stalemate. -
Battle of Shiloh
Confederate soldiers under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston struck the Union soldiers camping near Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. The Union's army under the command of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was pushed back and a battle line was created at a sunken road. Johnston was killed on the first day of battle an was replaced by Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard who was overwhelmed by the Army of Ohio who reinforced Grant's troops making the Union win. -
The Battle of New Orleans
A Union naval squadron under Admiral David G. Farragut breached the defenses put forth by General Mansfield Lovell near New Orleans. General Mansfield Lovell withdrew his troops and the city fell under Union control. -
Seven Days Battles
The Seven Days Battles took place between June 25, 1862 and July 1, 1862. There were six major battles fought during this time near the city of Richmond, Virginia. General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army attempted to capture the Union Army under General George B. McClellan. As McClellan's army retreated, Lee continued to attack. Lee's victory greatly increased morale throughout the South. -
Battle of Antietam
The Union's Maj. Gen. George McClellan and his troops fought against Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army near Sharpsburg, Maryland. There was an inconclusive result, yet Abraham Lincoln saw this as a win and issued the Emancipation Proclamation five days later. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
Fought at Fredericksburg, Virginia, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Robert E. Lee destroyed the Union's forces under command of Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside. -
Emancipation Proclomation
The executive order of Abraham Lincoln in which he states "all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Confederate army commanded by Gen. Robert E. Lee sought to defeat the Union on Northern Soil. The Union's Maj. Gen. George G. Meade and his army were met at the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and were, at first, swept by the Confederates until reinforcements came and the Union was able to push out the Confederates. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
Union General William T. Sherman led his 60,000 troops from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia to frighten Georgia's civilian population and make them abandon the Confederacy. They would steal food and live stock and bur the houses and barns of those who fought back. This march lasted from November 15 to December 21, 1864
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