Civil War

Battle of Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Battle of Fort Sumter: April 12 1861
Union General: Major Robert Anderson
Confederacy General: General PGT Beauregard
Who Wins: South
Sparks the start of the Civil War.

Civil War

Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 9, 1865

First Battle of Bullrun

Jul 21, 1861

First Battle of Bull Run: July 21, 1861
Union: General Irvin McDowell
Confederates: General PGT Beauragard and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Confederates Win
Important? 1st battle and changed the view of the war.

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

Union: Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman
Confederates: Genderal PGT Beaurgard
Union Wins
Important: Strategic win toward Union control over Mississippi

Fall of New Orleans

Apr 25, 1862

Fall of New Orleans: 25, April, 1862
Union: Captain David Farrragut
Confederates: Everyone they had
Who Won: Union
Important: Completed Union controll of Mississippi River. South couldn't use the port or river to carry goods to war.

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Battle of Antietam: 17, September, 1862
Union: General George McClellan
Confederacy: General Lee
Who Won: Tie
Important: Union able to prevent Lee from moving the war into Northern land. Caused the Emancipation Proclamation
Facts: Bloodiest day in American history: 6,000 killed 17,000 wounded in one day.

Battle of Fredericksburg

Dec 13, 1862

Battle of Fredericksburg: 13, December, 1862
Union: General Ambrose Burnside
Confederates: General Lee
Who Won: Confederacy
Important: South wins again!
Facts: After Antietam Lee retreated into Virginia. Burnside marched his troops twoard Richmond. Lee intercepts troops at Fredericksburg. Lee moves to a hill and built trenches so the Rebels could fire down and be protected. Lee entrenched forces easily drive the Union forces back.

Battle of Chancellorsville

Apr 30, 1863

Battle of Chancellorsville: 30, April, 1863
Union: General Joseph Hooker
Confederates: General Lee and Stonewall Jackson
Who Won: Confederates
Important: Ruined Union plan of attacking Richmond
Facts: Lee and Hooker both decieded to split their troops. Some Rebel troops stayed to defend Fredericksburg and some confrontted the Union forces at Chancellorsville. Jackson gets shot by his own men. Arm is amputated and died a week later.

Seige of Vicksburg

May 18, 1863

Vicskburg Siege: Started May 18, 1863, Ended: July 4th 1863
Union: Ulyssess S. Grant
Confederacy: Everyone they had
Who Won: Union
Important: Major turning point. Confederacy spilt in half and lost control of Mississippi in the South

The Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

Battle of Gettysburg: 1-4, July, 1863
Union: Gen George Meade
Confederates: Gen Lee and Gen Pickett
Who Won: Union
Important: Ended Confederates hope of help from Britain and France. Turning point in the war.
Facts: Bloodiest Battle of the War: Union 23,000 dead, Rebels 25,000 dead

Wilderness Campaign

May 5, 1864

Wilderness Campaign: Started May, 5, 1864 Ended: June, 16, 1864
Union: General Grant
Who won: Union
Important: Grant continued his attack toward Richmond the captial of the Confederacy.
Facts: Bloodiest six weeks of the war. 50,000 Union deaths in three days.

Farragut at Mobile Bay

Aug 5, 1864

Farragut at Mobile Bay: August 5, 1864
Union: David Farragut
Who won: Union
Important: Union took last Southern port east of the Mississippi. Finishes Anaconda Plan

Sherman's March to the Sea

Nov 15, 1864

Sherman's March to the Sea: Bean November 15, 1864, Ended: December 21 1864
Union: General Sherman
Who Won: Union
Important: Destroyed everything useful Sherman came across (Total War). Sherman took food, tore up railroad lines and fields, and killed livestock. 1000s of enslaved people freed

Fall of Richmond/Appomattox Court House

Apr 2, 1865

Fall of Richmond: April 2, 1865
Jefferson Davis escapes Richmond and burnes the city to hide the evidence. In the town of Appomattox Court House Grant and Lee discuss the terms of surrender. Conditions: Rebel troops keep their guns. Repel officers keep their horses. No one allowed to disturb the soldiers on their way home. 25,000 rations to the Rebel troops. April 9 1865: the war is officially over.