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Battle of Fort Sumter
This battle took place in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina and ended on Apr. 13, 1861. The victor of the battle was the Confederates. The commanding officers are Robert Anderson (Union) and P.G.T. Beauregard (Confederate). It was the start of the Civil War. -
First Battle of Bull Run
This battle took place in near Manassas, Virginia in Jul. 21, 1861. The victor of the battle was the Confederates. The commanding officers are Irvin McDowell (Union) and P.G.T. Beauregard (Confederates). Both sides realized that the war would be longer and bloodier than they had ever anticipated. -
Battle of Hampton Roads
The battle took place in Hampton Roads, Virginia and ended on Mar. 9, 1862. The victor of the battle is a mystery. The commanding officers are John Marston (Union) and Franklin Buchanan & Catesby R. Jones (Confederate). This was the first battle featuring ironclads. It was also the most important naval battle. -
Battle of Shiloh
The battle took place in Hardin County, Tennessee and ended on Apr. 7, 1862. The victor was the Union. The commanding officers were Ulysses S. Grant (Union) and P. G. T. Beauregard (Confederate). It was the fiercest battle in US history at that time. The battle came at a cost of 13,000 deaths of the union soldiers and 1/4 of the confederate army was lost. -
Second Battle of Bull Run
The battle lasted until the 30th of August, 1862. It was located in Manassas, Viginia. Pope was the commander for the union army while Jackson was the commander of the confederate army. It was a confederate victory. It ended the union threat in Virginia. It was the second battle at this location. -
Battle of Antietam
It was located near Sharpsburg Maryland and Antietam Creek. The commander of the union army wa George McCellan. The commander of the confederate army was Robert E. Lee. It was a union victory. McCellan could have finnished off the confederates, but he did not follow through and he was fired for doing so. It was the single bloodiest day with 23,000 casualties. -
Battle of Fredricksburg
The battle was fought in and around Fredricksburg, Virginia. The commander of the union army at the time was Ambose Burnside. The commander for the confederate army was Robert E. Lee. It was a confederate victory. It led to 12,600 union casualties, more than twice as heavy as those suffered by the Confederates. -
Emancpation Proclamation
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Battle of Chancellorsville
It lasted from the 30th of April to the 6th of May, 1863. It was located in Chancerllorsville, Virginia actually around Spotsylvania County. The commander of the union army was Joseph Hooker. The Commander of the confederate army was Robert E. Lee. It was a confederate victory. It also was an union disaster. General "Stonewall" Jackson died being mortally wounded in the event. -
Siege of Vicksburg
The battle lasted until July 3rd. It was located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in the southern area of the state.The commander of the union army was George Meade with 90,000 soldiers. The commander of the confederate army was Robert E. Lee with 75,000 soldiers. It was an Union victory. Pickett's charge, the attack Lee ordered on the middle of the Union Line was a mistake. Lee lost 28,0000 men and retreated to Virginia. -
Battle of Gettysburg
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Siege of Atlanta
The battle was located in Atlanta, Geargia. The commander of the union army was Sherman. The commander of the confderate army was Hood. Union victory again. Sheramn's sucess made people vote for Abraham Lincoln in the second relection. The win significantly boosting Northern morale. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Located in a small Virginia town, the Appomattox Courthouse was General Lee's surrender to General Grant. Lee had been retreating but they found them selves with many losses and surrounded between the courthouse and the boxcars of rations at the station. The signing of the surrender documents occurred in the parlor of the house owned by Wilmer McLean on the afternoon of April 9. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Five days after the surrender of Robert E. Lee, The president, Abraham Lincoln, was assissnated. He was watching a play called Our American Cousin at Ford Theatre in Washington D.C, when nhe was murdred. An actor, James Wilkes Booth, planned and killed Abraham Lincoln. He was the first president to be assissnated. The president had seen the end of the war but not the end of slavery yet. -
Ratification of the 13th Amendment
It was completed by December 6th, 1865. It ended slavery officialy and made it illeagal. The institution of slavery or involuntary servitude had ended.
