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Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter
This battle was from April 12-14, in 1861. It occured in Charleston Country. The union leader was Robert Anderson and the Confederate leader was Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. The bombardment of Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the American Civil War. The Confederacy won. -
Battle of Bull Run (first)
Battle o Bull Run coocured in Virginia, near the Manassas. The union leader was Irvin McDowell. The confederate leader was led by Beauregard. The Confederates won the battle. -
Battle of Hampton Roads
Battle of Hampton Roads
This battle was on the day of March 8-9 in 1862. It occured in Hampton Roads, Virginia. The Union leaders were Louis M. Goldsborough and John Marston and the Confederate leaders were Franklin Buchanan and Roger Jones. No body really won because both sides claim victory. The major significance of the battle is that it was the first meeting in combat of ironclad warships. -
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Shiloh
This batttle was on the days Apirl 6-7 in 1862. It occured in Hardin Country, Tennessee. The Union leader was Ulysses S. Grant and the Confederate leaders were Albert Sidney Johnston and Beauregard. The Union was victorious. The Battle of Shiloh was a major battle in the Wester Theater in the Civil War. -
Battle of Bull Run (second)
Second Battle of Bull Run
Fought Augest 28-30 1862. It occured in Prince William Country, Virginia. The Union leader was John Pope. The Confederate leader was Robert E. Lee. The Confederacy won. It was also called the Second Manassas by the Confederacy. -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antiedam lasted from September 16 to September 18. It was located in Sharpsburg, Maryland. The Union leader was Major General George B. McClellan and the confederate leader was General Robert E. Lee. The north won. -
Battle of Fedricksburg
Battle of Fedricksburg
This battle occured on December 11-15 in 1862. It was in Fedricksburg, Virginia. The Unuion leader was Ambrose E. Burnside and the Confederate leader was Robert E. Lee. The Confederacy won. Not only did it occur in Fredricksburg, but it also occured in Spotsylvania. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancination Proclamation
The Emancination Proclamation was issued in the 3rd year of the Civil War. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the border states. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Chancellorsville
The battle occured from April 30 to May 6 1863. It occured at Spotslyvania Country, Virginia. The Union leader was Joseph Hooker and the Confederate leader was Robert E. Lee. The Confederate won. Chancellorsville is known as Lee's "perfect battle" because of his decision to divide his army against a much larger enemy force resulted in a significant Confederate victory. -
Siege of Vicksburg
Siege of Vicksburg
This battle was on May 18- July 4 in 1863. It occured in Warren Country, Mississippi. The Union leader was Ulysses S. Grant and the Confederate leader was John C. Pemberton. The Union won. The Siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg occured from July 1-3 in 1863. It occured in Adams Country, Pennslyvania.The Union leader was George G. Mead and the Confederate leader was Robert E. Lee. The Union was victorious. This battle was with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War, it is often described as the war's turning point. -
Siege of Atlanta
Siege of Atlanta
The Battle of Atlanta was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign.
This battle occured from Mat 5- August 31 in 1864. The Union leader was General William T. Sherman and the Confederate leader was General Joseph E. Johnston. It occured in Fulton County, Georgia. The Union won. -
Surrender of Appomattox Courthouse
Surrender
The last battle of the Civil War! The Union leader was Ulysses Grant and the Confederate leader was Robert E Lee. Lee surrendered and the Union won. While Meade reportedly shouted that "it's all over" upon hearing the surrender was signed, Grant was aware that only a single army had given up. Roughly 175,000 Confederates remained in the field. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham was assassinated by Booth while watching a play in Washington D.C. It happened when the Cicil War was coming to a end. -
Ratification of the 13th Amendment
Ratification of the 13th Amendment
Abolishing slavery in the United States, the 13th Amendment was passed by the Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the states on December 6, 1865.
