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Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter
Guns were fired on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, and Fort Sumter surrendered on April 13, 1861. It was the first battle of the civil war. The Confederates won. The union leader was Robert Anderson. The Confederates were led by Beauregard. It was located near the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. -
Battle of Bull Run (1st)
1st Battle of Bull Run
It was the first major engagment in the Civil War. The armies clashed near Manassas Junction, Virginia. The union army was led by Irvin McDowell.The Union army marched from Washington, D.C. to strike a confederate force near a small river named Bull Run. Confederate were led by Pierre Bearegard. The Union had about 35,000, and the confederates had about 20,000. It gave confidence to the confederacy. -
Battle of Hampton Roads
Battle of Hampton Roads
On March 9, 1862 was the battle between the Monitor and Merrimack (CSS Virginia) during the American Civil War (1861-65) was history's first duel between ironclad warships. It was the confederates efforts to break the union blockade of southern ports. The battle was inconclusive. -
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh lasted from April 6, 1862 to April 7, It was also called Pittsburg Landing. The confederacy was led by
Buearegard. Confederate generals launched a surprise attack on Ulysses S. Grant's forces in southwestern Tennessee. It was a union victory. The Confederates were forced to retreat. There was a total of 23,000 casualities. -
Battle of Bull Run (2nd)
Battle of Bull Run 2nd
The 2nd Battle of Bull Run lasted from August 29, 1862 through August 30, 1862.The deciding battle between the campiagn in Northern Virgina in 1862. It was a confederate victory. As John Pope (union) waited for McClellan's Army of Potomac, Robert E. Lee decided to strike first. On August 29, Stonewall Jackson clashed with Pope. -
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Antietam
The battle was fought Antietam Creek, at Sharpsburg, Maryland, this battle brought about America's bloodiest day. The union was led by McClellan and the confederates was led by Robert. E. Lee. I was the first battle on Northern soil. It had more than 22,000 casualities. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg took place in Virginia. The Union was led by Ambrose Burnside. The Confederacy was led by Robert E. Lee. It was a confederate victory. Burnside had ordered his more than 120,000 troops to cross the Rappahannock River and attacked Lee's rebel defenders. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation
On September 22,
'Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that as of January 1, 1863, all slaves in the rebellious states "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." It didn't free a single slabe, and it was used as a military strategy. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Chancellorsville
Robert E. Lee was on defensive. The battle lasted from May 1 to May 4,1863. Robert E. Lee fought against the union under Joseph Hooker. Hooker was forced to retreat to the Rappahannock River. Confederate Victory. "Stonewall" Jackson was killed later. -
siege of Vicksburg
siege of Vicksburg
The Vicksburg campaign lasted from May 18 to July 4. This was located in Mississippi. The Union leader was Ulysses Grant, and the Confederate leader was John Pemberton. It was a union victory. Britain gave up all support to the south. the south was split into two after taking control of the Mississippi River. This was apart of the Anaconda Plan. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg lasted from July 1, 1863 to July 3, 1863. It was located in southern Pennslyvania. The Union was led by George Meade. The Confederates was led by Robert. E.Lee. It was a Union victory. The North lost 23,000, and the Confederates lost 28,000. -
Siege of Atlanta
Siege of Atlanta
The Union army general was William Tecumseh Sherman. The Confederates retreated, and they destroyed the city's munitions as they went. On November 15, Sherman's troops burned much of the city before continuing their march through the South. Sherman's Atlanta campaign was one of the most decisive victories of the Civil War. -
Ratification of the 13th Amendment
Ratification of the 13th Amendment
The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States. In 1864, an amendment abolishing slavery passed the Senate but died in the House as Democrats rallied in the name of states' rights. In the March of 1864, there was majority of Republicans, and it was passed 119 to 56. -
Surrender at Appomattox
Surrender at Appomattox
Lee had was forced to surrender. Grant accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. It was located in the front parlor of Wilmer McLean's home in Appomattox Court House, Virginia. This finally ended four years of battle between the Union and the c=Confederacy. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Battle of Antietam
John Wikes Booth, an actor and supporter of the confederacy, shot Lincoln ar Ford's theater in Washington, D.C. This was five days after Robert E. Lee surrendered at the Appomattox Courthouse. The president was wounded and carried to a lodging house on the opposite side of the theater. The next morning Lincoln at 56 died at 7:22 a.m.
