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Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was the first battle of the Civil War and it was in Charleston, South Carolina. The war ended with a Confederate victory and after this battle the South thought they had won the war. -
Battle of Bull Run (1st)
The Battle of Bull Run was in Virginia. The leaders for this battle was McDowell for the Union and Beauregard for the Confederacy. The Confederacy won this battle many in the South thought the war was over after this battle. It led to the Union ar,y to reorganization. -
Battle of Hampton Roads
This battle ended March 9,1862. It was in Virginia. The leaders for this battle were Louis M. Goldsborough for the Union and Franklin Buchanan for the South. This war was a draw. -
Battle of Shiloh
The battle ended on April 7,1862. The battle was fought in Tennessee. The leaders were Grant in the North and Johnston in the South. The Union won this battle and they killed Johnston and took control of the Tennesse River. -
Battle of Bull Run (2nd)
The battle ended on Aug. 30,1862. This was tbe second battle at Bull Run. It was also in Virginia. Their leaders were Pope in the North and Jackson in the South. The Confederates won this battle. They regained control of most of Virigina from the Union. -
Battle of Anietam
THe Battle of Antietam was in Maryland, and the leaders were McClellan for the Union and Lee for the Confederate. The war result was a draw and it led to Abraham Lincoln making the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Battle of Fredricksburg
This battle was in VIrginia. The leaders in this battle was Burnside for the North and Lee for the Confederacy. The Confederates won and it stopped the final advance for the Union of 1862. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It freed very few slaves. Abraham Lincoln wrote it. It only feed people in the South because it weakened the Confederate army, and so they thought it was a military action. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
This war ended on May 4,1863. It was in the state of Virigina, and their leaders were Hooker in the North and Lee in the South. The Confederates won this battle. Lee soundly beat an army that outnumbered him 2:1 but killed Jackson. -
Siege at Vicksburg
The Siege ended on July 4,1863. It was in Mississippi. The Generals for this battle were Grant in the North and Pemberton in the South. The Union won this war and it gave the Union control of the Mississippi River. -
Battle Of Gettysburg
The battle ended July 3,1863. The battle was in Pennslyvania. The leaders in this battle were Meade for the North and Lee for the South. The Union won this battle the South would never invade the North again after this battle. -
Siege of Atlanta
The Siege ended on September 2,1864. It was in Atlanta Georgia. The leaders we Sherman for the North and Hood for the South. After this victory the Union had captured the heart of the South. -
Ratification of the 13th Amendment
It abolished slavery except for a punishment of a crime. It took slavery away for the South and every where in the United States of America. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Lee and Grant met in a small Virginia town to arrange surrender. Lee wrote that the joy of the moment was mixed with sadness when he surrendered to Grant. The South could go back home with their private possesions with them. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was as aasassinated on April 15,1865 by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater.
