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Fort Sumter
The first shots fired, starting the war. After the battele there was a large union recuitment. -
Bull run/Manassas
inspired southerners' confidence. It made clear to the union that victory over the confederacy would neither be quick or easy. -
Fort Donelson
Grant had more success in the west, they captured the first confederate capitol. 13,000 confederates surrendered -
U.S.S Monitor vs C.S.S Virginia
Both ships destroyed in later battles. It was the end of the wooden navel vessels. -
Shiloh
union overconfident, beginnning of "total war"' marked the end of southern control -
Shenandoah
-kept pressure off the confederate capitol
- resulted in the capture of more than 2,000 union prisoners
- 10,000 rifles for the confederacy -
Antietam
Lee fled with only 3,000 troops
wasted on opportunity to destroy confederate forces once and for all -
Gettysburg
lee took the loss hard, and offered his resignation to confederate president -
Vicksburg
major victory for union
jackson mississippi fell -
fort wagner
affected public opinion of the union -
Sherman's March
looted countryside
tactics referred to as "total war" -
Appomattox
lee lee and troops tried to escape union forces , but werent able to.
lee surrendered to Grant
