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Civil War Outbreak
The Civil War First Started. The Battle Was Fought Between The Union And Confederate States. The Union Side Wanted To Keep The Union In Tact And End Slavery, And The Confederate Side Wanted To Keep Slavery -
The First Battle Of Bull Run
The First Battle Of Bull Run Was Also The First Major Battle Of The Civil War. About 30,000 Union Troops Commanded By General Irvin McDowell Attacked A Much Smaller Confederate Force Commanded By General P.G.T. Beauregard. The Battle Took Place In Northern Virginia, Near A River Called Bull Run. The Union Took A Devastating Loss By Losing To The Much Smaller Confederate Force. -
Battle Of Bull Run
Novel: Tom And Eb Leave For War. About 30,000 Union Troops Commanded By General Irvin McDowell Attacked A Much Smaller Confederate Force Commanded By General P.G.T. Beauregard. The Battle Took Place In Northern Virginia, Near A River Called Bull Run. -
Battle Of Balls Bluff
Novel: Shad John And Bill Leave For War. Commanded By Major General George B. McClellan, Union Army Forces Suffered A Humiliating Defeat. The Battle Of Balls Bluff Was One Of The Early Battles Of The Civil War. -
Fort Henry
Novel: Attacked By General Grant And His Men, It Was A Quick Victory For The Union -
Fort Donelson
Novel: After The Fort Had Fallen People Believed The War Would End Within Weeks. -
Battle Of Peas Ridge
Novel: Mr. Creighton Has A Heart Attack. About 23,000 Troops Fought In This Battle -
The Battle Between Ironclads
Union Blockades Of The Confederate Ports Posed A Real Threat To The Confederacy. The Southerners Hoped The Break The Blockades With A Secret Weapon Called The Merrimack. The Merrimack Was A Frigate Abandoned By Union Forces. The South Re-Named The Merrimack To The Virginia And Attacked Union Ships At Chesapeake Bay. -
The Battle Of Shiloh
In The West General Grant Led About 40,000 Troops South Towards Corinth, Mississippi, A Major Railroad Junction. In Early April 1862, The Union Army Camped At Pittsburgh Landing, 20 Miles From Corinth, Near Shiloh Church. The Confederates Decided To Attack Before The Union Troops Recieved More Reinforcements. Early In The Morning On April 6, 1862, The Confederates Launched A Suprise Attack On The Union. The Battle Only Lasted Two Days Before The Union Won, And In That Time 23,000 Troops Had Died -
Battle Of Shiloh
Novel: A Letter From Shadrach Arrives The Confederates Decided To Attack Before The Union Troops Recieved More Reinforcements. Early In The Morning On April 6, 1862, The Confederates Launched A Suprise Attack On The Union. The Battle Only Lasted Two Days Before The Union Won, And In That Time 23,000 Troops Had Died -
The Battle Of Antietam
In Maryland, General Lee Split His Army Into Four Groups. He Ordered Each Group To Move In Different Directions To Confuse McClellan. However, His Plan Wasn't Used Because A Confederate Officer Lost His Copy Of The Orders Describing The Plan. Then Two Union Officers Found The Orders And Took Them To McClellan. On September 17, 1862, The Two Sides Met At Antietam. The Union Won In One Day And The Sides Suffered 6,000 Deaths And 17,000 Injured. -
Fredericksburg
Novel: Entrenched Confederates Mowed Down Federals Until Bodies Were Piled High -
Battle Of Stones River
Novel: Eb Deserted The War When Officers Come Looking For Him. The Battle Of Stones River Was One Of The Major Battles Of The War, However The Battle Was Inconclusive. The Battle Of Stones River Had The Highest Percentage Of Casualties. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
At First Abraham Lincoln Viewed The Civil War As A Battle For The Union. However, As The War Went On, Lincoln Began To Consider The Role Slavery Had In The War. On January 1st, 1863, Abraham Lincoln Passed The Emancipation Proclamation, Wich Banned Slavery In Rebel Territory. -
Shermans March To Sea
The Union Was Determined To Break The South's Will To Fight? To Break This Will, Sherman Burned Most Of The City Of Atlanta With A Strategy Called Total War. Total War Targets Not Only Enemy Troops, But Also The Land And People. During The March, Troops Took Food, Tore Up Railroad Lines And Fields, And Killed Livestock. Sherman Hoped By Using Total War And Bringing The Horror Of The War To The People, He Could Help Put An End To The War. -
The Battle Of Palmito Ranch
The Battle Of Palmito Ranch Is Known By Some As The Final Battle Of The Civil War. It Was Fought On May 12, 1865, And Ended On May 13, 1865. The Battle Was Fought On The Banks Of The Rio Grande.
