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Fort Sumter
The general for the Union was Major Robert Anderson, and the general for the Confederacy was Ceneral PGT Beaugard. There were no casualties in this war, and the Union surrendered. This is important because it is what started the war. -
1st Battle of Bull Run
This battle took place in Manassas, Virginia. The leaders for the North was General Irvin McDonwell and for the South it was General PT Beaurgard and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. The Confederacy won and this was the !st real battle and changed the view of the war. -
Battle of Shiloh
This battle took place in Mississippi. The leaders for the Confederacy was General Ulysses S. Grant and William "Tecumseh" Sherman, and for the Confederacy it was General Beaugard. The Union won and after the battle the Union got control of Corinith and Mephis, TN. -
Fall of New Orleans
This battle took plave in Lousiana by the Mississippi River, this was also a naval battle. The leader for the Union is Captain Davis Farragut. The Union won and now they have control over the Mississippi River. This meants that the South had no control of the ports and could not ship any goods by the river. -
Battle of Antietam
This battle took place in Maryland. The leaders were General McClellan for the North and General Lee for the South. Neither side won. This was important because it cased the Imancipation Proclamation, McClellan had Lee's battle plans, and it was the blodditest day in American history. -
Battle of Fredricksburg
This battle took place in Virginia. The leaders were Genereal Burnside for the Union and General Lee for the Confederacy. The South won. This is important because South won again. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
This battle also took place in Virginia. The leaders for the Union were General Hooker, and the generals for the Confederacy were General Lee and General Jackson. The South won again and this ruined the plans of the Union trying to attack the South's capitol in Richmond. -
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Battle of Gettysburg
This battle took place in Pennsylvania. THe leaders for the Union were General Meade and the leaders for the South were General Lee and George Picke. The Union won and this ended the help of Britain and France and this was the turning point of the war -
Vicksburg Siege
This battle took place in Mississippi. The leaders were General Ulysses S. Grant for the Union, and everyone for the Confederacy. The Union won, and this was a major turning point for the war, the Confederacy split in half and lost the Mississippi -
Wilderness Campain
The Wilderness Campain was when the two sides decided to fight in the forest. There ended up being 50000 deaths in 30 days. -
Farragut at Mobile Bay
This attack took place in Mobile Bay, Alabama. The Union won even when there captain who wasn't feeling every good stayed there and told his soldiers to tiehim to the post so he wouldn't move. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
In Sherman's march to the sea, Sherman and his men wanted to break the spirit of the South. They did this by burning cities and farmlands across Georgia to the Alantic Coast. Along the way they freed enslaved people in the end 1000s of enslaved people were freed. -
The Fall of Richmond/ Surrender at Appomattox
Grant contiued his siege until Lee and the Confederates withdrew, so the Union moved towards RIchmond. Jefferson heard that the Confederates were coming and started to dastroy papers, documents, weapons, and then fled. Lincoln and his son saw the fall of Richmond and when they went into the capitol sat in Jafferson's chair and just stared off into the distance. Lee fought till the end but eventually surrendered to Grant.
