Civil War Timeline

By ckaufman

  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    Union-Major Robert Anderson
    Confederacy- General PGT Beauregard
    No casualities, Union surrendered the fort.
    This sparked the start of the Civil War.
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  • 1st Battle of Bull Run

    1st Battle of Bull Run
    Union- General Irvin McDowell
    Confederacy: Gernerl PT Beauregard and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
    Confederacy Won!
    This was the 1st Batttle of Civil War and it changed the view of war.

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh
    Union- General Ulysses S. Grant and William "Tecumseh" Sherman
    Confederacy- General Beauragard
    Union Won!
    This was a strategic win towards the Union Control of Mississippi River.

  • Fall of New Orleans

    Fall of New Orleans
    Union- Captain David Farragut
    Union Won!
    Completed Union control of Mississippi River and South couldn't use the port or river to carry goods to sea.

  • Battle of Antientam

    Battle of Antientam
    Union- General George McClellan
    Confeds- General Robert E. Lee
    Neither Side Won
    Union was able to prevent Lee from moving the war into Northern Land, caused Emancipation Proclamation, and McClellan had Lee's plans.

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    Battle of Fredericksburg
    Union- General Abrose Burnside
    Confeds- General Robert E. Lee
    Confeds won!
    South won again, Lee retreated to Virginia, General Burnside marched his troops toward the Confeds capitol in Richmond.

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Battle of Chancellorsville
    Union- General Joseph Hooker
    Confeds- Gereral Lee and General Jackson
    Confeds Won!
    It ruined the Union's plan, the Union was stuck, confed soldier thought Jackson was a Union and shot him.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    Union- Gerneral Meade
    Confeds- Gerneral Goerge Pickett and General Lee
    Union won!
    Another win for Union, ended Confeds hope.

  • The Vicksburg Siege

    The Vicksburg Siege
    Union: General Ulysses S. Grant
    Confeds: Everyone
    Union Won
    This was a major turning point, confeds split in half and lost control of the Mississippi River in the South, 47 day siege on water and land, South also lost Port Hudson in Louisiana, and Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas were now cut off

  • The Wilderness Campaign

    The Wilderness Campaign
    Bloodiest weeks of the war, both sides stuggles with the condition and had many casualties. Bushfireds burned alive 200 wounded men, Grant moved towards Richmond, Before the third battle, Union general observed mean writing their names and home address on slips of paper and pinning them to the back of their coat. 50,000 Union deths in 30 days. Lincoln defended grant because he was a fighter!

  • Farragut at Movle Bay

    Farragut at Movle Bay
    Union: Highest running Union officer, David Farragut
    Lead an attack of 18 ships into mobile bay in Alabama.

  • Sherman's March to the Sea

    Sherman's March to the Sea
    Union: Major General William Sherman
    Confederate: Major General Joseph Wheeler
    Union Won!
    Approx. 3100 casualties of which 2,100 were Union soldiers.Sherman presented Lincoln with Savannah, Georgia in what he called a ‘Christmas gift’. He was able to strike in the heart of the Confederacy. His victories along with those of the other Union commanders were the beginning of the end for the Confederacy.

  • Fall of Richmond/Surrender At Appomattox

    Fall of Richmond/Surrender At Appomattox
    In the litttle town of Appomattox court house, Virginia, Grant met with lee to discuss the ending of the war.
    UNION WON!
    Rebel trooups kept their weapons, officser kept their horses, no one would disturb the soldiers on their way home, Grant also gave 25000 rations to feed Lee's troops.