Civil war reenactment

Civil War timeline

By mjCook123

  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    April 12, 1861
    South: General Beauregard
    The South won
    It was important because it started the Civil War

  • 1st battle of Bull Run

    1st battle of Bull Run
    Union: General Irvin McDowell
    South: Stonewall Jackson and P.G.T Beauregard
    The Confederacy won
    1st battle of the war and it changed the view of the war

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh
    North: General Grant and Sherman
    South General Beauregard
    The Union won
    They acquired part of the MI river

  • Fall of New Orleans

    Fall of New Orleans
    North: Captain Farragut
    The Union won
    Completed the possession of MI river

  • Antietam

    Antietam
    North: General McClellan
    South: General Lee
    Neither side won
    This motivated Lincoln to create the Emancipation Proclamation
    McClellan also acquired Lee's battle plans

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    Battle of Fredericksburg
    North: General Burnside
    South: General Lee
    The Confederates won
    This battle started trench warfare

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Battle of Chancellorsville
    North: General Hooker
    South: General Lee and Stonewall Jackson
    The Confederacy won
    This battle ruined the North's plans of attacking Richmond
    Stonewall Jackson was killed in this battle

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    North: General Meade
    South: General Lee and General Pickett
    The Union won this battle
    This was the turning point of the war
    It severely hurt the South's morale

  • Siege of Vicksburg

    Siege of Vicksburg
    North: General Grant
    South: Everyone
    The union won
    The Confederacy split in two because the Union had possession of the Mississippi river

  • The Wilderness Campaign

    The Wilderness Campaign
    North: General Grant
    Union won
    The Union was closer towards Richmond but they lost many soldiers.
    It was the 6 bloodiest weeks of the war

  • Farragut at Mobile Bay

    Farragut at Mobile Bay
    North: Captain Farragut
    The Union won
    The Union completely shut off trade in the South on the Mississippi River

  • Shermans March to the Sea

    Shermans March to the Sea
    North: General Sherman
    The Union won
    Sherman demoralized the South completely
    The South was destroyed

  • Fall of Richmond

    Fall of Richmond
    North: General Grant
    South: General Davis
    The Union won
    It was important because the Union destroyed the South's capital

  • The Surrender at Appomattox

    The Surrender at Appomattox
    North: General Grant
    South: General Lee
    The Union won the war
    The war was over and they came to a compromise