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Civil War Webquest timeline

By adamkampia

  • Attack on Fort Sumter

    Attack on Fort Sumter
    Confederates bombard Fort Sumter outside of Charleston, SC. Union surrenders the fort. THis was the first battle of the Civil War.

  • Battle of Bull Run

    Battle of Bull Run
    Confederate victory at Manasses, VA. The first major land battle of the Civil War.

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh
    General Grant acheives a Union victory in Tennesee

  • Second Battle of Bull Run

    Second Battle of Bull Run
    Stonewall Jackson and Longstreet force another Union retreat.

  • Battle of Anteitam

    Battle of Anteitam
    The bloodiest battle of the war, the Union is victorious, but at the cost of 23,000 casualties.

  • Battle of Fredricksurg

    Battle of Fredricksurg
    General Burnside is unable to break the defenses of Jackson and Longstreet. Confederate position holds.

  • Siege of Vicksburg

    Siege of Vicksburg
    Union army surrounds Vicksburg, Mississippi for nearly two months. City surrendurs.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    Perhaps the most famous battle of the war, the Union wins a major victory, repelling Lee's advance into the North.

  • Sherman's March

    Sherman's March
    Union General William Tecumsah Sherman leads a devastating trail of "total war," throughout major Southern populations.

  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
    Confederacy officially surrenders. War ends