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Fort Sumter
Confrederate's open gun and cannon fire on Union Fort Sumter for two days until it was but rubble on the ground. Only one horse died and the Union soldiers surrendered. This ultimately started the Civil War. -
The Battle of Bull Run
The Union and Confederacy collide in a major battle. The Union has the south pinned behind cover but reinforcements drive in pushing the North all the way back to D.C -
General Stonewall Jackson
A famous confederate general known as stonewall for his tall structure and new form of tactics. He would tell his soldiers to hide among hilltops and bushes as snipers and therefore union soldiers could not advance through his "stonewall". He died in battle from a misfire from one of his own soldiers. -
Clara Barton
Created Red Cross medical system for wounded Union soldiers. More soldiers died of disease rather than combat. Created first major medical coorporation. -
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More Capturing and more Flags
More and more Union armies trickeled down into southern territory conquering one by one. They had taken most port cities and soon controlled northern Mississippi, allowing them to control the River and transport supplies all along it. -
Battle of Shiloh
The North and South collided in Tennessee and the south had the north under heavy fire. But reinforcements came in and flanked the south, and the Union had taken northern Tennessee by that time. -
Take Over of The Mississippi and New Orleans
The North had advanced into Mississippi with their new and experienced general Ulyses S. Grant. They took cover in Shiloh until the South had them under fire. The north eventually flanked them and took Northern Mississippi. This opened the River for them to use as transport and supply movement. New Orleans was also captured as Union forces snuck behind the south throught the west side. Once captured this was a major chokepoint for the south for ports and trade were cut off. -
Seven Days' Battle
Lincoln sent General George B. Mcllelan to advance on RIchmond. But he faced Robert E. Lee, a former Union general who joined the south. The South suffered more casualties and were pushed back to Richmond. -
Bull Run pt. 2
General John Pope was appointed as new general after the loss at Bull Run pt 1. However this was no different for Lee's men caught Pope off guard and shredded his army. -
Battle of Antietam
New general Ulyses S. Grant defends Maryland from the invading South. Lee lost a third of his army and the Union had survived the day. Came to a draw but the Union sort of "won" because the confederates "retreated". -
Emancipation Proclamation
This was issued by Union president Abraham Lincoln. Stating all slavery ownership was illegal for north and south. But the south did not listen. And to this day the document is securely defended in a museum. This freed over 180,000 slaves in the north, and led to a lot of them joining the army -
Drafting and Habeus Corpus
President in Lincoln suspended this rule that was against putting people in jail unlawfully. Antiwar activists and northern slavery enthusiasts were thrust in jail. Most men were drafted and forced to join the army to. -
Vicksburg
Grant and his troops surround the port of Vicksburg, Mississippi in the south of the state. The north takes all of Mississippi at this point with the River being under their control. This was one of the most brilliant military campaigns of the war. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Lee adanced on to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. Over 50,000 men died in the one battle. Lee ordered General Pickett to lead a flanking attack on the Union, and another 15,000 men died in the assault. The Union led the victory and President Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg address. The address as well promsed the Union its victory. -
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End of the Civil War and the President
More sieges of Confederate capitals fell to the Union and eventually General Lee surrendered to Grant in the Appomatox Courthouse. This officialy ended the bloody war. And a year after Lincoln's re-election, he was assassinated un the Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Boothe. -
Sherman's March
Led by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman. He took Atlanta, Georgia and even after winning it. He ordered his men to leave and then burns it, in order to destroy their ammunation foundations. Then he begins his march to Savannah. He and around 50,000 men march towards the sea. But on the way, he and his men, when coming across any civilians, would pillage, plunder, and rape any villages/ people when come across. Even Sherman himself did not shed a tear over it,nor did he command it to stop. -
Appomatox Courthouse
Confederate genreal Robert E. Lee and North General Ulyses S. Grant meet in Appomatox Courthouse, Virginia to sign and officially end the war. Lee surrenders and the war is over
