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Fort Sumter Attacked
The Battle of Fort Sumter, which took place in April 1861, was the first military engagement in the American Civil War. It consisted of the bombardment of the unfinished sea fort by Confederate Forces, forcing the Union garrison to surrender. -
The battle of Bull Run
The battle of was the first major battle of the American Civil War, and it occurred, in the summer of 1861, when many people believed the war would probably only consist of one big decisive battle. -
battle of the monitor and merrimac
Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack, also called Battle of Hampton Roads in the American Civil War, naval engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia, a harbour at the mouth of the James River, notable as history’s first duel between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of naval warfare. -
Shiloh
Confederate forces led by General Johnston attacked Union General Grant's army at Pittsburg Landing. The Union forces were not prepared but they still managed to hold their own.The confederites lost their jeneral jonson. -
Federcksburg
Burnside faught on the side the union and general lee faught on the confederates the confederance won the battle of fredrickburg.This was in portant because the south won a battle after losing two. -
secont battle of bullrun
The second Battle of Bull Run on the same battlefield as the first Battle of Bull Run. It began when forces of general Pope attacked those of Confederate general Stonewall Jackson, who had succeeded in flanking Confederate forces and destroying the federal supply depot at Manassas.The next day, when Pope resumed his attack, the Confederates,counter-attacked. Union troops retreated across the stone bridge. -
Harper's ferry
Harpers Ferry had not retreated after his incursion into Maryland, Lee decided to surround the force and capture it. He divided his army into four columns, three of which converged upon and invested Harpers Ferry.After paroling the prisoners at Harpers Ferry division arrived in time to save Lee’s army from near-defeat at Sharpsburg. -
antietam
The Battle of Antietam, resulted in not only the bloodiest day of the American Civil War, but the bloodiest single day in all of American history. Fought primarily on September 17, 1862, between the town of Sharpsburg.It ended Gen. Robert E. Lee’s first invasion of a northern state. -
chancellorville
The Battle of Chancellorsville resulted in a Confederate victory that stopped an attempted flanking movement by Maj. Gen. Joseph.Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, mortally wounded by his own men who mistook him and his staff for Union a loss that would have helped them majorly. -
Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg was the costliest battle of the American Civil War based on number of casualties. Spanning over three days, from July 1-3, 1863, the Battle resulted in about 51,112 individuals being killed, wounded, missing or captured. -
Battle of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg, which occurred between May 18 to July 4, 1863, was the last military action in Vicksburg of the American Civil War. Grant hoped that 30,000 disaffected soldiers strolling around the Confederacy would do a great deal of harm to morale.All, 2,166 officers as well as 27,230 men surrendered at Vicksburg and within several weeks, they were scattering across the south. The surrender quickly prompted to the surrender of Port Hudson, which was the last Confederate stronghold. -
Chattanooga
Chattanooga had strategic importance as a vital railroad junction for the Confederacy. In September 1863 a Federal army was abesieged there by a Southern army commanded by a General.With the help of reinforcements from General joseph Hooker and General.By the end of the month the Confederate army was in retreat into Georgia. Losses of men were less than at Chickamauga about 6,000 Union and 7,000 -
lincoln shot
Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, by well-known actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wikes Boothat Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. Lincoln was taken from the theater to a Petersen House across the street and laid in a coma for nine hours before dying the next morning. -
march to the sea
It was a 6-week march from Atlanta, southeast to Savannah, cutting a wide swathe through the state. The emphasis was on the burning of farms, the slaughtering of livestock and the ruining of crops. Violence against civilians was strictly forbidden, and when this did occur, it was mostly not by Sherman's troops, but by the unruly mounted drifters who along side the army fo food. -
Lee surrenders
Lee lost the battle. Could he have won with the extra men? Well no one knows ,but Lee surrenderd -
cold harbor
On May 30th, as Grant began moving south . Early's Second Corps attack the southernmost Union corps at Bethesda Church. Meanwhile, the UnionCorps force supposedly covering that flank was instead routing Confederate cavalry in a clash at Matadequin Creek. Grant then ordered his army across the James River to take the vital city of Petersburg. There, opportunities to end the war quickly .The confederitce got victory. -
chickauga
The Battle of Chickamauga was the largest battle fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. It is second only to the Battle of Gettysburg in the number of casualties.
