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Anaconda Plan
The Anaconda Plan of Scott's Great Snake is the name widely applied to an outline strategy for subduing the seceding states in the American Civil War. Proposed by General-in-Chief Winfield Scott, the plan emphasized the blockade of the Southern ports, and called for an advance down the Mississippi River to cut the South in two. -
The Battle of Bull Run
The Battle of Bull Run was important because Americans thought the war would be easy. They thought there wasn't going to be a war because the states were gettting along. People came to watch thinking it was a peaceful war. -
Iron Giants
Iron Giants were the early submarines. The ships blocked confederate ports. The confederacy attacked the union and sunk their ships, so they began to make their own ships. They were made from railroad iron, and abandoned ships. -
The Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, fought on Wednesday, September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with 22,717 dead, wounded and missing on both sides combined. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was Lincoln's statement to end salvery in the Confederacy. On September 22, 1862, Lincoln had issued a preliminary proclamation that he would order the emancipation of all slaves in any of the Confederate States of America that did not return the Unions control by January 1, 1863. -
The Battle of Vicksburg
The Battle of Vicksburg was important because they fought for control of the Mississippi River.The Union tried to dig a canal to avoid Vicksburg, but it didn't succeed. They ordered to sneak an attack on the Confederacy at Vicksburg. -
The Battle Of Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg was important because more people died that day than in any other Civil War battle. This war lasted three days because the Confederacy attacked. After this battle the Confederacy didnt attack again. The rest of the battles were in the South. -
The Battle Of Massachusetts
The battle of Fort Wagner was the first group of African American soldiers who fought for the Union. The soldiers protested of being paid less money than the white soldiers. African American soldiers were afraid that they would be sold into slavery. -
The Sherman Attack Atlanta
The goal of Atlanta was to end the Civil War. Southern troops were becoming younger and poorly equiped. 100,000 troops marched into Georgia, many people started hiding in cellars for protection. The Confederacy tried to cut the Unions supply lines. -
Surrender at Appomatox Courthouse
The surrender of the confederacy took place at the Appomatox Courthouse. The union wanted the confederacy to become one country. To surrender, soldiers could go home and promise to fight no longer, they could take their own horses for spring plowing, officers could keep their weapons, and food got sent to Lee's half starved men.
