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On April 12, the forces from the Confederates States of America attacked the United States military at For Sumter, South Carolina. About a day and a half, they surrendered, no one was killed which was good.
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The Battle of Bull Run started when both the Union and the Confederate Armies fought near Virginia. This began when the Union Troops marched from Washington D.C to attack the Confederates.
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This Battle lasted three days and took place Harden County Tennessee. The Battle began when the Confederate Army launched a surprise attack on Union forces under General Ulysses Grant in Tennessee. Soon later the Confederates had a hard time staying in position which led the victory to the Union.
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The Peninsular Campaign was a major Union offensive against the Confederate capital led by Major General George B. McClellan.
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This Battle took place in Maryland and was a win for the Union and the Union had driven the Confederates out and away and ended the Confederates invasion.
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The Battle of Chancellorsville took place in Virginia. And the Confederates were way outnumbered but they continued to win major battles like this one.
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The Battle of Gettysburg took place in Pennsylvania. And this battle involved major loss and was one of the bloodiest Battles of the Civil War and is often described as the war's turning point.
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The Battle of Atlanta was also known as the Fall of Atlanta and took place in Georgia. This battle was about how the Union forces led by William Sherman, and how he wanted to make up the important rail and supply hub, They beat the Confederates.
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Sherman's March to the Sea was him and more than 50,00 soldiers taking a long walk, almost 300 miles to be accurate, from Atlanta to Savannah Georgia. Sherman's purpose for this was because he wanted to frighten Georgia's civilian population
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This battle took place in Virginia. This Battle was mainly about Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender of his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.