Civil war

Civil War

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    Happened July 21 1861, in Manassas, Virginia. General Mcdowal led the Union and General Beauregards led the Confederates. Confederate Victory
  • Battle of Hampton Roads

    Union leader was John Worden, Confederate was
  • Battle of Shiloh

    Happened on April 6 of 1862 in Corinath, Tennesse. General Grant led the Union, and Albert S. Johnston led the Confederates. Union Victory. Johnston was killed. Union became in control of Tennesse River.
  • Second Battle of Bull Run

    Happened on August 29-30 of 1862, in Richmond, Virginia. General Mcclellan led the Union and Robert E. Lee led the Confederates. Confederate victory. Richmond was saved.
  • Battle of Antietam

    Happened September 17, of 1862, In Virginia. Pope leaded the Union, and Jackson leaded the Confederates. Confederates won. Regained control of Virginia.
  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Happened May 10, 1862 in Virginia. General Joseph Hooker led the Union, and General Lee led the Confederates. General Jackson died. Union lost, Confederate victory.
  • Battle of Fredricksburg

    Happened December 13, 1862, in Fredericksburg Virginia. General Burnside was the leader of the Union, General Lee was the leader of the Confederates. Confederate victorty. Stopped Union advancement. 12,000 union casualties.
  • Emancipation Proclomation

  • Fort Sumter

    Robert Anderson Union leader, Genral Bauregaurd was Confederate leader. Anderson surrendered. Confederate victory.
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Happend 1-3, 1863. in Pennsylvania. General Lee led the South, George Meade led the North. Came to be known as Picketts Charge. Union won. 43,000 casualties. South no more invaded the North.
  • Seige of Vicksburg

    Happened May 18-July 4, in Mississippi. Ulysses Grant led the North and Pemberton led the South. Union victory, gave them control of the Mississippi River.
  • Seige of Atlanta

    Happened July 16- September 2 of 1864, in Atlanta. William Tecumseh Sherman led the South, and Grant led the North. Union captured. "Heart of the South" leaunched the "March to the Sea."
  • Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

    Freed slaves in the confederate states. Issued by Abraham Lincoln.
  • Assasination of Abraham Lincoln

    Lincoln was assasinated on April 14, 1865. John Wilkes Booth assasinated him.
  • Ratification of the 13th Amendment

    ratified the 13th amendment. prohibiting slavery.