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Fort Sumter
In the morning, Conferderate troops shot first and the Union fired back. They shot back for 34 hours straight and they gave up. This was the first of many battles, where the Conferderacy gave up. -
Bull Run
A female spy warned the Confederacy that the Union was coming. On a Sunday, people went to watch the battle like it was a game. They attacked and The Union came out victorious. They scremed like maniacs over the win. -
Antietam
Antietam was the bloodiest day in American history. The Confederacy attacked because they nedded Europe and Britain on their side, soldiers and supplies. No one is sure who won since so many soldiers died. -
Vicksburg
In the Civil War, the campaign by Union forces to take the strong of the confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi, which lay on the east bank of the Mississippi River, halfway between Memphis (North) and New Orleans (South). The capture of Vicksburg divided the Confederacy and proved the military genius of Union General Ulysses S. Grant. -
Gettysburg
On July, One of the most famous wars of the civil war was taken place. Several months later, president Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg to speak about the dedication of the cemetery of the Union war dead. Speaking of a “new birth of freedom” making one of the most memorable speeches in the U.S. history. -
Appomattox
This war was the one where General Lee surendered. General Ulysses S. Grant let the confederate troops leave with many supplies if they accepted the Union. Which General Lee accepted to and they settled down in Peace. -
Petersburg
This war took 9 months long and this war had African Americans battling with the Union. Confederacy was defending Richmond. They set cities on fire. The South retreated and went back to Richmond. -
Atlanta
Atlanta didn't want to be a part of the Civil War but, had no choice. At the end, the Confererate troops came and set ground. The Union came and burned communities to the ground. Georgia was devasted horribly. -
Fort Wagner
Quincy Gilmore had to leadthe campaign to South Carolina. 1100 casualties died, The Union lost many soldeirs and lost this war. It was the Massachusetts 54, ending the Civil War.
