Civil war battle

Civil War

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  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    -Confederacy won
    -Sparked the start of the Civil War
  • First Battle of Bull Run

    First Battle of Bull Run

    -Union General: Irvin McDowell
    -Confederacy Generals: PT Beauregard and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
    -Confederacy won
    -It was the first battle and it changed the view of the war
    -Yankees drove the Rebels back at first but the Confederates fought
  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh

    -Union Generals: Ulysses Grant and William Sherman
    -Confederacy General: PT Beauregard
    -Union won
    -Strategic win toward the Union
    -Union took control of the Mississippi River
  • Fall of New Orleans

    Fall of New Orleans

    -Union General: David Farragut
    -Union won
    -Completed the Union's control of the Mississippi River
    -South couldn't use the port or river to carry goods to the sea
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam

    -Union General: McClellan
    -Confederacy General: Lee
    -Neither side won. It was a tie.
    -Union was able to prevent Lee from moving the war into northern land
    -Caused the Emancipation Proclamation
  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    Battle of Fredericksburg

    -Union General: Ambrose Burnside
    -Confederacy General: Lee
    -Confederacy won -South won again
  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Battle of Chancellorsville

    -Union General: Joseph Hooker
    -Confederacy General: Lee and Jackson
    -Confederacy won
    -Ruined the Union plan of attacking Richmond
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

    -Union General: Mead
    -Confederacy General: Lee and Pickett
    -Union won
    -Ended the hope of help from Britain and France
  • Seige of Vicksburg

    Seige of Vicksburg

    -Union General: Grant
    -Confederacy General: Everyone
    -Union won
    -Major turning point
    -Confederacy split in half and lost control of the Mississippi River
  • The Wilderness Campaign

    The Wilderness Campaign

    -Started the 6 bloodiest weeks in the war
    -Grant moved toward Richmond
    -Lincoln defended Grant because he was a fighter
  • Farragut at Mobile Bay

    Farragut at Mobile Bay

    -David Farragut was the highest ranking Union officer
    -He led an attack of 18 ships into Mobile Bay
    -Farragut kept going and the Union invasion worked
  • Surrender at Appomatox

    Surrender at Appomatox

    -Lee continued to fight
    -Union won the war
    -In the Appomatox Curt House, Grant met with Lee to discuss ending the war
  • The Fall of Richmond

    The Fall of Richmond

    -Davis heard the Union moving and he started destroying Richmond
    -Lincoln and his son toured the burned Richmond
    -African Americans followed Lincoln everywhere singing, laughing, and reaching to touch him
  • Sherman's March to the Sea

    Sherman's March to the Sea

    -Union wanted to break the morale of the South
    -Sherman and his men destriyed
    -Burned cities and farmlands across Georgia
    -Took food, tore up railroad lines and fields, and killed livestock