Civil War

By jamondschean
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter

    Southern leader: Jefferson Davis
    Northern leader: General PGT Beauregard
    Confederates won this battle
    This was the spark that ignited the Civil War
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    The Civil War

  • Battle of Bull Run

    Battle of Bull Run

    When: July 20, 1861
    Union Leader: Irvin McDowell
    Confederacy Leader: General PT Beauregard & Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
    Confederacy won
    Important because it was the first battle and the North realized that the war wouldn't be quick.
  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh

    Union Leader: General Ulysses S. Grant & William “Tecumseh” ShermanConfederacy Leader: General Beauregard
    Union victory
    win toward Union controlling the Mississippi River
  • The Fall of New Orleans

    The Fall of New Orleans

    Union Leader: Captain David Farragut
    Union took New Orleans under seige
    Important because the Union had complete control of the Mississippi River
  • Battle of Chancellorville

    Battle of Chancellorville

    Union: General Joseph HookerConfederacy: General Lee & JacksonWho won: ConfederacyImportant: Ruined Union’s hopes of attacking Richmond
  • Antietam

    Antietam

    Union: General McClellan
    Confederacy: General LeeWho won: Nobody
    Important: Union was able to prevent Lee from moving the war into Northern LandCaused the Emancipation Proclamation
  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    Battle of Fredericksburg

    Union: General Ambrose BurnsideConfederacy: General LeeWho won: SouthImportant: South won againAfter Antietam, Lee retreats to Richmond, Virginia
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

    Union: General MeadeConfederacy: General Lee and General PickettWho won: UnionImportant: South knew they wouldn’t have help from Britain or FranceTurning point in the war
    Went from July 1- July 4, 1863
  • Seige of Vicksburg

    Seige of Vicksburg

    Union: Grant’s ideaConfederacy: affected everyone in the SouthWho won: UnionImportant:Major turning pointConfederacy split and lost control of the Mississippi River
  • Wilderness Campaign

    Wilderness Campaign

    Union: Grant
    Lasted 6 weeksBoth sides struggled with conditionsBoth lost many soldiers
    Union won
  • Farragut at Mobile Way

    Farragut at Mobile Way

    Union: David Farragut
    Union kept going and the Union invasion workedUnion took the last Southern port eat of the Mississippi
  • Sherman's March to the Sea

    Sherman's March to the Sea

    Union: Sherman
    Important:Sherman and his men became destroyers
    Burned cities and farmlands across Georgia
    Freed 1000s of enslaved people
    Lasted six weeks
  • Surrender at Appomattox/ Fall of Richmond

    Surrender at Appomattox/ Fall of Richmond

    Union: Grant
    Important: Last battle/seige of the Civil War
    Documents were burnedBridges and weapons were set on fireDavis and his cabinet fled the city
    Lee continued to fight
    Lee accepted the surrender to Grant