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It signaled the secession of the southern states. It was the very beginning of the Civil War.
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It was the start of the Civil War.
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It successfully blocked the passage of trade goods, supplies, and arms from the North to the South and vice-versa
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Raised the profile of Robert E. Lee as a driving force. This caused Britain to consider sending aid to the South. brought McClellan's credibility to a new low. Lincoln started looking for a pretext to fire him.
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Major wake up call to the North. It was an indication that this would be a long and bloody war and would require new leadership and improved training to prepare the federal troops for action in the field
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It was our first naval battle.
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It signalled the end of Confederate hopes of controlling Western Tennessee and the Mississippi. It also saw the death of the Confederate General Sidney Johnston, some say the best General in the South.
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It was the single deadliest battle ever fought in any american war. The british were also watching because if General Lee succeeded and the South won, the British were going to send them Military aid. The north won, getting rid of that plan for the time.
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It said that all those enslaved in confederate states were free, even though it wasn’t a law passed by congress. It freed millions of slaves.
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It paved the way to General Lee’s first invasion of the north. It also helped to persuade the Union Leader in D.C. that they needed to emancipate the slaves out of military necessity.
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It ended slavery in the rebelling states. It meant that as soon as the Union captured those states, those slaves be free.
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The Battle of Chancellorsville was important because it was an attempt by the Union forces to seize the Confederate capital of Richmond,Virginia But the attempted failed.
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Major turning point in the war. Until this point the south was actually winning.
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It was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the Civil War
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Summed up the ideals that would go on to shape one of the most powerful economies of the world.
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Ulysses S. Grant turns out to be one of the most successful Union of Confederate generals during the American Civil War.
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He was able to force the surrender of Atlanta in September of 1864. Once Atlanta was under Union control, Sherman was able to continue his march to the sea, which sped up the Confederacy's defeat.
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When he was re-elected, any hope for a negotiated settlement with the confederacy disappeared.
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The Union had captured the confederate capital. It was a sign that the confederate was nearing it’s final days.
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General Lee surrendered the war.
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Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth, who was part of a larger conspiracy who wanted to bring back the Confederate cause. He was shot and killed five days after General Lee surrendered.
