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Battle of Fort Sumter
The battle of Fort Sumter was from April 12-13, 1861. The south wanted the fort to them but the union wouldn’t let them have it. All the union wanted to do was to resupply the soldiers. Lincoln told the south that they were not sending anymore troops or weapons down to the fort. So the south told the union to evacuate the fort but when the union refused to do so the south opened fire on the fort on the fort on April 12 4:30 a.m April 12 4:30 a.m. This started the Civil War -
First Bull Run
The battle of The First Bull Run began on July 21st and ended on July 22nd. The Union would begin with an attack on more than 20,000 Confederate troops under the command of General Beauregard camped near Manassas Junction, Virginia along a little river known as Bull Run. Then McDowell the union General knew that his men were not prepared and to give him time for additional training. The First Battle of Bull Run cost some 3,000 Union casualties, compared with 1,750 Confederate casualties. -
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was the second most important war of the American Civil War. On April 6, 1862, Confederate generals made a surprise attack on Ulysses S. Grant's forces in southwestern Tennessee. The Union was forced back. The battle was fought in the woods by inexperienced troops on both sides. Despite a rallying of Northern troops and reinforcements for the South, the battle ended the next day, April 7, although both sides claimed victory. -
Battle of Hampton Roads
The Antietam started on September 17, 1862, both Generals Robert E. Lee and George McClellan fought right on Antietam creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland. Lee started off by choosing a good side for a defensive side. But General Robert E. Lee withdrew across the river on September 18, losing 10,318 casualties to McClellan's 12,401. This draw now had the Union claimed as a victory provided the Lincoln administration enough justification to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. -
Battle of Antietam Creek
The Antietam started on September 17, 1862, both Generals Robert E. Lee and George McClellan fought right on Antietam creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland. Lee started off on a good start choosing a good side for a defensive side. But General Robert E. Lee withdrew across the river on September 18, losing 10,318 casualties to McClellan's 12,401. This draw now had the Union claimed as a victory provided the Lincoln administration enough justification to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. -
Battle of Fredricksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg was from December 11 to December 15 1862. On December 11th Burnside crossed the Rappahannock with he took with him more than 120,000 union troops to fight the confederate army. The battle of Fredericksburg was a crushing defeat for the union only because there was mismanagement by their generals. In that battle the Union had suffered nearly 13,000 casualties, while the confederates counted fewer than 5,000. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
The Battle of Chancellorsville fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, is considered to be Confederate General. Robert E. Lee's greatest victory during the American Civil War. Fought in the Wilderness of Virginia, On April 30, 60,000 men were on the Fredericksburg heights and they found 80,000 enemy troops behind him. Jackson was wounded in the dark. -
Battle of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg Started on May 18th. Grant wanted to move his troops behind confederate lines with his 40,000 troops to the west bank of the Mississippi. Once he got crossed the river he began moving quickly northeast, his forces took Port Gibson on May 2nd. On July 4th The confederate general Pemberton surrendered the city on July 4th to Grant. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg began on July 1, 1863 and ended on July 3, 1863. It was a battle fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This battle had more deaths than any other battle in the war. This war is known as the turning point for the Union troups. The Union won the Battle of Gettysburg. -
Battle of Chattamauga
Union and Confederate forces were struggling over control of the key railroad center of Chattanooga, Tennessee. By September, Union General William Rosecrans had pushed Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee out of Chattanooga and gathered his army of some 60,000 at Chickamauga, Georgia. And the general decided to go on the offensive. Overall Confederate casualties numbered close to 20,000. The Union suffered some 16,000 casualties. -
Battle of Wilderness
The battle of Wilderness first began by the Union offensive of Ulysses S. Grant leading all Union Civil War armies. Grant ordered 115,000 troops over Lee`s 65,000 troops. The battle began on May 5th. It was hard to hit enemies the first day due to fog. Grant refused to order a retreat, because he promised Lincoln that however the outcome was, he would not halt his army's advance. Lee's Confederates managed to get first, giving the advance again in a series of confrontations beginning on May 8. -
Battle of Spotsylvania
The Battle of Sportsylvania began on May 8, 1864 and ended on May 21, 1864. The battle took place at Spotsylvania County, Virgina. Fighting was off and on over the 13 day span. U.S Grant continually schemed to brake the South's lines. The outcome of the battle is inconclusive. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
Sherman’s march to the sea on September 2, 1864 General Sherman’s captured Atlanta. It was an important capture because Atlanta was a railroad hub and the industrial center of the confederacy. Shermans troops were marching toward Savannah in two wings, about 30 miles apart of each other. On November 22 3,500 confederate cavalry started to attack the union soldiers. It ended badly for the confederate soldiers they had 650 casualties compared to the 62 union casualties. -
Siege of Petersburg
The Petersburg Campaign was a military operation in southern Virginia during the American Civil War defeated of the South. On June 9, 1864 the Union army began a siege of the two cities. That summer Union losses were very common. Lee held Richmond and Petersburg. On March 25, 1865 the Confederates were driven back at the Battle of Fort Stedman, leaving Lee with 50,000 troops and Grant to 120,000 troops. General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to General Grant on April 9 at Appomattox Court House. -
Lincoln's Assassination
On April 14, 1865 at Ford`s theatre in Washington D.C., Lincoln was in a private box with his wife and officer. At 10:15 John Booth snuck in his box and fired a .44 Caliber into the back on Lincoln`s head. A 23 year old doctor Charles Leale helped him.Although the South had lost the war, this is was a great victory for the south in that the Union suffered a tremendous hit after this killing of it's leader.
