Civil War

By rochcetherton

  • battle of shiloh/pittsburg landing

    battle of shiloh/pittsburg landing
    1. During the first day’s attacks, Gen. Johnston was mortally wounded and was replaced by P.G.T. Beauregard.
    2. The two day battle at Shiloh produced more than 23,000 casualties and was the bloodiest battle in American history at its time.

  • 1st battle of bull run/manassas junction

    1st battle of bull run/manassas junction
    1. It was the first major land battle of the americn civil war.
      1. It was fought in Prince William County, Virginia, near the City of Manassas.

  • George B. McCleellan named general of army of potamac

    George B. McCleellan named general of army of potamac
    He was nicknamed, "young napolean."
    In the spring of 1862, McClellan was removed as General-in-Chief, though he retained command of the Potomac Army.

  • battle of 2nd bull run/manassas

    battle of 2nd bull run/manassas
    1. It was fought in Prince William County, Virginia and was a Confederate victory.
      1. much larger scale and numbers than the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) fought in 1861 on the same ground.

  • battle of antietam/sharpsburg

    battle of antietam/sharpsburg
    1. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000 casualties.
    2. It was fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek.

  • battle of fredericksburg

    battle of fredericksburg
    1. Confederate Victory. 17,929 casualties of which 13,353 were Union soldiers.
    2. 100,007 Union 72,497 Confederate soldiers.

  • emancipation proclomation issued

    emancipation proclomation issued
    1. Is an executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln.
    2. The Proclamation immediately freed 50,000 slaves.

  • Battle of gettysburg

    1. COMMANDERS------Union was George G. Meade and Confederate was Robert E. Lee.
    2. This war began at 8 am, at 2:30 pm, the General Lee attacked the union army.

  • shermans march to the sea

    1. Union Victory. Approx. 3100 casualties of which 2,100 were Union soldiers.
    2. It was from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia

  • assassination of lincoln

    1. it was on good friday, and the first president to be assassinated in america.
    2. Lincoln was shot while watching the play Our American Cousin with his wife Mary Todd Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.