Civil War

By gb8386

  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    Lincoln sent troops to reinforce the Union-owned fort in South Carolina
    South fired first
    South won after Union surrendered
    Only casualty was a horse.

  • Bull Run

    Bull Run
    Union forces headed to Richmond (Confederate Capital) when they ran into 30,000 Confederates
    Picnickers from D.C. came to watch the "end of the Civil War"
    Stonewall Jackson leads Southern charge
    South wins
    Both sides know it will be a long and bloody war

  • Antietam

    Antietam
    Antietam Creek, Maryland (Union)
    New weapons=more death
    6,000 dead 20,000+ wounded
    Greatest 1-day battle loos of life for US
    More death than last 2 wars combined
    Union victory?

  • Gettysurg

    Gettysurg
    THE urning point of the war
    The second day of the fight was the worst and bloodiest
    50,000 died combined
    Pickett's charge failed
    Union Victory

  • Vicksburg

    Vicksburg
    May- July 1864
    40+ days of fighting
    Union Victory allowed North to control the Mississippi
    Helped fulfill the Anaconda Plan
    Union Victory

  • Appomattox Courthouse

    Appomattox Courthouse
    terms of surrender = southern forces could go ome and keep weapons and horses
    Grant gave to to Southern troops
    Union celebrates