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Battle Of Bullrun
Fought miles away from Washington dci n Virginia on July 21 1816 a won by Confederates -
Blockade of the South
The Union Blockade, or the Blockade of the South, took place between 1861 and 1865, during the American Civil War, when the Union Navy maintained a strenuous effort on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the Confederate States of America designed to prevent the passage of trade goods, supplies, and arms to and from the Confederacy -
February 1862 Grant moves on Tennessee
where grant took Fort Doelson by making the confedrates surrender to the union -
March 1862 Warships Monitor and Merrimack clash
In Minnesota the monitor arrived and stayed 172 feet away on the water carrying 60 men significantly smaller than the Merrimac. -
May 1862 -- "Stonewall" Jackson Defeats Union Forces
Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, commanding forces in the Shenandoah Valley, attacked Union forces in late March, forcing them to retreat across the Potomac. As a result, Union troops were rushed to protect Washington, D.C. -
The Battle of Shiloh
The confederate’s surprised the union forces and still lost to the union who captured Corinth rail junction. -
Fall of New Orleans
On the morning of April 24th 1862 the union was trying to split the confederacy in to two. -
Seven days battle
When the confederates attacked the union for a week and forced the union forces to retreat. -
September 1862 -- Antietam
American Civil War battle that ended Robert E. Lee’s first invasion of the north. After victory at Second Bull Run or Manassas, Lee was convinced that the best chance of Confederate victory was an invasion of the north.
