Civil War

By jdaw1505

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    Battle of Fort Sumter
    Battle of Fort Sumter: April 12 1861
    Union General: Major Robert Anderson
    Confederacy General: General PGT Beauregard
    Who Wins: South
    Sparks the start of the Civil War.
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  • First Battle of Bullrun

    First Battle of Bullrun
    First Battle of Bull Run: July 21, 1861
    Union: General Irvin McDowell
    Confederates: General PGT Beauragard and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
    Confederates Win
    Important? 1st battle and changed the view of the war.

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh
    Union: Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman
    Confederates: Genderal PGT Beaurgard
    Union Wins
    Important: Strategic win toward Union control over Mississippi

  • Fall of New Orleans

    Fall of New Orleans
    Fall of New Orleans: 25, April, 1862
    Union: Captain David Farrragut
    Confederates: Everyone they had
    Who Won: Union
    Important: Completed Union controll of Mississippi River. South couldn't use the port or river to carry goods to war.

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam
    Battle of Antietam: 17, September, 1862
    Union: General George McClellan
    Confederacy: General Lee
    Who Won: Tie
    Important: Union able to prevent Lee from moving the war into Northern land. Caused the Emancipation Proclamation
    Facts: Bloodiest day in American history: 6,000 killed 17,000 wounded in one day.

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    Battle of Fredericksburg
    Battle of Fredericksburg: 13, December, 1862
    Union: General Ambrose Burnside
    Confederates: General Lee
    Who Won: Confederacy
    Important: South wins again!
    Facts: After Antietam Lee retreated into Virginia. Burnside marched his troops twoard Richmond. Lee intercepts troops at Fredericksburg. Lee moves to a hill and built trenches so the Rebels could fire down and be protected. Lee entrenched forces easily drive the Union forces back.

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Battle of Chancellorsville
    Battle of Chancellorsville: 30, April, 1863
    Union: General Joseph Hooker
    Confederates: General Lee and Stonewall Jackson
    Who Won: Confederates
    Important: Ruined Union plan of attacking Richmond
    Facts: Lee and Hooker both decieded to split their troops. Some Rebel troops stayed to defend Fredericksburg and some confrontted the Union forces at Chancellorsville. Jackson gets shot by his own men. Arm is amputated and died a week later.

  • Seige of Vicksburg

    Seige of Vicksburg
    Vicskburg Siege: Started May 18, 1863, Ended: July 4th 1863
    Union: Ulyssess S. Grant
    Confederacy: Everyone they had
    Who Won: Union
    Important: Major turning point. Confederacy spilt in half and lost control of Mississippi in the South

  • The Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg
    Battle of Gettysburg: 1-4, July, 1863
    Union: Gen George Meade
    Confederates: Gen Lee and Gen Pickett
    Who Won: Union
    Important: Ended Confederates hope of help from Britain and France. Turning point in the war.
    Facts: Bloodiest Battle of the War: Union 23,000 dead, Rebels 25,000 dead

  • Wilderness Campaign

    Wilderness Campaign
    Wilderness Campaign: Started May, 5, 1864 Ended: June, 16, 1864
    Union: General Grant
    Who won: Union
    Important: Grant continued his attack toward Richmond the captial of the Confederacy.
    Facts: Bloodiest six weeks of the war. 50,000 Union deaths in three days.

  • Farragut at Mobile Bay

    Farragut at Mobile Bay
    Farragut at Mobile Bay: August 5, 1864
    Union: David Farragut
    Who won: Union
    Important: Union took last Southern port east of the Mississippi. Finishes Anaconda Plan

  • Sherman's March to the Sea

    Sherman's March to the Sea
    Sherman's March to the Sea: Bean November 15, 1864, Ended: December 21 1864
    Union: General Sherman
    Who Won: Union
    Important: Destroyed everything useful Sherman came across (Total War). Sherman took food, tore up railroad lines and fields, and killed livestock. 1000s of enslaved people freed

  • Fall of Richmond/Appomattox Court House

    Fall of Richmond/Appomattox Court House
    Fall of Richmond: April 2, 1865
    Jefferson Davis escapes Richmond and burnes the city to hide the evidence. In the town of Appomattox Court House Grant and Lee discuss the terms of surrender. Conditions: Rebel troops keep their guns. Repel officers keep their horses. No one allowed to disturb the soldiers on their way home. 25,000 rations to the Rebel troops. April 9 1865: the war is officially over.