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Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a novel which showed the reality of slavery and is generally regarded as one of the major causes of the Civil War. The novel was written in 1852 by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. It helped change American history for the better because it pushed the debate forward on slavery. Uncle Tom’s Cabin showed that African American’s have souls and feelings just like other humans.
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The Battle of Fort Sumter was the start to the civil war. The United States Army surrendered and started the Civil War. This is when first gunshot happened, and it was an attack near South Carolina. This took place on April 12–13, 1861.
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The First Battle of Bull Run was the name used by Union Forces. The Confederate forces called it Battle of First Manassas. It was the first major battle of the American Civil War. The battle was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, just north of the city of Manassas. It ended up a clear victory for the Confederates.
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On March 9, 1862, one of the most famous battles in American history occurred as two ironclads, the U.S.S.Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia fought to a draw off Hampton Roads , Virginia. The ships fired on each other all morning but their armor plates deflected the shots, signaling a new era of steam-powered iron ships.
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Shiloh lasted two days, April 6-7, 1862. Confederate forces attacked Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh, Tennessee. Around ⅙ of Union soldiers died, and ¼ of Confederate troops were killed. By mid-February 1862, United States forces had won decisive victories in the West at Mill Springs, Kentucky, and Forts Henry and Donelson in Tennessee.
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It wasn’t clear who the winner was in the Battle of Antietam, but it was the most violent day of the war! It was unclear, but because General Lee withdrew to Virginia, McClellan was considered the victor. It took place on September 17, 1862. 2,108 Union soldiers were killed and 2,700 Confederates were killed while many were also wounded.
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The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought in Fredericksburg, Virginia between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army and the Union Army. The Battle was fought December 11–15, 1862, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. It is remembered as one of the most significant Confederate victories.
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The Battle of Stones River was fought between December 31, 1862 and January 2, 1863. It had the highest amount of deaths and injuries from both sides. The battle produced important military and political gains for the Union, and it changed forever the people who lived and fought here.
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The Battle of Chancellorsville, fought April 30 to May 6, 1863, was a huge victory for the Confederacy and General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War. It was fought near the village of Chancellorsville. Two related battles were fought nearby on May 3 in Fredericksburg.
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The Battle of Vicksburg was 47-days. The Siege of Vicksburg started on May 18th, 1863 and officially ended with a Federal army and navy victory on July 4th, 1863. Capture of Vicksburg by the Union army is considered one of the major points of the American Civil War.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania between the Union and Confederate forces. It took place on July 1–3, 1863. The battle involved a many casualties. 23,049 for the Union, and 28,063 for the Confederate. It’s often described as the war's turning point! The Union won this battle, and it was crushing for the Confederacy.
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This was the engagement of Confederate States Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army and it took place on April 9, 1865. Virginia signaled the end of the nation war. Today, there is an Appomattox museum marking the place of this historical event.
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by a famous stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Lincoln died.
