Civil War

By Carmen Denisse

  • Fort Sumter

    The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil War.

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    35,000 Union troops marched from the federal capital in Washington, D.C.

  • Battle of Antietam

    This battle is the deadliest one day battle in all American military history.

  • Formation of the 54th Mass.

    famous of all the black regiments.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    For three days they fought on rocky hills and fields around Gettysburg
    90,000 Union troops – around 23,000 die
    75,000 Confederate troops – around 28,000 die

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    All slaves in the rebel states “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”

  • Defeat of Vicksburg

    It had fulfilled the Anaconda Plan and we had complete control of the Mississippi River splitting up the south