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Period: to
Civil War
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Fort Sumter
Leaders:
-Union: Major Robert Anderson
-Confederate: Gen. PGT Beauragard
Who won:
Confederat
Important:
started civil war -
1st Battle of Bull Run
Leaders:
-Union: Gen. Mcdowell
-Confederate:Gen. PTG Beauregard and "Stonewall" Jackson
Who won:
Confederacy
Important?
1st battle and showed North that the South will fight -
Battle of Shiloh
Leaders:
-Union: Gen. U.S. Grant and W. "Tecumseh" Sherman
-Confederacy: Gen. Beauragard
Who won:
Union
Important?
Union started to gain control of MI. River and controled land in the South -
Fall of New Orleans
Leaders:
-Union:Captain D.Farragut
Who won:
Union
Important?
Union gained control of major port city and came closer to gaining control of Mi. River -
Antietam
Leaders:
-Union: Gen.McClellan
-Confederate: Gen. Lee
Who won:
Tie
Important?
Union was able to prevent the war moving up to the north -
Battle of Fredericksburg
Leaders:
-Union:Gen Burnside
-Confederat: Gen. Lee
Who won:
Confederacy
Important?
South won again -
Battle of Chancellorville
Leaders:
-Union: Gen. Hooker
-Confederate: Gen. Jackson
Who won:
Confederacy
Important?
Confederated prevent Union from taking Richmond -
Battle of Gettysburg
Leaders:
-Union: Gen. Meade
-Confederate: Gen. Pickett
Who won:
Union
Important?
The South lost all hope -
Siege of Vicksburg
Leaders:
-Union: Gen. Grant
Who won
Union
Important?
It was the turning point of the war and the Union gained control of the Mississippi River -
Wildnerness Campaign
Leaders:
-Union: Gen. Grant
Who won
draw
Important?
Bloodiest weeks of the war -
Farragut at Mobile Bay
Leaders:
David Farragut
Who won
Union
Important?
made a great heroic story -
Sherman's March to Sea
Sherman led his men to the sea destroying everything that could be useful to the south in his path. -
Fall of Richmond
Leaders:
-Union: Grant
-Confederat: Jefferson Davis
Who won:
Union
Important?
Ended the war
