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Fort Sumpter
On April 12-14,1861 Fort Sumpter was attacked by the Confederates. Anderson and his troops were forced to surrender after 34 hours. On april 14 Fort Sumter was evacuated by federal troops, who marched out waving the amercian flag to a gun salute. -
The First Battle of Bull Run
McDowell's Union force struck on July 21, shelling the enemy across Bull Run while more troops crossed the river as Sudley Ford in an attempt to hit the Confederade left flank. Over tw hours, 10,000 Federals gradually puched back 4500 rebels across the Warrington turnpike and up Henry House HIll. There were 3000 union casualties adn 1750 conferderate caualties. Confederate troops prevailed in this battle. -
Hampton Roads
The Confederate ironclad Virginia steamed into Hampton roads where she sank Cumberland and ran Congress aground. The uinon ironclad Monitor having fortuitously arrived to do battle, initiated the first engagment or ironclads in history. The two ships fought each other to a standstill, but Virginia retired. -
The Battle Of Shiloh
The Confederates launches a surprise attack on the Ulysses S. Grant;s forces, but then the Confederated were forced back, resulting in a union victory. As a result of this, Grant's forces took over the Confederate's Fort Henry on the Tennessee River, and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland. The Confederates evacuated Nashville. -
The Battle of Antietam
General Robert E. Lee and George McClellan faced off near Antietam creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland, in the first battle of the American Civil War to be fought in northen soil. After, a string of union defeats, this tatical victory provided Abraham Lincoln the political cover he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. The battle remains the bloodiest single day in American History with more the 22,000 casualties -
The Battle of Fredricksburg
Union troops prepared to asault Confederate defensive postitions south of the city and on a strongly fortifies ridge just west of the city known as Marye's Heights. The Battle of Fredricksburg was a crushing defeat for the Union. People were resigned from government or they were voted out. -
The battle of Chancellorsville
It is considered General Robert e lee’s greatest victory in the war. Thomas Stonewall Jackson , one of his most trusted generals was mortally wounded in the battle. Fought in the Wilderness region of Virginia, Chancellorsville was General Robert E. Lee's greatest defensive victory, an outstanding example of command partnership and the misuse of strategic initiative. Fought in the Wilderness region of Virginia, Chancellorsville was General Robert E. Lee's greatest defensive victory, an outstandin -
The battle of Vicksburg
Major General Ulysses s. grants armies converged on Lt. Gen. John Pembertons’s forces in Vicksburg. By trapping his forces the confederate army was effectively split in half. Grant’s successes boosted his reputation and lead to his appointment as General –in-chief of the union armies. -
The battle of Gettysburg
Lee decided to invade the north after the win at Chancellorsville. In total 51,112 people died, were wounded, missing or captured. This was a decisive victory for the union side. The south abandoned its attempts to take the war northward. -
The battle of Chickamauga
Ten confederate generals had been killed or wounded, including John Bell Hood (whose leg was amputated) in the victory. On the first day of battle, Bragg's men repeatedly attacked the Union left, anchored by a large Union corps led by George Thomas. A reserve division arrived in time to aid Thomas, and the last of Rosecrans' troops were able to make an orderly retreat to Chattanooga that night. -
Lincoln's Assassination
On this day John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C. He was also a well known actor at the time. At 10:15 he slipped into the box and fired a single shot into the back of Lincoln’s head. -
The Battle Of The Wilderness
Ulysses S. Grant attempted to move through the dense underbrush of the wilderness of Spotslyvania. But Robert E. Lee launched two of his corps on parallel roads to intercept him. By the morning of May 7, the armies were esentially where they had started the battle. Grant refused to order a retreat, so that night they started marching south, The Federals marched towards the crossroads town of Spotslyvania Courthouse, but the Confederates managed to get there first, stalling their advance again. -
Spotsylvainia
The Battle of Spotsylvainia was the second stage od U.S. Grant's campaign against Lee. His plan now was to move east, in attempt to get past Lee's right flank. Grant was not able to achiee his aim at Spotsylvania. Lee quickly worked out what Grant was doing, and sent his cavalry to slow down the Union march. Both armies dug trench networks whenever they came in contact. This battle took about 2 weeks. Every attack that Grant tried to order had failed. But Grant was not going to give up. -
The battle of Petersburg
Petersburg was an important rail center 23 miles south of Richmond. The union army led sieges on both of the cities. On March 25, 1865 the Confederates were driven back at the Battle of Fort Stedman, leaving Lee with 50,000 troops as opposed to Grant's 120,000 .After Lee's plan to join with General Joseph E. Johnston was thwarted, he surrendered to General Grant on April 9 at Appomattox Court House.
