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Fort Sumter
April 12, 1861 to April 14, 1861
President Lincoln sends a ship to resupply the federal fort. Believing the ship had troops and weapons, the Confederacy fired on the fort. Due to the attack on the fort, Lincoln calls up 75,000 troops and some of the border states, such as Virginia, secede. -
Hampton roads
The March 9, 1862 battle between the Monitor and Merrimack (ccss Virginia)during the american civil war (1861-65 was history's first duel between ironclad warships. the engagement, known as the battle of hampton Roads, was part of a Confederate effort to break the Union blockade of Southern ports including Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia that had been imposed at the start of the war. Though the battle itself was inconclusive, it began a new era in naval warfare. -
Antietam
September 17, 1862- September 18, 1862
On September 17, 1862, Generals 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 on northern soil. After a string of Union defeats, this tactical victory provided Abraham LIncoln the political cover he needed to issue his Emacipation Proclomation. It remains the bloodiest day in American History, with more than 22,000 casualties. -
gettysburg
Brimming with confidence, Lee decided to go on the offensive and invade the Nort for a second time. two Union cavalry brigades had arrived the previous day. -
Chancellorsville
April 30 1863- May 6, 1863
The Battle of Chancellorsville, fought from April 30 to may 6, 1863, is widely considered to be Confederate Gen. Robert E. LEe's greatest victory during the American Civil War. Facing an enemy force nearly twice the size of his own, Lee daringly split his troops in two, conronting and surprising Union Gen. Joseph Hooker. Though Hooker still held numerical superiority, he did not press his advantage. Lee's victory came at a high cost. Stonewall Jackson was killed. -
Battle of Wilderness
May 5th 1863- May 7th
General Grant, soon after being promoted as commander and chief started his Overland Campaign. Richard Ewell of the Confederates clashed with the Union’s 5th corps. James Longstreet arrived with his corps and General Lee to prevent Ewell and his army from collapsing.The battle ended in a stalemate, but even After heavy losses Grant refused to retreat and continued his march. This was the start of Grant and his the style of attrition warfare. The Confederacy lost 10k men. -
Battle of Spotsylvania
May 8th 1863- May 20th
After Lee beat him to his destination, Grant sent a brigade lead by Winfield Scott Hancock in an attempt to turn the confederates formation left. Lee countered the assault and formed the “Mule Shoe” formation. With reinforced defenses Grant was unable to penetrate the line and continued a flanking march towards Richmond.This continued Grants approach towards Richmond, and forced Lee to again attempt to intercept him on his comming destination, Cold Harbor. -
Siege of Vicksburg
Spring 1862 –July 4, 1863
General Grant led an attack on the stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi after previous failed attempts to claim the stronghold. He lead his troops south down the river 30 miles where they could cross and worked his way up to the stronghold, Grant started siege warfare after arriving at the site. This siege was the loss of the last Confederate Fort on the Mississippi River, cutting the confederate states west of the Mississippi river off from the rest of the Confederacy, -
Battle of Chickamauga
September 19, 1863 – September 20, 1863
General Braxton Braggs lead an assault on Union forces lead by General Thomas. Longstreet arrived with 2 brigades of men, this allowed Braggs to attack on two fronts, 1 lead by General Polk and one by Longstreet. This caused the Union troops to retreat Thomas then stood with his men on a point that is now called Chickamauga Rock and retreated to Chattanooga. Thomas was promoted to Brigadier General, while 10 confederate generals were killed or wounded. -
fredericksburg
. In september 1862, Burnnside led the left wing of the Army of the potomac at the Battle of antietam, during which his forces struggled to capture what became know as "burnside's Bridge." When McClellan declined to preess his advantage and pursue Robert E. Lee's defeated army of Northern virginia after Antietam, Lincoln reached the limit of his patience. on november 7 he removed McClellan from comand and appointed the reluctant Burnside to his post. -
Shiloh
April 6, 1862-April 7,1894
Also known as the Battle of PIttsburg Landing, the Battle of Shiloh was the second great engagement of the American Civil War. On April 6, 1862 Confederate generals launched a surprise attack on Ulysses S. Grants's forces in southwestern Tennessee. After initial successes, the Confederates were unable to hold their positions and were forced back, resulting in a Union victory. both sides suffered heavy losses, with more than 23,000 total casualties. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
September 2nd, 1864- April 1865
General Sherman’s troops marched south in Savannah. This led the Confederate cavalry to destroy any supplies he could use. The Union army also started a campaign of total war. He then took control of the undefended town of savannah and its 25,000 bales of cotton, and gave them to Lincoln as a Christmas present. He then Continued his march Through Southern California. This greatly lowered Confederacy moral, especially in Georgia, and destroying its economy. -
The Siege of Petersburg
June 9th, 1864-April 9th 1865
The Petersburg Campaign was a series of military operations in southern Virginia during the final months of the American Civil War that lead to the defeat of the South. General Grant led a Siege on the confederate capital of Richmond, and on Petersburg. This location held the railroad and was important to Richmond’s defense. Though the Confederates held these two cities the union destroy the supply lines and forced General Lee to surrender the capitol city. -
Lincoln's Assassination
April 14th 1865
John Wilkes Booth was born in Maryland but stayed in the Union even though he had Confederate sympathies. After hearing that Lincoln would appear at Ford’s Theater Booth concocted a plan where he would assassinate the president He crept into lincolns private booth and shot him in the back of the head then proceeded to stab Rathbone in the shoulder.With a broken leg Booth was persued to a virginian farmhouse where he was shot. Lincoln was the first president to be assasasinated.
