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Fort Sumter
April 12-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. -
First Bull Run
July 21, 1861
The public pressured Chief Scott to advance before he trained his troops rightfully. He ordered General McDowell to advance to Manassas, Virginia. He attacked on July 21st, and was successful at first but Confenderate reinforcements turned it into a Southern victory and made them retreat toward Washington. -
Hampton Roads
March 9, 1862
The Battle of Hampton Roads was the first battle between ironclad warships. The Confederates ship, Virginia, was one they built from the salvaged parts of a Northern-built ship, and it was commanded by Commodore Franklin Buchanan. The Union's ship, the Monitor, was under the command of Lt. John Worden. The battle served to be a great one, but it ended fairly quickly in a Confederate vicotry on March 9 at 12:30 P.M. -
Battle of Shiloh
April 7, 1862
The Battle of Shiloh, also know as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was the second greatest engagement of the Civil War. Ulysses S. Grant and his forces were ambushed by the Confederate generals in southwestern Tennesee. Regardless of there short lived victory, the Confederates were unable to hold their positions and were driven back just enough to make the overall victory of the one day battle to the Union. Though this battle only lasted a day, there were a totla of 23,000 deaths. -
Antietam
September 17, 1862
General Lee's troops were caught by General McClellan around Sharpsburg, Maryland. This battle was the bloodiest day of the war and it didn't even have a winner because General Lee withdrew back to Virginia. -
Fredericksberg
December 11-December 15, 1862
Lincoln replaced General McClellan with General Burnside. His forces were defeated because a series of attacks weakened them fast at Fredricksburg, Virginia. After this, General Burnside was replaced with General Hooker. -
Chancellorsville
April 30-May 6, 1863
General Hooker crossed the Reppahannock River to attack General Lee's forces. But unfortunately for him, General Lee had split his army in three and attacked Hooker's army in three places. He made him retreat across the river which he had came across and the South won the battle. -
Battle of Gettysburgh
July 1, 1863- July 3, 1863
With a total of 35,000 dead after the first 2 days of fighting, the second day of the battle was very heavy. On the third day is the battle known as Pickets Charge, led by General Robert Lee, where Confederate troops cahrged 3/4 of a mile to attack the Union, and also with 150 guns being fired. Despite their brunt charge, the Union, hiding behind stone walls, opened fire to the charging Confederates. Barely half of the Confederates survived. -
Battle of Vicksburg
Spring of 1862 - July 4, 1863
For over a year the Union forces waged a campaign on the Confederates to take Vicksburg, Mississippi.The Union attempted to subdue the Confederate batteries with an expedition with ironclads, but failed. General Ulysses S. Grant led his army of 40,000 troops to Bruinsburg (30 miles from Vicksburg), prevented the small southern army led by Gen. Joseph E. Johnson from linking up with Vicksburg forces. John C. Pemberton eventually surrendered the city on July 4, -
Battle of Chickamauga
September 19, 1863 - September 20, 1863
On the first day of battle, the confederates (led by Braxton Bragg) attacked the Union (led by George Thomas). Throughout the battle, both sides held their positions, with heavy losses to each. at 11:30 a.m on September 20, James Longstreet and his troop advanced to the confederates. The overall victor was to the Union, who were then safely allowed to travel to Chattanooga. -
Battle of the Wilderness
May 5, 1864 - May 7, 1864
The Confederate's corps, led by RIchard Ewell, clashed with the Union's 5th corps near the Orange Turnpike. The battle was described to be fierce and chaotic, though darkness seemed to halt it. By the morning of May seventh, the two armies were [essentially] where they had been 48 hours earlier at the start of the battle. Altough there were 17,500 causualties throughout the two days, the battle ended inconclusively. -
Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse
May 11, 1864 - May 19, 1864
ON Mmay 11, J.E.B. Stuart's Confederate cavalry made a stand against the Union at Yellow Tavern. After many causualties were sustained on both sides, the union pulled out a victory. On May 12, the Union attacked the Confederates. They ragefully battled for 20 hours. until Lee ordered his troops to fall back. The Union attempted an ambush on May 18, but there were more Union causualties than Confederates. Ending on May 19, 1864, the battle was "costly but inconclusive. -
Siege of Petersburg
June 9, 1864-March 25, 1865
General Grant wanted to take Petersburg and approach the Confederate from the south. But, his attempt failed, which resulted in a 10 month long battle and the loss of a ton of lives on both sides. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
November 15-December 20,1864
General Sherman marched through Georgia to the sea. He made his troops live of the land and cut them off from supplies. They cut a path that was 300 miles long through Georgia as they destroyed factories, bridges, railroads, and anything that stood in their way. -
Lincoln's Assassination
April 14, 1865
Lincoln was watching a performance at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. and he was shot by John Wilkes Booth who was obsessed with avenging the Confederate loss. Lincoln died the next morning and Booth escaped. But, a few days later, Booth was shot by a Union soldier.
