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The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter.
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President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the blockade.
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Ulysses S. Grant was the most successful Union or Confederate generals during the American Civil War.
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The First Battle of Bull Run also known as First Manassas was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, near the city of Manassas.
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The Battle of Ironclads was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War from the standpoin.
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The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
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There were three Battles of Chattanooga fought in Chattanooga, Tennessee, during the American Civil War.
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The bloody sequence of battles around Richmond began.
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The Second Battle of Bull Run or Second Manassas was fought August 28–30, 1862. As part of the American Civil War.
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The bloodiest single day in American military history ended in a draw. But the Confederate retreat gave Abraham Lincoln the victory he desired before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was an order issued to all segments of the Executive branch
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The proclamation freed all slaves in states that were still in rebellion
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The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign.
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The Siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
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General Robert E. Lee led his Confederate Army across the Potomac River and headed towards Pennsylvania.
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The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, one of the best in American history.
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Abraham Lincoln was growing convinced that he would not be re-elected.
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The immortal words of General William T. Sherman when he captured Atlanta on this date in 1864. Sherman had taken the Deep South's major manufacturing center and railroad hub, a huge loss for the Confederacy.
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Sherman's March to the Sea is the name commonly given to the Savannah Campaign conducted through Georgia from November 15 to December 21, 1864 by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army in the American Civil War.
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Sherman's Union army has captured Savannah, Georgia. They now have created a military barrier that stretches from east to west across the South, hampering the Confederate army's attempts to move men and supplies through the region. Sherman sends word to President Lincoln that this lovely coastal city will be spared.
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Union troops occupy Petersburg and Richmond
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Robert Edward Lee was an American career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.
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The assassination of United States President Abraham Lincoln took place on Good Friday, April 14, 1865. As the American Civil War was drawing to a close.
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When Georgia ratified it on December 6, 1865, the institution of slavery officially ceased to exist in the United States.
