Civil war reenactment

Civil War Timeline

By C.J. Sparrow

  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    1. Lincoln sent troops to reinforce the Union-owned fort in South Carolina
    2. South first
    3. South won after Union surrendered

  • Bull Run

    Bull Run
    1. Union forces headed to Richmond (Confederate Capitol) when they ran into 30,000 Confederates
    2. Picnickers from D.C came to watch the "end of the Civil War"
    3. Stonewall Jackson leads Southern chargh Results: South wins Both sides know it will be a long and bloody war

  • Antietam

    Antietam
    1. Antietam Cree, Maryland (Union)
    2. New reality of war= new weapons= LOTS of death
    3. 6,000 dead, 20,000+ wounded
    4. Greatest 1-day battle loss of life for US
    5. More death than last 2 wars combined
    6. Union- victory?

  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg
    1. THE turning point of the war
    2. Lee needed a victory in Union territory
    3. 50,000 dead combined
    4. Pickett's charce fails

  • Vicksburg

    Vicksburg
    1. 40+ days of fighting
    2. Union victory allowed North to control the Mississipi
    3. Helped fulfill he Anaconda Plan
    4. North Victory

  • Appomattox Courthouse

    Appomattox Courthouse
    1. Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant
    2. Terms of surrener= Southern forces could go home and keep weapons and horses
    3. Grant gives food to Southern troops
    4. Union Celebrates