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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which dramatized the experience and shared ideas about the injustices of slavery. Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin widened the boundary between the North and the South, greatly strengthened Northern abolitionism.
This novel inspired many abolitionists and is one of the cause that contributed to the Civil War. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is an island fortification located in Charleston Harbor. During a resupplying of the fort, Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard bombarded Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, kicking off the Battle of Fort Sumter. Anderson and 86 soldiers surrendered the fort on April 13, and resulted in Confederate victory. -
First Battle of Bull Run
The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Manassas, was the first major land battle of the American Civil War. This battle was a large Union force under General Irvin McDowell, routed by a Confederate army under General Pierre G.T. Beauregard. With a final cavalry charge led by Confederate Colonel Jeb Stuart, the Union army was in full retreat. The Confederates had won the first major battle of the Civil War. -
Battle of Fort Henry
The Battle of Fort Henry on February 6, 1862, was the first significant Union victory of the American Civil War. In an effort to gain control of rivers and supply lines west of the Appalachians, Union Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant and Commodore Andrew Foote launched an attack on the lightly defended Fort Henry in Tennessee. -
Battle of the Ironclads
On March 9, 1862, one of the most famous naval battles in American history occurred as two ironclads, the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Number of historians call it Battle of Hampton Road because it took place a body of water called Hampton Roads in Virginia. The Ironclad was a new kind of battle warship first used in the Civil War. The ships fired on each other all morning but their new armor plates deflected the shots and resulted in no victory from both sides. -
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, took place from April 6 to April 7, 1862, and was one of the major early engagements of the American Civil War. Fought on April 6-7 1862, the Battle of Shiloh was a defeat for Confederate forces in southwestern Tennessee. The results of the battle was the failure of Confederate forces to prevent Union forces from advancing into Mississippi River Valley and ended with a Union victory. -
Battle of Malvern Hill
The Battle of Malvern Hill, also known as the Battle of Poindexter's Farm, was fought on July 1, 1862. Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston fended off McClellan's repeated attempts to take the city. The battle ended with the victory of the Union lead by George B. McClellan. However, General McClellan did not direct his army during the battle. Also, Malvern Hill was the last of the Seven Days' battles. -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam, also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, occurred on September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland. This battle was the Confederate’s invasion of Maryland, one of the greatest Confederate threats to Washington, D.C. However, the Union still claimed the victory. The Battle of Antietam remains the deadliest one-day battle in all of American military history. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought on December 11,1862, around Fredericksburg, Virginia. The Battle of Fredericksburg was a major defeat for the Union Army. Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia repulses a series of attacks by General Ambrose Burnside's Army of the Potomac at Fredericksburg. This battle signaled the low-point of the war for the Union. The entire Battle of Fredericksburg resulted in 12,653 Union casualties and 4,201 Confederate casualties. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
The Battle of Chancellorsville, fought on April 30, 1863 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, was a huge victory for the Confederacy and General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War. Chancellorsville is known as Lee's "perfect battle" because his risky decision to divide his army in the presence of a much larger enemy force resulted in a significant Confederate victory. -
Battle of Raymond
The Battle of Raymond was fought on May 12, 1863, in Raymond, Mississippi. The battle at Raymond changed Grant's plans for the Vicksburg campaign, leading him to first focus on defeating the Confederate forces at Jackson before turning against Vicksburg. The Union claimed the victory. -
Siege of Vicksburg
Vicksburg was one of the Union Army’s most successful campaigns of the American Civil War. The Vicksburg campaign was also one of the longest. The Siege of Vicksburg, fought on May 18, 1863, was a decisive Union victory during the American Civil War that divided the confederacy. The siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg, fought on July 1, 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point in the Civil War, costing the Union 23,000 killed, wounded, or missing in action. Robert E. Lee's plan to invade the North and force an immediate end to the war failed. The failure led to Union’s victory. The Confederates suffered some 25,000 casualties. -
Battle of Chickamauga
The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 19, 1863 took place in Chickamauga, Northwestern Georgia. The battle was between U.S. and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, marked the end of a Union offensive, the Chickamauga Campaign, in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. Chickamauga was the largest Confederate victory, led by Braxton Bragg in the Western theater. -
Battle of the Wilderness
The Battle of Wilderness, fought on May 5, 1864 was the first battle between Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee.
This was the first battle of Union General Ulysses S. Grant's "Overland Campaign," a relentless drive to defeat once and for all Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and capture the South's capital at Richmond, Virginia. The Battle of the Wilderness ended with no victory. -
Battle of Cedar Creek
The Battle of Cedar Creek, also known as Battle of Belle Grove, fought on October 19, 1864, took place in Cedar Creek, Virginia. The battle ended with the victory of the Union, led by Philip Sheridan. Union General Philip Sheridan and his troops were almost jeopardized by a surprise attack from the confederate and acquired the major victory that almost destroys Early's army at the Battle of Cedar Creek in Virginia. -
Battle of Bentonville
The Battle of Bentonville was fought on March 19, 1865 in Johnston County, North Carolina, near the village of Bentonville. The battle victory was acquired by the Union army of Gen. William T. Sherman. This major battle, the largest ever fought in North Carolina, was the only significant attempt to defeat the large Union army during its march through the Carolinas in the spring of 1865. -
Battle of Appomattox Court House
The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, in Appomattox County, Virginia, was the last battles of the American Civil War. The battle resulted in a victory of the Union army. This battle took place near the town of Appomattox Court House and Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant and ended the Civil War. -
Lincoln Assassination
On the evening of April 14, 1865, a Confederate sympathizer and a supporter of slavery John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C. At 7:22 a.m. on April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln did not survive and died from a bullet wound to his head. The assassination occurred after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, officially ending the American Civil War.
