Civilwar

Civil War Timeline

By hj9259

  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    • Lincoln sent troops to reinforce the Union-owned fort in South Carolina.
    • The South or Confederates fired first.
    • The battle lasted 34 hours.
    • The South won after the Union surrendered.
    • Only a horse died.

  • Bull Run

    Bull Run
    • Union Forces headed to richmond (Confederate Capitol) when they ran into 30,000 confederates.
    • Picknickers from D.C came to watch the "end of the Civil War"
    • Stonewall Jackson Leads Southern Charge
    • The South wins and both sides know it will be a long bloody war

  • Antietam

    Antietam
    • Antietam Creek, Manyland (Union)
    • New reality of war = new weapons = LOTS of death
    • 6,000 dead, 20,000+ wounded
    • Greatest 1-day battle loss of life for US
    • Union- Victory?
    • More death than last to wars combined

  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg
    • July 1-3 1863
    • Second day of the battle was the worst
    • THE turning point of the war
    • 50,000 men died
    • Pickett's carge failed (15,000 men died)
    • UNION VICTORY

  • Vicksburg

    Vicksburg
    • May - July 1864
    • 40+ days of fighting
    • Union victory allowed North to control the Mississippi River
    • Helped fulfill th Anaconda Plan
    • Union Victory!

  • Appomattox Courthouse

    Appomattox Courthouse
    • Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant
    • Term of surrender = Southers forces go home and keep weapons & horses
    • Grant gives food to Southern troops
    • Union Celebrates!