Civil War Timeline

Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Union- Major Anderson
Confederacy-General PT Beauregard
South Won

1st Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

Union-General Iruin McDonell
Confederacy-Genera PT Beauregard and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Confederacy won
Important because it was the first war and changed the view on the war

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

Union- Ulyssess G. Grant and William "Tacumseh" Sherman
Confederacy- General Beauregard
Union won
Importat?- Strategic win toward Union control of MI River

Fall of New Orleans

Apr 6, 1862

Union- Captain David Ferragut
Union won
Important?- Completed the Union control of MI river, South couldn't use the part of the river to carry goods to sea

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Union-General McClen
Confederacy- General Lee
It was a tie
Important? McClen had Lee's plans, it was the "Bloodiest Day in American History"

Bttle of Fredricksburg

Dec 13, 1862

Union-General Burnside
Confederacy- Genral Lee
Confederacy won
Important?
South won again

Battle of Chancellsville

May 6, 1863

Union-General Hooker
Confederacy- General Lee and General Jackson
Confederacy won
Important?
Ruin Union plan of attacking Richmond

Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

Union- General Meade
Confederacy-General Lee and General Picket
Union won
Important?
Ended Confederate hope of help from Britian and France, "The Day the South Died" the turning point of war

Siege of Vicksburg

Jul 4, 1863

Union- General Ulyassas S. Grant
Confederacy-Everyone
Important?
Confederacy split in half and lost contol of MI river

Wilderness Campaign

May 5, 1864

-Between Washington D.C. and Richmond
-Brushfires burned live 200 wounded men
-Grant was called a "butcher"
-Lincoln defeated Grant because he was a fighter
-Started the 6 bloodiest weeks of war

Farragut at Mobile Bay

Aug 5, 1864

Union - David Farragut
Confederates attacked with topredos and fired on ships
Union won
Important?
Union took last Southern part east of MI

Sherman's March to the Sea

Nov 15, 1864

Union- Sharman
Sherman and his men are destroyers
They will invade everyhting to the Atlantic Ocean
Destroyed anything useful to the house
Took food, tore up railroad lines and fields, and killed livestock

Fall of Richmond/Surrender at Appomattox

Apr 2, 1865

-Davis and Cabinet lead the city
-African Americans followed singing, laughing, and reaching out to touch him
Surrender at Appomattox
-Lee continued to fight
-Surrounded and a final train captured
-Lee accepted to surrender to Grant
-Grant met with Lee to dicuss the end of war
UNION WON