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Fort Sumter
When SC seceded from the Union on December 20,1860, United States major Robert Anderson and a number of 85 troops were positioned at Fort Moultrie rear the Charleston harbor. On December 26, Anderson moved his command to Fort Sumter. On April 11, 1861, confederate brig. General P.G.T. Beavergard disaptched AIDS to major Anderson demanding Anderson surrender Anderson refused the next morning at 4:30 A.M. Confederate forces opened fire on fort Sumter and that continued for 34 hours. -
Bull run
This was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia. On July 16, 1861, the untried Union army under brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell marched from Washington against the confederate army, which was drawn up behind bull run beyond centreville. On the 21st McDowell crossed at sudley ford and attacked the confederate left flank on Matthews hill. By July 22, the shattered Union army reached the safety of Washington. -
Hampton roads monitor vs. Merrimack
The confederate goal was to interdict naval operations in Hampton roads. Under the command of Franklin Buchanan the Css Virginia headed straight for the Uss Cumberland off mewport news. Around 2 P.M. Or March 8,1862 the case Virginia struck the Cumberland making a huge hole in the wounder hull. After the hit the css Virginia became entangled within the shredded hull of its opponent the lethal iron ram ended up breaking off and sinking. -
Antietam
The army of the Potomac, under the command of George McClellan. Attacked Robert E. Lee's forces near sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862. The morning assault and confederate counter attackes went back and forth through millers cornfield. Later on, towards the center of the Union assaulted the confederate center after the struggle. A final assault by the Union army caused confederate forces to retreat. -
Fredericksburg
On Nov. 14, burnside, now in command of army of the Potomac, sent a corps to occupy the vicinity of Falmouth near Fredericksburg. E rest of the army soon followed. Lee reacted by entrenching his army on the heights behind the town. On Dec.11, union engineers laid five pontoon bridges across the rappahannock under fire. On the 12th the federal army crossed mounted a series of futile frontal assaults on prospect hill. 2 Union generals and 2 confederate generals died in the confederate win -
Vicksburg
In May and June of 1863 major general Ulysses S. Grant's armies converged on Vicksburg, investing the city and entrapping a confederate army under LT. Gen. John Pemberton. On July 4, Vicksburg surrendered after prolonged siege operations. With the loss of Pemberton's army and this vital stronghold on the Mississippi the confederate was effectively split in half. -
Gettysburg
Having concentrated his army around the small town of Gettysburg, PA. General Robert E. Lee awaited the approach of union gen. George G. Meade's forces. On July 1 early Union success faltered as confederates pushed back against the iron brigade and exploited a weak federal line at barlow's knott. The following day saw lee strike the union flanks leading to heavy battles at Devils den, little round top, the wheatfield, peach orchard. An estimated 51,000 soldiers were killed after Gettysburg. -
Sherman's March to the sea
Major General William Tecumseh Sherman was a contradiction embodied. He moved the few people remaining in the city- about 10 percent of its 20,000 person population in early 1864- out of the area,and cut his supply line. On November 15, 62,000 men split into 2 infantry wings ( actually four parrallel corps columns). Two months after capturing Atlanta, Sherman was ready to move out and decide to strip the city of its military infrastructure. Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman won on Dec.24,1864 -
Richmond
In maj. Gen. Kirby smith's 1862 confederate offensive into Kentucky, brig. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne led and advance with col. Johns Scott's Calvary. The rebel calvary while moving north from big hill on the road to Richmond, Kentucky on August 29 encouraged Union troops and started fighting. After noon Union solders and infantry, forcing confederate to retreat to big hill. Brig. Gen. Mahlon D. Manson, who command Union forces in the area rebels captured approximately 4,000 Yankees