Civil War Timeline

Battle of Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Leaders:
Union: Robertson Anderson
Confederate: P. G. T. Beauregard Who Won: Confederate Important: Sparked the Civil war

First Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

Leaders:
Union: Irvin McDowell and Robert Patterson
Confederate: P. G. T. Beauregard and Joseph E. Johnston Who Won: Confederate Important: Showed that the Soth is a force to be reckoned with and that it would be a long war.

_Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

Leaders:
Union: Ulysses S. Grant and Don Carlos Buell
Confederate: Albert Sidney Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard Who Won: Union Important: The Union took control of part of the Southern Mississippi

Fall of New Orleans

Apr 25, 1862

Leaders:
Union: David G. Farragut and Benjamin Butler
Confederate: Mansfield Lovell Who Won: Union Important: Blocked off the Mississippi and closed an important port.

Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Leaders:
Union: George B. McClellan
Confederate: Robert E. Lee Who Won: Tie Important: Prevented Lee from movine north started the EP

Battle of Fredricksburg

Dec 11, 1862

Leaders:
Union: Ambrose E. Burnside
Confederate: Robert E. Lee Who Won: Confederate Important: Confederate stopped the Union advance onto Richmond

Battle of Chancellorsville

Apr 30, 1863

Leaders:
Union: Joseph Hooker
Confederate: Robert E. Leeand Stonewall Jackson Who Won: Confederate Important: Stone Wall Jackson was killed. Union forced to retreat

The Siege of Vicksburg

Jul 4, 1863

Leaders:
Union: Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate: John C. Pemberton Who won: Union Important: This gave the Union total control of the Mississippi River. Also the east and west sides of the Confederate were vut off from eachother.

Wilderness Campaign

May 4, 1864

Leaders:
Union: Ulysses S. Grant and George G. Meade
Confederate: obert E. Lee Who Won: Union Important: The Union could advance apon Richmond and the Confederate's spirits were broken.

Farrigut at Mobile Bay

Aug 2, 1864

Leaders:
Union: David Farragut (NAVY) and Gordon Granger (Army)
Confederate: Franklin Buchanan (NAVY) and Richard L. Page (Army) Who Won: Union Important: This battle was important because the Union now had control of all of the southern ports.

Sherman's March to Sea

Nov 9, 1864

Leaders:
Union: by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman Who Won: Union Important: This event was very important because Sherman and his men destroyed many of the Confederate's supplies and food.

Fall of Richmond/Surrender at Appotmattox

Apr 9, 1865

Leaders:
Union: Ulysses S. Grant, George G. Meade and Benjamin F. Butler
Confederate: Robert E. Lee Who Won: Union Importnat: The Union had now won the war and the Confederate was no more.