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1st Battle of Bull Run/ Manassas Junction
-This was the first majior battle of the American Civil War.
-The Union comander was Irvin McDowell -
George B. McClellen named general of Army of Potomac
-Nicknamed "Young Nepolian" or "Litte Mac"
-McClellan began his military career after entering the United States Military Academy in 1842. -
Battle of Shiloh/ PIttsburgh Landing
-Majior General Ulysses S. Grant le dthe Union Army.
- During the first attacks, Confederate Gen. Johnston was mortally wounded and was replaced by P.G.T. Beauregard. -
Battle of 2nd Bull Run/ Manassas Junction
- Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fought against Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia. -Confederate Majior Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson captured the Union supply depot at Manassas Junction.
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Battle Of Antietam/ Sharpsburg
-The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North.
-The Army of the Potomac, under the command of George McClellan, mounted a series of powerful assaults against Robert E. Lee’s forces near Sharpsburg, Maryland. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
-Union and Confederate troops fought in the streets of Fredericksburg.
-Confederate comander was Robert E. Lee. -
Emancipation Proclomation issued
-Issued by president Abrham Lincoln.
-This proclomation freed no slaves. -
Battle of Chancellorsville/ Death of Stonewall Jackson
-Jackson's death became an icon of Southern heroism and commitment.
-Confederate pickets accidentally shot Stonewall at the Battle of Chancellorsville. -
Battle of Gettysburg
-General Meade of the Union Army and his troops won this battle.
-This battle is also famous for Pickett's Charge in which his Confederate soldiers were attempting to take the Union position but received a large number of casualties. -
Surrender of Vicksburg
-Confederate general John C. Pemberton surrendered to Union general Ulysses S. Grant.
-With the loss of Pemberton’s army and this vital stronghold on the Mississippi, the Confederacy was effectively split in half. -
Gettysburg Address
-Speech was delivered by Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
-This speech was only 272 words, but Lincoln reminded the public that the Union still had toi fight. -
Grant named General of Army of Potomac
-Grant took over for general Henry Halleck.
-Ulysses S.Grant is a very famous Civil War hero. -
Sherman's march to the sea
-Sherman's March to the Sea was conducted in Georgia from November 15, 1864 to December 21, 1864.
-General William Tecumseh Sherman's march ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21. -
Lee surrenders to Grant
-With his army surrounded, his men weak and exhausted, Robert E. Lee realized there was little choice but to consider the surrender of his Army to General Grant.
- Lee's final stand was at Appomattox Court House, where he launched an attack to break through the Union force. -
Assassinatin of Lincoln
-Lincoln was kiled in Ford's theater by John Wilks Booth.
-was the first american persident to be assassinated.