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The start of the Civil War. -
35,000 Union troops marched from the federal capital in Washington, D.C. to strike a Confederate force of 20,000 along a small river known as Bull Run -
Also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the American Civil War The fighting took place in southwestern Tennessee, which was part of the war's Western Theater. -
The Battle of Antietam, or Battle of Sharpsburg particularly in the Southern United States. ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. -
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Known as Confederate General Robert E. Lee's "perfect battle" because of his risky decision to divide his army in the presence of a much larger Union army -
A decisive Union victory during the American Civil War that divided the Confederacy -
The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point -
Is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery -
The Confederate Army attack on the United States Army occupied Fort Pillow on April 12, 1864, remains one of the most controversial moments in the American Civil War -
The Union victory in the largest battle of the Atlanta Campaign led to the capture of that critical Confederate city -
It was the final engagement of Confederate General in Chief Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia before they surrendered to the Union Army.