Battles and Events of the Civil War

  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    Charleston Harbor in South Caroina. Was the beginning of the civil war.
  • Battle of Bull run

    Battle of Bull run
    Where: Manassas, Virginia
    Key people: General Irvin, Mc Dowel
    The significance was that the Confederates won
  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam
    Sharpsburg Maryland
    Robert E lee
    Had allod African Americans to participate in war
  • The Emancipation proclamation

    The Emancipation proclamation
    Got everyone closer to abolishing slavery and Eencoraged African Americans to fight in the war
  • The Battle of Vicksburg

    The Battle of Vicksburg
    small war in the Civil War divided the confederacy
  • The battle of Vicksburg

    The battle of Vicksburg
    good victory for the union in Mississippi
  • The War of Gettysburg

    The War of Gettysburg
    the turning point of the civil war with the south losing many of there men
  • New York Draft Riots

    New York Draft Riots
    Key people in this were the Irish
  • Sherman's March to the sea

    Sherman's March to the sea
    The South started to fail
  • Surrender at appomattox court house

    Surrender at appomattox court house
    civil war ends
  • Lincolns assassination

    Lincolns assassination
    meant to give southerners hope and in return only backfired on Booth