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Siege of Petersburg
Apr 12- April 14,1861
The seven southern states that had seceded claimed possession of all U.S forts and arsenals with their territory. When Lincoln took President, Confederates demanded evacuation of Fort Sumter. Lincoln refused and sent supplies as food to the troops left in the fort but the south opened fire at 4:30am on the 12th. After 34 hours Anderson was forced to surrender. On April 14th troops evacuated the fort.This aroused and united the North, The south held the fort until feb 1865 -
Fort Sumter
Battle of Fort Sumter April 12, 1861 to April 14, 1861
The confederates started this battle, not the Union. This battle had no casualties at all until the end when an explosion occurred, causing the only death of the engagement. Major Robert Anderson, leader of the US troops, was forced to surrender after 34 hours of shelling. The shelling of U.S. property aroused and united the North. -
Seige of Vicksburg
Battle of Vicksburg Spring of 1862 to June 1863
The Confederates have already lost Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Memphis is Tennessee, and New Orleans in Lousiana. If they lose Vicksburg then that lets Union have control over the river thus enabling them to be able to isolate the Confederate states that lay west of the river. With the surrender of Vicksburg and the victory of Gettysburg the day before, this was in fact a turning poing in the war for a Union. -
First Bull Run
Battle of First Bull Run July 21, 1861
The Union attacked first. Though they did, they were not victorious. This sent Union troops who believed they were going to have a easy, decisive vicory reeling, and gave the Confederates a false hope that they could pull of a swift victory themselves. The Union was also forced to retreat. Their were 3,000 casualties on the Union side and only 1,750 on the Confederate side. This was just the beginning of a long, grueling conflict that was to take place. -
Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads was a battle between Monitor and Merrimack, the 1st duel between warships. It was part of a Confederate effort to break up the Union Blockade on southern ports. The Merrimack was run by Commodore Franklin Buchanan from the south. The Monitor was under command by northern Lieutenant John Worden.The southern ship was destroyed by its crew on May 9, 1862 and the Monitor was lost off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. It began a new era in naval warfare. -
Shiloh
Apr. 6 April 7, 1862
Confederate Generals surprise attacked Ulysses S. Grant’s men in southwestern Tennessee. Confederates were unable to hold back Union forces and were forced back giving the Union a victory. Confederates knew Grant’s plan to attack Memphis and Charleston Railroads and attempted to stop him but both sides were inexperienced and suffered over 23,000 total casualties. North overtook railroads cutting the confederate states in half -
Antietam
September 17- September 18, 1862
Generals Lee and McClellan faced in Sharpsburg, Maryland near Antietam creek. McClellan failed to use his numbers over Lee but was still able to stop the Confederate’s advance north. In the day more than 22,000 people fell. Lee withdrew from the battle on the 18th and Union claimed victory that provided Lincoln’s administration to justify the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. Also photographs of the dead to show the “the terrible earnestness of war” -
Fredericksburg
Battle of Fredericksburg December 11 to December 15, 1862
Due to the mismanagment of their Generals, the couragous and well fighting wasnt enough for the Union to win the Battle of Fredericksburg. Though General Burnside accepted the responsibility for the defeat, many people blamed lincoln because he pressured Burnside to go ahead with the impossible offense. However, the Confederates morale was restored from this Victory. The Union suffered 13,000 casualties while the Confederates had 5,000. -
Chancellorsville
April 30 to May 61863. Is considered the Confederates greatest victory during the civil war, Lee faced enemy force nearly twice the size of his. Lee split his troops in two before attacking and surprising Union Gen. Joseph Hooker, who did not press his advantage,was forced to retreat. Lee found 80,000 Union troops behind him but had Jackson follow a circuitous route that brought them against Hooker’s weak flank.Lee possessed strategic initiative which would lead him to Gettysburg in the North -
Battle of Gettysburg
July 1st to July 3rd, 1863
Robert E. Lee and his confederate army marched forward towards Gettysburg after a smashing victory at Chancellorsville. Lee attacked Union soldiers on the second day against James Longstreet word; he opened fire at 4 pm against Daniel Sickles. Over the next few hours and bloody fighting a combine total of 9,000 or more casualties fell on each side, 35,000 from both days of fighting. The battle of Gettysburg irrevocably turned the tide into the favor of the Union. -
Chickamuaga
Battle of Chickamauga Creek September 20, 1863
Union General William Rosecrans and his 60,000 men pushed Braxton Braggs Army of Tennessee out of Chattanooga and went to Chickamauga, Georgia, located 12 miles southwest of Chattanooga. On the Union side, their were some 16,000 casualties and on the Confederate side, around 20,000 casualties. Because of this, the Battle of Chickamuaga is considered the most costliest war in the wars western theater. -
Wilderness
May 5 -May 8,1864
Lincoln appointed Ulysses S. Grant to plan a major offensive toward the confederate capital of Richmond, the plan was to keep Lee’s army of North Va. Under pressure and make it impossible for Lee to send more troops to defend against the Union. Thick forest made it hard for both sides to move and fire at others, men from both sides became prisoners.All together 25,500 men& the battle remained inconclusive.Grant was changing the way the North would march,he would continue south -
Spotsylvania
Battle of Spotsylvania May 8, 1864 to May 21, 1864
The Union threatened the capitol, Richmond, in hopes of keeping General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia occupied while Union General William T. Sherman led his own advance into Georgia in the wars western theater.The Spotsylvania Court House saw some of the bloodiest fighting of the Civil War. The Union had 18,000 casualties and the Confederates had 11,000 casualties. -
Sherman's March
Sherman's March November 22, 1864 to December 21, 1864
General Sherman, a Confederate General, was relunctant to set off on a wild goose chase across the south, so he spit his troops up, 60,000 of them went to General Thomas, and 62,000 stayed with Sherman. Thomas took his part of the troops to Nashville, while Sherman took his 62,000 on an offensive march to the sea. -
Lincon's Assassination
Lincoln’s killer, John Wilkes Booth and several associates planned to kidnap the president and take him to Richmond on March 20,1865. Lincoln did not appear at the spot they thought he would be, two weeks later Richmond fell to the Union. On April 14th Lincoln was at a show with his wife when Booth slipped into the box and fired into the back of Lincoln’s head, paralyzing him. at 7:22 a.m. the 15th.President Andrew Johnson became president and proceeded to reconstruct the confederate states.
