major battles of the civil war

  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    this battle started the civil war!! no one really won... no one died on either side.
  • Bull Run

    Bull Run
    the south won this war... it was one of the first important battles of the war because everyone was expecting the north to dominate but when this didnt happen everyone in the norh started getting worried....
  • Antietam

    Antietam
    known as the bloodiest day in the civil war... bathe north won and gave the war a new meaning.... FREE THE SLAVES!! this was good for the union because it made other countries stop helping the confederacy and start helping the union. :)
  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg
    known as the bloodiest battle of the civil war.... the north won and was pretty much the end of the war.... even though the waer went on for about another year...