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Fort Sumter
- started the war
- southern territories troop control of federal arsenals, mints and public property in their borders when they seceded -north to only had two forts left -1861- located in charleston harbor fort needed supplies ,lincoln decides to send provisions , south was suspicious and attacks -lincoln calls for 75,00 volunteers to help with the war and 4
- more states leave the union
- fort sumter surrenders april 14, 1861
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Battle of Bull Run
-25 miles from D.C.
-press and the public watched the battle at picnics
-lincoln decides to attack - 30,000 union troops to go on the offensive
-southern victory dispelled illusions of a quick war -
Merrimack vs Monitor
-resourceful southern raise and reconstructed a former wooden U.S. warship
-the merrimack, now plated with old iron railroad rails, destroys -several union ships off the coast of Virginia.
-The monitor arrives on the science the next day
after several hours of close engagement, the ships retreat in a draw
-battle marks turning point in naval history- ironclads -
Antietam
- robert e lee broke the back of mcclellan’s assault on richmond
- emboldened by this success, lee invaded maryland invades north
- union soldiers found a copy of lee’s battle plans wrapped around a packet of three cigars, dropped by a confederate officer- revealed Lee and Stonewall Jackson’s armies were separated
- bloodiest battle of the war - 24,000 - 26,000 casualties
- lee retreats back to virginia; mcclellan fails to pursue and is removed from command
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Gettysburg
lee decides to retreat- severe defeat- the high tide of the confederacy
casualties: north 23,000; south 28,000
the south will never invade north again
