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Battle of Fort Sumter
On April 12, 1861 the South opened fire on Fort Sumter. Confederate authorities demanded Fort Sumter's immediate evacuation. Fort sumter was under Union control. The South's battery opened fire at 4:30 AM on April 12th. The fort was forced to surrender after 34 hours. On april 14th Fort Sumter was evacuated by federal troops. The outcome was postive for the Confederates because it was their first victory. -
1st Bull Run
By July 1861, two months after Confederate troops opened fire on Fort Sumter to begin the Civil War, the northern press and publiv were eager for the Union Army to make an advance on Richmond. Over 2 hours 10,000 Federals gradually pushed back 4,500 rebels. Dispite their victory Confederate troops were not organized to pursue the retreating Yankees. -
Hampton Roads
The Battle of Hampton Roads was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War from the standpoint of the development of navies. It was fought over two days. The major significance of the battle is that it was the first meeting in combat of ironclad warships. This battle recieved worldwide attention and had effects on navies all over the world. -
Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh or also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing was a major battle in the Western Theater of The American Civil War. This battle was fought in April in Sothwestern Tennessee. On the first day of the battle, the Confederates struck with the intention of driving the Union defenders away from the river and into the swamps of Owl Creek to the west, hoping to defeat Grant's Army of the Tennessee. Reinforcements from Gen. Buell and from Grant's forced the Confederates to reteat. -
Battle of Antietam
On September 17, 1862 , General Robert E. Lee and George McClellan battled off near Antietam creek in Sharpsburg Maryland. This battle is the bloodiest day in American history with 22,000 casualites. Most of the battle took place over a cornfield. Lee withdrew across the river on September 18, sufforing 10,318 casualties to McClellan's 12,401. That day drew that the Union claimied as a victory. -
Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg,Virginia. This was between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. Burnside's plan was to cross the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg in mid-November and race to the Confederate capital of Richmond before Lee's army could stop him. On December 15, Burnside withdrew his army. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War. It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville. Chancellorsville is known as Lee's "perfect battle" because his risky decision to divide his army in the presence of a much larger enemy force resulted in a significant Confederate victory. This victory had heavy casualties. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg was fought on July 1-3 1863 in Gettysburgh. This battle took place at Culps hill, Cementary ridge and Little Round Top. This long battle resulted in an Union victory. -
Vicksburg
It was the final military action in the Vicksburg Campaign. Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton into the defensive lines surrounding the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Without any supplies, reinforcements, and lasting forty days the garrison finally surrendered on July 4. -
Battle of Chickamauga
During the late summer of 1863 the Union and Confederate forces were struggling over the key railroad center of Chattonooga,Tennessee. On the early morning of september 19 the two forces met in the woods near the creek of Chickamauga. On the first day of battle Bragg's men repeatedly attacked the Union. That evening, Longstreet arrived with two more brigades. In November, Thomas helped Grant forces reverse the results of Chickamauga with a victory over the Confederates in this battle. -
Wilderness
The Battle of the Wilderness, fought May 5–7, 1864, was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Both armies suffered heavy casualties.The battle was tactically inconclusive, as Grant disengaged and continued his offensive. -
Battle of Spotsylvania
This battle was the second major battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign of the American Civil War. This battle took place in Spotsylvania County, Virgina. This battle resulted in over 4,000 people killed on both sides with over 19,000 injured. The result was inconclusive. -
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Shermans March to the Sea was during November and December 1864 by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army in the American Civil War. The campaign began with Sherman's troops leaving the captured city of Atlanta, Georgia, on November 15 and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21. This march resulted in major damage. -
Seige of Petersburg
The Petersburg Campaign was a series of battles around Petersburg, Virginia, fought from June 9, 1864, to March 25, 1865, during the American Civil War. It was not a classic military seige, it was mainly a trench warfare in which Union forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assaulted Petersburg unsuccessfully and then constructed trench lines that eventually extended over 30 miles from the eastern outskirts of Richmond, Virginia, to around the eastern and southern outskirts of Peterburg. -
Lincoln's Assassination
The assassination of United States President Abraham Lincoln took place on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, as the American Civil War was drawing to a close. The assassination occurred five days after the commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia, Robert E. Lee, and his army surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant. Lincoln was murdered with a pistol.
