The Civil War

Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Union led by Robert Anderson.
Confederacy led by P.G.T. Beauregard. The Confederacy was victorious.
The battle sparked the beginning of the Civil War. Bothed sides thought this would be an easy win.

1st Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

Union led by General McDowell.
Confederacy led by P.G.T. Beauregard and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
The Confederates won the battle.
This battle showed both sides that the war would be much longer than they originally thought.

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

Union led by Ulysses S. Grant.
Confederacy led by P.G.T. Beauregard. Union won their first battle in the Civil War.
The Union now had control of the Mississippi River.

Fall of New Orleans

Apr 25, 1862

Union led by David Farragut. The Yankees were successful.
This gave the Union total control over the Mississippi River, meaning the Confederacy couldn't use their ports on the river.

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Union led by General McClellan.
Confederacy led by Robert E. Lee. The battle was a tie.
The Union's defensive strategies worked. It also caused the Emancipation Proclamation to be written by Abraham Lincoln.

Battle of Fredericksburg

Dec 13, 1862

Union led by General Burnside.
Confederacy led by Robert E. Lee. The Confederacy was victorious.
This was an example of the South's fighting spirit, because they had won another battle over the North.

Battle of Chancellorsville

May 1, 1863

Union led by Joseph Hooker.
Confederacy led by Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. The Confederacy defeated the Union.
This battle destroyed the Union's hope of attacking Richmond, the Confederate capital.

Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

Union led by General Meade.
Confederacy led by General Lee and General Pickett. The Union won the battle.
It ruined the South's plans of getting assistance from Great Britain and France.

Siege of Vicksburg

Jul 4, 1863

Union led by Ulysses S. Grant.
No Confederate leader. The Union were successful.
This split the South in two, and didn't give the South any control over the Mississippi River.

Wilderness Campaign

May 5, 1864

Union led by Ulysses S. Grant.
Confederacy led by Robert E. Lee. The Rebels gave up and the Union won.
Grant and his remaining troops were now closer to the capture of Richmond.

Farragut at Mobile Bay

Aug 5, 1864

Union led by David Farragut.
No Confederate leader. The Yankees' invasion was fruitful.
This destroyed the Confederate's hopes of winning the war even more, and also solidified the split of the two parts of the South.

Sherman's March to the Sea

Nov 15, 1864

Union led by General Sherman.
No Confederate leader. The Union was successful, by destroying homes, farms, and any needed thing in the South.
This destroyed the fighting spirit of the Rebels completely.

Fall of Richmond and Surrender at Appomattox

Apr 2, 1865

Union led by Ulysses S. Grant.
Defended by Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis. After Davis had burned all documents and weapons in Richmond, he ran away. General Grant and Lee later met up at the Appomattox Court House to discuss surrender conditions. The Civil War was over, slavery was abolished, and the Union was saved.