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Civil War Battles and Events

Civil War Battles and Events. 1. Fort Sumter. April 12, 1861 Major Anderson First Shots Fired Confederates blocked shipments Lincoln tried to send supplies Confederates opened fire Battle lasted two days Nobody Died! Lincoln Called for Volunteers. 2. 1 st Battle of Bull Run.

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Civil War Battles and Events

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  1. Civil War Battles and Events

  2. 1. Fort Sumter • April 12, 1861 • Major Anderson • First Shots Fired • Confederates blocked shipments • Lincoln tried to send supplies • Confederates opened fire • Battle lasted two days • Nobody Died! • Lincoln Called for Volunteers

  3. 2. 1st Battle of Bull Run • July 21, 1861 • North: Irvin McDowell • South: P.G.T. Beauregard :Stonewall Jackson • First Battle • Both inexperience armies • Picnic Battle • Rebels rallied under Jackson • Union retreated into D.C. • Realized it will be a long bloody war • George McClellan put in charge of Union Army

  4. 3. Battle of Shiloh • April 6, 1862 • North: U.S. Grant • South: Albert Johnston/PGT Beauregard • First major bloodshed! • Boarder of Miss. And Tenn. • Confederate surprise attack • 2 days 23,000 killed or wounded • Union won and took large amount of the Miss. River in the next month.

  5. 4. Battle of Antietam • Sept. 17, 1862 • North: George McClellan • South: Robert E. Lee • Lee tried to attack Washington D.C. • Split his army in two • McClellan found battle plans, but delayed • Bloodiest single day of the war. • 23,000 killed or wounded • Union won and Lee retreated to Virginia

  6. 5. Battle of Fredericksburg • Dec. 13, 1862 • North: Ambrose Burnside • South: Robert E. Lee • Inspired Lee to attack North. • Burnside attacks Lee in Virginia • Lee decided to meet them outside of Fredericksburg • Confederates easily win and Burnside is replaced by Joseph Hooker

  7. Emancipation Proclamation • Lincoln ordered a decree freeing all slaves in rebel territory. • January 1, 1863 • Didn’t free any slaves at the time, but it meant slavery would be over if the Union won.

  8. 6. Battle of Chancellorsville • May 1863 • North: Joseph Hooker • South: Robert E. Lee :Stonewall Jackson • Both sides split forces • Confederates surrounded the Union armyand attacked • Hooker withdrew, but Jackson was shot by own men. • Jackson died a week later

  9. Weak Union Generals • In one year Lincoln went through three generals. • McClellan, Burnside and Hooker • George Meade was next in line

  10. 7. Battle of Gettysburg • July 1-4, 1863 • North: George Meade • South: Robert E. Lee • Turning Point of the War • Accidental meeting between Union Cavalry and Confederates looking for supplies • Lead to turning point of the war • Nearly 50,000 casualties in three days • Cemetery Ridge, Round Top, Little Round Top • Pickett’s Charge!

  11. 8. Vicksburg Siege • July 4, 1863 • North: U.S. Grant • Grant took control of important Port city on Mississippi. • 47 days of bombing • Split confederacy in two in the coming weeks.

  12. Gettysburg Address • Nov. 19, 1863 • Dedication of National Cemetery at Gettysburg. • Lincoln’s most famous political speech • Lasted only 2 minutes. • “Four Score and Seven Years Ago…”

  13. 9. Wilderness Campaign • May 5, 1864 • North: U.S. Grant • South: Robert E. Lee • First part of Union plan to end the war. • Grant attacked Lee and wouldn’t let him get away. • Six week long battle • 50,000 troops died in 30 days at one point. • Grant called a “butcher” in North

  14. 10. Sherman’s March to the Sea • North: William Tecumseh Sherman • 2nd part of plan to end the war • Take the war to the people • Sherman marched to Atlanta and then to the coast • Destroyed everything in his path and lived off the land • Turned N. through Carolinas • Break Southern will to fight • Freedom March for Slaves

  15. 11. Fall of Richmond • April, 1865 • U.S. Grant vs Lee • Battled outside Richmond at Petersburg for months. • Lee finally withdrew and Union troops marched into already burning Richmond. • Davis and government had fled already. • Union troops try to put out the fire. • Union finally took the Capital.

  16. 12. Surrender at Appomattox • North: U.S. Grant • South: Robert E. Lee • April 9, 1865 • Formal surrender of Confederate Army • Appomattox Court House, Virginia • Grant was very lenient with Lee and his troops • Tried to set peaceful precedent to end war

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