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MAJOR CIVIL WAR BATTLES

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Fort Sumter April 12, 1861 Civil War Begins PGT. Beauregard (C) fired at Anderson (U) Confederates set up headquarter in Wilmer McCleans front Yard Who Won? Neither

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Anaconda Plan 1861 General Winfield Scotts idea Blockade of Confederate Parts Control the Mississippi Ends war in 90 days That was the plan

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Raising $$ For the War 1861 Both North and South used war bonds to raise money The North taxed citizens Realized victory would not be easy for either side

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1 st Battle of Bull Run Manassas, VA: July 21, 1861 1 st major battle of the war Many came to watch!! North ends up retreatingfalling apart. Realized victory would not be easy for either side Neither side won this battle

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2 nd Battle of Bull Run Manassas, VA: August 28, 1862 General Lee and his right hand man Stonewall Jackson solidly beat the North South/Confederates won

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Antietam Maryland: September 17, 1862 TURNING POINT OF THE WAR General McClellan in charge of Union Troops Found plan of Lees wrapped in a cigar Bloodiest Battle of the War 24,000 die in 24 hours

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Emancipation Proclamation Issued: September 1892 Went into Effect: January 1893 Did not want to lose support from border states Never intended to end slavery Stated: All slave within states still at war with US on 1/1/1863 are freed

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Chancellorsville Virginia: May 3, 1863 South/Confederates wins although lose General Stonewall Jackson Dies

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Vicksburg Mississippi: July 4 th, 1863 Confederates surrenders here Union now controls Mississippi North/Union win this battle

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Gettysburg Pennsylvania: July 1, 1863 3 day battle resulting in Lees losing 1/3 of his troops Four Score Speech harmony Union Soldiers killed here (pg. 366) Beginning of the end for the South

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Shermans March to the Sea Tennessee to the Atlantic May 1864-December 1864 100,000 Union Soldiers marched South to East through Georgia Destroying everything needed to end the war

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Appomattox April 9, 1865 Lee Surrenders to Grant in a house in Appomattox Parlor of McCleans house UNION WINS

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Lincolns Assassination April 14, 1865 Fords Theatre-John Wilkes Booth kills President Andrew Johnson becomes President