MAJOR CIVIL WAR BATTLES

Fort Sumter

April 12, 1861 Civil War Begins PGT. Beauregard (C) fired at Anderson

(U) Confederates set up headquarter in

Wilmer McClean’s front Yard Who Won?

Neither

“Anaconda Plan”

1861 General Winfield

Scott’s idea Blockade of

Confederate Parts Control the

Mississippi Ends war in 90 days

That was the plan

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

1st Battle of Bull Run

Manassas, VA: July 21, 1861

1st major battle of the war

Many came to watch!! North ends up

retreating…falling apart.

Realized victory would not be easy for either side

Neither side won this battle

2nd 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

Antietam

Maryland: September 17, 1862 TURNING POINT OF THE WAR General McClellan in charge of Union

Troops Found plan of Lee’s wrapped in a cigar Bloodiest Battle of the War 24,000 die in 24 hours

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

Chancellorsville

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

Vicksburg

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

Gettysburg

Pennsylvania: July 1, 1863

3 day battle resulting in Lee’s losing 1/3 of his troops

“Four Score” Speech harmony Union Soldiers killed here (pg. 366)

Beginning of the end for the South

Sherman’s 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

Appomattox

April 9, 1865 Lee Surrenders to

Grant in a house in Appomattox

Parlor of McClean’s house

UNION WINS

Lincoln’s Assassination

April 14, 1865 Ford’s Theatre-

John Wilkes Booth kills President

Andrew Johnson becomes President