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fort sumter
there were no deaths, it was aconfederate victory, confederates demanded union surrender but Garrison refused to do so. on april 12 the confederates opened fire on the fort. Garrison surrendered, this event opened the civil war. -
1st Battle of bull run
confederate victory, first major land battle of the armes in virginia, union troops 35,000 soldiers, confederate 20,000 soldiers. Federals retreat towards washington. North realized the war would not be as easy as they hoped. -
battle of Hampton Roads
niether side was victorious. First fight betwwen two ironclad ships
confederates had ironclad virginia, both forces fought to a standstill until virginia retired. -
Battle of shiloh
the union won, although they lost more men (of the 23,746 men 13,047 were union) union won a tacticle victory over the confederates. confederate leader sidney johnston was killed by a stray bullet. -
2nd battle of bullrun
it was a confederate victory, located in northern virginia. Union stated with 62,000 men and confederate 50,000, confederate General, Robert E. lee and union general, Pope. North failed to capture richmond so Pope combined armies with mclellan. Longstreets troops forced the union out of the battle field. -
battle of Anietam
Forced confederate army to retreat back across the potomac river, it was a union victory. lincoln saw the significance and issued the emancipation proclomation september 22.Confederate general, Robert E. lee, Union gen, George Mclellan. -
Battle of fredricksburg
it was a confederate victory, one of the largest and deadliest battles of the civil war. First major opposed river crossing in american military history, union and confederate troops fought in the streets of fredricksburg, the civil wars first urban combat.no other civil war battle featured a larger concentration of soldiers. -
emancipation proclomation
law passed to free all slaves in confederate teritory, but it was limeted, it only applied to the confederate states that had succeded from the union, exempted parts of the confederacy under union control ,and the freedom it promised depended on the union military victory. the act failed. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
It was a confederate victory, known as General Lee's greatest victory in the war. Union general, Joseph hooker sent 10,000 men to attack at th rear and the other 36,000 at his right wing to cross the Rappahannock rive. hookers plan failed. -
siege of vicksburg
A union victory,19,233 deaths 10,142 deaths were of union soldiers who again won a tactical victory over the confederacy. union general grant confederate general pemberton. with the loss of pembertons army and their vital grip on the mississippi river the confederacy was split in half. grants success boosted his reputation makin ghim commander-in-cheif of the union. -
battle of gettysburg
Union victory, more men fought and died than any other battle in american history. Confederate Lee and Union general Mead. Confederate soldiers 25,000 union 20,000 soldiers. even with the advantage and the more trained general the union won over the confederacy. -
Siege of Atlanta
it was a union victory 12,140 casualties and 8,499 were union soldiers, another tacticle win for the union. union general Hood and confederate general sherman. hood took his army around the border of atlanta enticing the confederates to follow. the confederates and the union troops cought up and engaged in battle, the union lostmore men but they still had the tacticle advantage over the confederacy. -
surrender at appomattox courthouse
when lee's army surronded, he had no choice but to surrender his army to general Grant. they met at the house of Wilmer Mclean in the village of appamotox courthouse, the meeting lasted 2 and a half hours and at its conclusion the bloodiest conflict in the nations history neared its end. -
assassination of abraham lincoln
assassinated by john Wilkes Booth in fords theater while watching a play with his wie, lincoln was shot in the back of the head, licln died the following day. -
ratification of the 13th amendment
the 13th amendment abolished slavery in all states. it states that "Neither slavery norinvoluntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the united states, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
