key battles of the civil war from ft. sumter to appomattox april, 1861-april, 1865
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Key Battles of the Civil War
From Ft. Sumter to Appomattox
April, 1861-April, 1865
Ft. SumterApril, 1861-Charleston, South Carolina
• First shots of war fired by CSA at US fort in harbor.
• Union surrenders and war begins.
Bull RunJuly, 1861-Manassas, Virginia
• South wins first real ground battle of war in Virginia, near D.C.
• Bloody future of war could now be seen.
• “Stonewall” Jackson made famous here.
Monitor v. MerrimacMarch, 1862-Hampton Roads, Virginia• Naval battle with
no clear winner.
• Monitor (North) and Merrimac (South) are first iron-clad ships ever used in warfare.
AntietamSept., 1862-Sharpsburg, Maryland
• McClellan (N) beats Lee (S) for first real Union win.
• Bloodiest single day of war gives Lincoln power to free slaves in South with “Emancipation Proclamation”.
VicksburgJuly 4th, 1863-Mississippi
• Grant (N) completes series of western battles by attacking river town for six weeks.
• Town finally surrenders, giving Union control of Mississippi River and splitting CSA in two.
GettysburgJuly 1st through 3rd, 1863-Pennsylvania• Meade (N) beats Lee (S)
in deadliest battle of war.• News breaks the same
day as Vicksburg, on the 4th of July.
• Seals fate of South…War near an end.
• Lincoln’s famous “Gettysburg Address” follows.
Sherman’s MarchSept., 1864-Early 1865 in Georgia
• Gen. Sherman (N) captures Atlanta and burns his way to Savannah.
• “Total War” destroys wide area of CSA and splits South again.
Appomattox CourthouseApril 9th, 1865-Virginia
• Lee (S) surrenders to Grant (N) a week after CSA capital of Richmond falls.
• The war is officially over.
• Lincoln killed five days later on April 14th.