The Civil War

U.S. fort in South Carolina; the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War. The Union surrendered the fort. (April 12, 1861)

• Sherman's March to the Sea

• Battle of Antietam

• Siege of Vicksburg

• Battle of Fort Sumter

Commander of the Confederate Army who had opposed secession but sided with his home state of Virginia once the war started. Both the Union and Confederacy wanted him to lead.

• William T. Sherman

• Ulysses S. Grant

• George McClellan

• Robert E. Lee

First major battle of the Civil War. The Confederates rallied behind "Stonewall Jackson" to force the Union troops to retreat. (July 21, 1861)

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Siege of Vicsburg

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Antietam

Confederate general whose men stopped Union attack during the Battle of Bull Run. He was given his famous nickname at this battle.

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• George McClellan

• William Tecumseh Sherman

He was a Union general that was in charge during the beginning of the war. He defeated Lee, at Antietam, securing a much needed Union victory. He was later replaced because Lincoln thought he was too cautious.

• George McClellan

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

Confederate forces surprised union troops & drove them across the Tennessee river; Union fought back and won the battle but it was one of the most bloody battles in the civil war (April 6, 1862)

• Battle of Antietam

• Siege of Vicksburg

• Battle of Shiloh

• Sherman's March to the Sea

Commander of the Union Army, forced a surrender out of General Robert E. Lee in 1865.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• George McClellan

• Ulysses S. Grant

Bloodiest single day of fighting of the Civil War in which the North succeeded in halting Lee's Confederate forces in Maryland. (September 17th, 1862)

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Shiloh

• Sherman's March to the Sea

Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North. (July 1st, 1863)

• Battle of Shiloh

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Fort Sumter

• Battle of Appomattox Courthouse

General Grant's troops began this in mid-May 1863, cutting off the city from any supplies and bombing it repeatedly until the people surrendered. (May-July 1863)

• Sherman's March to the Sea

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Siege of Vicksburg

• Battle of Bull Run