Battles

What was the importance of Ft. Stumter

• Captures the east river

• Starts the civil war

• Ends the civil war

• This is not an important battle

What was the importance of Manassas/ Bull run

• Its the 1st REAL battle

• Shows that it wont be a quick and easy victory

• end of wooden battleships

• Start of war

What was the importance of Hamptons roads

• End of wooden battle ships

• Start of stone Hardened battleships

• The unions 1st win

• The 1st Confederate win

The Battle of Ft Donelson also know as Ft Henry Has what important event.

• union took control of the Cumberland rivers.

• union took control of the Ohio river

• Union took control of the james river

• Union lost control of the Ohio river

battle of Shiloh was important because

• It was 2 days long

• Took control of MORE of the Mississippi river

• Took control of ALL of the Mississippi river

• Lost ALL control of the Mississippi

which of the following were union leaders (3)

• Anderson

• McDowell

• Grant

• Beauregard

What is the importance of New Orleans

• Takes control of the Mississippi

• takes control of the gulf of mexico

• New Orleans???????

• It was an awful loss

7 days Richmond

• Lee tries to take the union capital

• Lee defends the confederate capital and the union retreats

• The confederate capital falls

• Both capitals are taken then traded so the war had to restart.

The 2nd bull run is important because

• Union retreats to Washington D.C

• Confederates attack the capital

• The confederate Capital falls

• Nothing major happens

Antietam is important because

• Lee is forced to retreat

• Nothing happens

• The end of the war

• Its not A battle but an citizen revolt.