The Civil War

This battle was the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history.

• Antietam

• Bull Run

• Gettysburg

• Shiloh

This Union general spent more time preparing the Army of the Potomac for battle and less time actually leading the army into battle than President Lincoln would have liked. Lincoln once said that this general had a case of "the slows."

• George McClellan

• Irvin McDowell

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William T. Sherman

This man was the President of the Confederate States of America.

• Jacob Davis

• Jason Davis

• Jefferson Davis

• Thomas Jefferson

This bloody battle, in which Confederate forces took Union forces by surprise, taught both sides about the necessity of sending out scouts, digging trenches, and building fortifications.

• Antietam

• Bull Run

• Gettysburg

• Shiloh

This was the first battle of the Civil War. It took place between inexperienced Union and Confederate troops and resulted in a Confederate victory.

• Antietam

• Bull Run

• Gettysburg

• Shiloh

The final surrender of the Confederate Army took place at this Southern location.

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Chancellorsville

• Fredericksburg

• Vicksburg

This three-day battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War because it crippled the Confederacy so badly that Confederate troops would never again be able to invade a Northern state.

• Antietam

• Bull Run

• Gettysburg

• Shiloh

His march across Georgia created a wide path of destruction, terrorized civilians, attracted thousands of formerly enslaved persons, and destroyed the morale of white Southerners.

• George McClellan

• Irvin McDowell

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William T. Sherman

This Confederate general surrendered on April 9, 1865, bringing an end to the Civil War.

• George Armstrong Custer

• George Pickett

• Robert E. Lee

• Thomas J. Jackson

With the fall of Port Hudson and this city on the Mississippi River, the Union finally achieved its goal of cutting the Confederacy in two.

• Chancellorsville

• Fredericksburg

• Pittsburg Landing

• Vicksburg