Battles of the Civil War

Lincoln's main purpose for fighting the Civil War was

• end slavery

• preserve the Union

• to show strength as president

• keep slavery

The bloodiest battle of the War resulting in 25,000 casualties and Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

• Fort Sumter

• First Battle of Bull Run

This Battle helped the Union realize that this was going to be a long war after a Confederate victory

• Fort Sumter

• First Battle of Bull Run

• Second Battle of Bull Run

• Gettysburg

This battle is won of the deadliest and marks the beginning of the end for the Confederacy

• Fort Sumter

• Shiloh

• Gettysburg

• Second Battle of Bull Run

This battle gave the Union total control over the Mississippi

• Vicksburg

• First Battle of Bull Run

• Antietam

• Sherman's March to the Sea

This action taken by the Union near the end of the war was intended to demoralize civilians and destroy the resources the Confederate army needed to fight.

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

• Sherman's March to the Sea

• Fort Sumter

This was the first confrontation that marks the beginning of the Civil War

• Gettysburg

• Shiloh

• Fort Sumter

• First Battle of Bull Run

Appomattox Court House marks

• The Surrender of General Grant to General Lee

• The Surrender of General Lee to General Grant

• The Assassination of Lincoln

• Where the Dred Scott Case was tried

Lincoln was assassinated by

• William Sherman

• General Lee

• John Wilkes Booth

• Jefferson Davis

Anaconda Plan

• Union strategy during the Civil War which incorporated a plan to blockade Southern ports and capture the Mississippi River.

• Confederate strategy during the Civil War which incorporated a plan to blockade Southern ports and capture the Mississippi River.

• The Republican Party's plan to win the election of 1860

• The battle plan for the attack of Fort Sumter by the Confederacy