Civil War Leaders and Battles

I won in Shiloh and in Vicksburg.

After Vicksburg, Lincoln made me Commander of the US Army.

I sent Sherman on his "March".

I accepted the South's surrender on April 9, 1865.

in 1860, Lincoln asked me to be the Commander of the US Army; I declined.

I was appointed General in Chief of the Confederate Army.

I won battles in Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.

Many say my battle tactics are why the South lasted 4 years.

Before the war, I was a teacher at VMI.

Earned my nickname "Stonewall" at the Seven Days' Battle.

Lee referred to me as "his right arm".

I died shortly after being accidentally shot by my own men.

I was Grant's "Total War" General.

I led the Atlanta Campaign and burnt the city to the ground.

I led my infamous "March to the Sea".

I employed a tactic called Scorched Earth".

Before the war, I was a Senator from Mississippi.

I was elected President of the Confederate States of America.

I believed in a "Offensive-Defensive" tactic in war.

This is a military fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.

The Union was in control, but the Confederates from SC fired first.

It was the first battle of the Civil War.

Confederates won this battle

It was the first battle on Union land.

It was the deadliest 1-day battle during the war with 23,000 casualties.

During the battle, 500 GA Confederates held a bridge and killed over 3,000 Union Soldiers.

It was a Union victory, but at a high cost of life.

It is considered the turning point of the Civil War.

It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

It is where Lee's invasion of the North officially failed.

It was a devastating defeat for the South.

This battle was for control of the Mississippi River.

The Union Army, Led by Grant, surrounded the city for 40 days.

The city was cut off from food and supplies until finally the South surrendered the city.

This battle convinced Lincoln to promote Grant to Commander of the US Army.

This was not actually a battle; just a meeting.

It was held in the house of Wilmer McLean, same man who owned the farm the 1st Battle of Bull run took place.

This is where General Grant met General Lee and agreed to the surrender of the Confederate Army.

This is the last battle and official end of the Civil War.