Civil War Review

Confederates won this battle, Nickname "Stonewall Jackson", Lincoln enlists 500,00 men

• Bull Run

• shiloh

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

Big Union victory meant that the North could push deeper into the South and take control of MIssissippi River Valley/Tennessee/"hornets nest"

• Bull Run

• shiloh

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

bloodiest one day battle/draw/strengthened Union/Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation

• Bull Run

• shiloh

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

major turning point in the war/end of Confederate hopes for invading the North/deadliest 3 days

• Bull Run

• shiloh

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

declared all slaves in rebelling Confederate states would be free if rebels did not rejoin the Union/freed the slaves

• Gettysburg Address

• Battle of Antietam

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Appomattox Court House, Virginia

one of the greatest speeches in U.S. history to honor those that died

• Gettysburg Address

• Battle of Antietam

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Appomattox Court House, Virginia

Robert E. Lee surrendered to end the war after the Union captured the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia

• Gettysburg Address

• Battle of Antietam

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Appomattox Court House, Virginia

Total destruction of the South from Atlanta, Georgia to Savannah to help bring the war to an end

• Gettysburg Address

• Sherman's March to the Sea

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Appomattox Court House, Virginia

This victory was huge for the Union because they split the Confederacy in half and took control of the Mississippi River.

• Gettysburg

• shiloh

• Vicksburg

• Antietam

Tennessean led a fleet of ships through torpedo infested waters which led him to one the most remarkable naval victories of Civil war. "Dang the Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead"

• David Farragut

• Nathan Bedford Forrest

• Elisha Hunt Rhodes

• Sam Watkins