First attempt the Union would make to take out the capital of the Confederacy.

Counterattack by the Confederacy on the Union, known as the Bloodiest Battle of the War.

Confederacy's second attempt at attacking Northern soil, this battle lasted 3 days and ended with Pickett's Charge.

This was a famous speech given by President Lincoln to honor fallen soldiers and address the Nation.

The last Confederacy Fort was located on the Louisiana Mississippi River, taking this fort helped the Union split the Confederacy

An Executive order that urged ALL enslaved people of a rebel nation to come fight for the union, and also changed the goals of the war to ending slavery.

First ALL black regiment led by a white officer. They were underpaid and rarely given a gun.

Richard Sherman was given order to march to Tennessee and destroy anything in his path ONLY take supplies the Union can use.

This was the OFFICIAL end to the Civil War. Robert E. Lee would meet with Ulysses S. Grant and allow his soldiers to keep their weapons and horses.