The Civil War Union V.S. Confederacy
1861, April 12-13: Charleston, South Carolina Confederacy Wins General P.G.T. Beauregard Battle of Fort Sumter Major Robert Anderson V.S.
. 1861 July 21: Manassas, Virginia Confederacy Wins General P.G.T. Beauregard First Battle of Bullrun (First Battle of Manassas Gen. Irvin McDowell V.S. Gen. Thomas Jackson Gen. Joseph E. Johnston
1862, February 6: Western Tennessee Union Wins Battle of Fort Henry Gen. Ulysses S. Grant VS. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman
. 1862, February 11-16: Western Tennessee Union Wins Battle of Fort Donelson Gen. Ulysses S. Grant VS. John B. Floyd Simon Bolivar Buckner
1862, April 6-7: Southwestern Tennessee Union Wins Battle of Shiloh (Battle of Pittsburg Landing) Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, Gen. Don Carlos Buell VS. Gen. Albert Sidney Johnson, P.G.T. Beauregard
1862, March 8-9: Hampton Roads (near Chesapeake Bay), Virginia Union Wins Battle of Hampton Roads (Monitor Vs. Merrimack) Monitor VS. Merrimack
. 1862, May 31, June 1: Henrico County, Virginia Union Wins Battle of Seven Pines General George B. McClellan VS. General Joseph E. Johnston
. 1862, June 25-July 1: Richmond, Virginia Confederacy Wins Seven Days Battle Gen. George B. McClellan VS. Gen. Robert E. Lee, Gen. Stonewall Jackson
1862, August 29-30: Manassas, Virginia Confederacy Wins Second Battle of Bull Run Gen. John Pope VS. Gen. Stonewall Jackson, Gen. Robert E. Lee
. 1862, Sept. 17: Sharpsburg, Maryland (Antietam Creek) Union Wins Battle of Antietam Gen. McClellan VS. Gen. Robert E. Lee
. 1862, December 11-15: Fredericksburg, Virginia Confederacy Wins Battle of Fredericksburg Gen. Ambrose Burnside VS. Gen. Robert E. Lee
1862, Dec. 31 - 1863, Jan. 2: Middle Tennessee Union Wins Battle of Murfreesboro Gen. William S. Rosecrans VS. Gen. Braxton Bragg
. 1863, April 30 - May 6: Spotsylvania County, Virginia Confederacy Wins Battle of Chancellorsville Joseph Joe Hooker VS. Gen. Robert E. Lee, Gen. J.E.B. Stuart. Gen. Stonewall Jackson
1863, January 1st Emancipation of Proclamation: Speech given by Abraham Lincoln that freed all the slaves in the designated states (areas of rebellion against the government).
. 1863, July 1 - 3: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Union Wins Battle of Gettysburg Gen. George Gordon Meade, Gen. George Pickett VS. Robert E. Lee, Gen James Longstreet
1863, May 16 - July 4: Vicksburg, Mississippi Union Wins Siege of Vicksburg Gen. Ulysses S. Grant VS. John Pemberton
1863, November 19: Gettysburg 15,000 people gathered at Gettysburg on the occasion of dedicating a cemetery to honor the union soldiers who had died there just four months before. Edward Everett (famous speaker of all time) from Massachusetts came and Lincoln was invited to add other remarks. Edward spoke for two hours and Lincoln spoke for two minutes in which he reminded listeners of the North’s reason for fighting the civil war which was to preserve a young country unmatched by any other country in history in its commitment to the principles of freedom, equality and self-government. This speech became very famous and even overshadowed Edward Everett a bit and became known as the Gettysburg Address.
1864, May 5-7: Spotsylvania County, Virginia (near Richmond) Battle of the Wilderness Indecisive Win Gen. Ulysses S. Grant VS. Gen. Robert E. Lee
1864, May 8-21: Rapidan-Rappahannock, Virginia Battle of Spotsylvania (Courthouse) Indecisive Win Gen. Ulysses S. Grant VS. Confederates
1864, June 3: Richmond, (near) Virginia Confederacy Wins Battle of the Cold Harbor Gen. Ulysses S. Grant VS. Gen. Robert E. Lee
1865, April 9: Appomattox Court House, Virginia Union Wins Battle of Appomattox Court House Gen. Ulysses S. Grant VS. Gen. Robert E. Lee
1865, April 14:Ford’s Theater, Washington D.C. John Wilkes Booth Lincoln’s Assassination: John Wilkes Booth slipped into the back of the President’s unguarded box at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. Booth pulled out a pistol and shot Lincoln in the head
1865, May 12-13: near Rio Grande, Texas Confederacy Wins Battle of Palmito Ranch Colonel Theodore H. Barrett, Lieutenant Colonel David Branson VS Colonel John S. Ford
1865 December 18 13th amendment: Ended slavery in the United States forever