1. Civil War Battles

2. July 1861 First Battle of Bull Run/Manassas ◦first major battle of the war ◦Confederate victory ◦Proved it would be a longer war than expected ◦VideoVideo Sept. 1862 Antietam bloodiest day of the war > stalemate ◦Victory Lincoln needed for Emancipation Proclamation Video

4. January 1863 Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation ◦declares that slaves in areas of rebellion are free ◦VideoVideo

5. At the start of the war Lincoln declares that the purpose of the war was to preserve the UNION The Emancipation Proclamation makes the war a war to end SLAVERY

7. July 1863 Gettysburg ◦Turning point > Union victory ◦last offensive for Robert E. Lee and the Confederacy ◦Battle VideoBattle Video ◦Address VideoAddress Video

8. July 1863 Vicksburg ◦Union gains control of the Mississippi River 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea ◦General William T. Sherman's (U.S.) army uses "total war" to destroy plantations & railroads ◦Marched across Georgia destroying everything in his path

9. April 1865 Appomattox Courthouse (Virginia) ◦Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant