1. Shots Fired -war begins at Fort Sumter, S.C., 1861 -Bull Run First battle of the Civil War -July 1861 -Southern victory -did not pursue the retreating Union army -citizens watched the battle -”1 st Manassas” VA

2. Shiloh -April 1862—TN -costly victory for Grant -demonstrated the cost of victory would be great In money and lives

3. Antietam -Sept. 1862 -bloodiest single day of the war -Union victory for McClellan -Sharpsburg, MD

4. Vicksburg -Nov. 1862 -Grant surrounds city on the Mississippi -try to split the south -Confederates surrender following battle -Mississippi

5. Confederate Victories -Confederates greatly outnumbered but Lee still wins -Dec. 1862 -Fredericksburg -May 1863 -Chancellorsville -Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson is killed Huge blow to the South

6. Gettysburg -July 1863, PA -Lee invades North -Little Round Top -Cemetery Ridge -Pickett’s Charge -turning point of the war as Lee is defeated Lee can never invade the North again -Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln several months later

7. Gettysburg -July 1863 -Lee invades North -Little Round Top -Cemetery Ridge -Pickett’s Charge -turning point of the war as Lee is defeated -Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln several months later

8. South is Split -July 1863 -Grant captures Vicksburg after long seige Splitting South was part of the Anaconda Plan -Grant is called to command Union armies Replaces McClellan

9. Sherman’s March -1864 William T. Sherman -”March to the Sea”: Starts in Atlanta and marches to the coast destroying everything -Total War Fighting until the military and economy of your enemy is destroyed “War is Hell” -burning of Atlanta -destroy the will to fight Armies would take what they could use and destroy everything else

10. Sherman’s March -1864 -”March to the Sea”: -Total War “War is Hell” -burning of Atlanta -destroy the will to fight

11. Grant in Pursuit -1864 -Lee in retreat -Grant attacks repeatedly at great loss of life But the Union could replace the soldiers, the Confederates could not -Lincoln wants speedy end to war

12. War’s End -April 1865 -Grant surrounds Lee outside Richmond -surrender at Appomattox

13. The war started in his front lawn and ended in his parlor. Grocer from Virginia Retired military veteran Supplied the Confederate Army Resided at Appomattox Courthouse Wilmer McLean