1. Civil War Battles

2. Fort Sumter April 12, 1861 Charleston, South Carolina Leaders:
Union – Anderson
Confederate – Beauregard

3. Fort sumter What Happened? Outcome Casualties US run fort in the South
South demands North to surrender the fort, but Lincoln refuses.
South bombs Fort Sumter for 34 hours
Outcome
Union surrenders; Confederate victory
Start of the Civil War fighting
Casualties
Union – 0
Confederacy - 0

4. battle of bull run July 21, 1861 Fairfax County, Virginia Leaders
Union – McDowell
Confederate – Beauregard, Stonewall Jackson

5. Battle of Bull Run What happened?
Union troops marched from Washington DC into Virginia
Confederate troops pushed them back
Outcome
Confederate victory
Union realized they were inexperienced and the war would be longer than they thought.
Casualties
Union – 2,896 Confederacy – 1, 982

6. Battle of gettysburg July 1-3, 1863 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Leaders
Union – Meade
Confederacy - Lee

7. Battle of Gettysburg What happened Outcome
Southern troops invade North
3 days of fighting
Outcome
Turing point – Union starts winning the war
Union Victory
Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address
Casualties – most in the entire war
Union – 23,049
Confederacy – 20-50,000 estimate

8. Gettysburg address – November 1863

9. Atlanta campaign May – September 1864 Atlanta, GA Leaders
Union – Sherman
Confederacy – Hood
What happened?
Grant ordered Sherman to capture Atlanta
Series of battles

10. Atlanta campaign Outcome Casualties Union captures Atlanta
Cuts off supplies to South
Union troops march to Savannah
Casualties
Union – 31,687
Confederacy – 34,979

11. Sherman’s march to the sea
November – December 1864
Atlanta Savannah
Leaders:
Union – Sherman & 62,000 troops
What happened?
Sherman ordered troops to march through GA and live off the land then destroy everything behind them.
War with the land, not with an army (total war)

12. Sherman’s March to the Sea
Outcome
Union victory – captured Georgia
People in the South are tired of fighting; helps bring war to an end.
Millions of dollars in damages to the state
Casualties
n/a

13. Savage sherman

14. Savage sherman
War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over – William T. Sherman

15. Appomattox courthouse
April 9, 1865
Virginia
Leaders
Union – Grant
Confederacy – Lee
What happened?
Confederate forces were completely run down
Lee agrees to surrender

16. Appomattox courthouse
Outcome
Union Victory – end of fighting!
Confederate leaders not punished or imprisoned
Grant provided food for Lee's Army
Total Civil War Casualties
Union – 660,000
Confederacy – 480,000

17. "The rebels are our countrymen again"