1. Major Battles of the Civil War

2. Battle of Fort Sumter
-Sea fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina -Famous for being the first battle site of the US Civil War. (1861) -Union forces surrendered the Fort to the Confederacy after a 34 hours of artillery fire

5. Battle of Antietam
-September 17, 1862: Bloodiest Day in American History (+22,000 casualties)
-First Battle on Northern soil (close to Washington, DC)
-Union Victory in Maryland leads to:
Emancipation Proclamation

6. -http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/antietam/maps/antietam-animated- map.html-

9. Battle of Vicksburg Battle for total control of the Mississippi River.
The NORTH (Union) wins
Northern victory splits the South in TWO, leads to the North winning the war.

13. Battle of Gettysburg Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
Fought in the North (Pennsylvania)
Lincoln turned the battlefield into the first National Cemetery.