1. Important Battles & Events
The Civil War
Important Battles & Events

2. Abraham Lincoln & Jefferson Davis

3. From Fort Sumter to the Union Blockade of the South
The Union had military bases in Charleston South Carolina.
The Confederacy asked the Union to give up their military base (Fort Sumter).
After the Union refused, fighting began on April 12, 1861, and lasted two days.

4. Pictures of the Battle at Fort Sumter

5. Union Blockade of Southern Ports
After the loss at Fort Sumter, Lincoln declared a naval blockade (confederate ships could not enter or leave the South).
The purpose of the blockade was to stop resources (weapons, ammunition, clothing, and food) from entering or leaving the South.

6. The Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862
General Robert E. Lee crosses the Potomac River into Maryland – looking for supplies.
Lee met Union General George McClelland in Antietam (both forces fought).
Took place between the Antietam Creek & the town of Sharpsburg, Md.
Battle ended in a draw, but was also called the “Bloodiest Day of the War” (24,000 deaths).
More soldiers killed in this battle than in any other American war before…

8. Antietam – Bloodiest Day of the War

9. Emancipation Proclamation September of 1862
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
A document stating that unless the Confederacy surrendered, all slaves in rebelling states would be freed on January 1, 1863.
Lincoln hoped the CSA would surrender & end the war

10. The Battle of Gettysburg July 1, 2, & 3 1863
General Lee needed supplies for the Confederate Army.
If the Confederacy could capture a major Union city, they would have a good chance to win the war.
Robert E. Lee’s troops ran into George Meade’s troops in a small Pennsylvania town called Gettysburg. (3 days of fighting; 51,000 casualties).
Gettysburg was the turning point in the war; the Union was now confident that they would win the war.

12. Gettysburg

13. Gettysburg – Little Round Top

14. Chickamauga September 19 – 20, 1863
Union forces entered GA for the first time after they crossed over the border from Tennessee.
Union General William Rosencrans led his troops against Confederate General Braxton Bragg at Chickamauga Creek.
The Confederates won the battle, but did not follow up on the Union retreat, allowing the Union to capture Chattanooga in November, and set up for the March on Atlanta.

15. Sherman Heads South
1864 brought bad times to the South, especially Georgia
Union General William Techumseh Sherman launched his Atlanta Campaign
Several battles fought from Tennessee to Atlanta
The Battle of Kennesaw Mtn. led to heavy Union losses, but did not deter the Union forces

18. The Atlanta Campaign & Sherman’s March to the Sea
Sherman’s army marched into Atlanta in September of 1865
The soldiers looted the city and set it on fire on November 15th
Sherman divides his army into 2 columns and begins to march towards Savannah
As they move along the countryside, the Union forces torch and destroy everything in their sight
Known as “Total War” or a “Scorched Earth Policy”
Sherman & his troops took control of Savannah in December of 1864

19. The Atlanta Campaign

22. Sherman’s March to the Sea

23. Sherman’s telegraph to Lincoln offering Savannah as a “gift”

24. Andersonville Confederate military prison
Housed captured Union soldiers
Approximately 45,000 men were sent here
Close to 13,000 died here
Highest death rate of any Civil War prison
Conditions were horrible
Overcrowded, exposure to the elements, insects, disease and malnutrition

25. Andersonville

26. The War Ends April 9, 1865, The courthouse in Appomattox, VA
General Robert E. Lee (CSA) surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant (USA), ending 4 years of fighting.
1,100,000 casualties
620,000 deaths