1. The Civil War
Union V.S. Confederacy

2. 1861, April 12-13: Charleston, South Carolina
Confederacy Wins
General P.G.T. Beauregard
Battle of Fort Sumter
Major Robert Anderson
V.S.

3. . 1861 July 21: Manassas, Virginia
Confederacy Wins
General P.G.T. Beauregard
First Battle of Bullrun (First Battle of Manassas
Gen. Irvin McDowell
V.S.
Gen. Thomas Jackson
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston

4. 1862, February 6: Western Tennessee
Union Wins
Battle of Fort Henry
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant VS Gen. Lloyd Tilghman

5. . 1862, February 11-16: Western Tennessee
Union Wins
Battle of Fort Donelson
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant VS John B. Floyd Simon Bolivar Buckner

6. 1862, April 6-7: Southwestern Tennessee
Union Wins
Battle of Shiloh (Battle of Pittsburg Landing)
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, Gen. Don Carlos Buell VS. Gen. Albert Sidney Johnson, P.G.T. Beauregard

7. 1862, March 8-9: Hampton Roads (near Chesapeake Bay), Virginia
Union Wins
Battle of Hampton Roads (Monitor Vs. Merrimack)
Monitor VS. Merrimack

8. . 1862, May 31, June 1: Henrico County, Virginia
Union Wins
Battle of Seven Pines
General George B. McClellan VS General Joseph E. Johnston

9. . 1862, June 25-July 1: Richmond, Virginia
Confederacy Wins
Seven Days Battle
Gen. George B. McClellan VS Gen. Robert E. Lee, Gen. Stonewall Jackson

10. 1862, August 29-30: Manassas, Virginia
Confederacy Wins
Second Battle of Bull Run
Gen. John Pope VS. Gen. Stonewall Jackson, Gen. Robert E. Lee

11. . 1862, Sept. 17: Sharpsburg, Maryland (Antietam Creek)
Union Wins
Battle of Antietam
Gen. McClellan VS Gen. Robert E. Lee

12. . 1862, December 11-15: Fredericksburg, Virginia
Confederacy Wins
Battle of Fredericksburg
Gen. Ambrose Burnside VS. Gen. Robert E. Lee

13. 1862, Dec. 31 - 1863, Jan. 2: Middle Tennessee
Union Wins
Battle of Murfreesboro
Gen. William S. Rosecrans VS. Gen. Braxton Bragg

14. . 1863, April 30 - May 6: Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Confederacy Wins
Battle of Chancellorsville
Joseph Joe Hooker VS. Gen. Robert E. Lee, Gen. J.E.B. Stuart. Gen. Stonewall Jackson

15. 1863, January 1st Emancipation of Proclamation:
Speech given by Abraham Lincoln that freed all the slaves in the designated states (areas of rebellion against the government).

16. . 1863, July 1 - 3: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Union Wins
Battle of Gettysburg
Gen. George Gordon Meade, Gen. George Pickett VS. Robert E. Lee, Gen James Longstreet

17. 1863, May 16 - July 4: Vicksburg, Mississippi
Union Wins
Siege of Vicksburg
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant VS. John Pemberton

18. 1863, November 19: Gettysburg
15,000 people gathered at Gettysburg on the occasion of dedicating a cemetery to honor the union soldiers who had died there just four months before.
Edward Everett (famous speaker of all time) from Massachusetts came and Lincoln was invited to add other remarks.
Edward spoke for two hours and Lincoln spoke for two minutes in which he reminded listeners of the North’s reason for fighting the civil war which was to preserve a young country unmatched by any other country in history in its commitment to the principles of freedom, equality and self-government.
This speech became very famous and even overshadowed Edward Everett a bit and became known as the Gettysburg Address.

19. 1864, May 5-7: Spotsylvania County, Virginia (near Richmond)
Battle of the Wilderness
Indecisive Win
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant VS. Gen. Robert E. Lee

20. 1864, May 8-21: Rapidan-Rappahannock, Virginia
Battle of Spotsylvania (Courthouse)
Indecisive Win
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant VS. Confederates

21. 1864, June 3: Richmond, (near) Virginia
Confederacy Wins
Battle of the Cold Harbor
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant VS. Gen. Robert E. Lee

22. 1865, April 9: Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Union Wins
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant VS. Gen. Robert E. Lee

23. 1865, April 14:Ford’s Theater, Washington D.C.
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln’s Assassination: John Wilkes Booth slipped into the back of the President’s unguarded box at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. Booth pulled out a pistol and shot Lincoln in the head

24. 1865, May 12-13: near Rio Grande, Texas
Confederacy Wins
Battle of Palmito Ranch
Colonel Theodore H. Barrett, Lieutenant Colonel David Branson VS Colonel John S. Ford

25. 1865 December 18 13th amendment:
Ended slavery in the United States forever