1. Civil War Battles and Events

2. Fort Sumter
April 12-14, 1861
Fort Sumter was a Union Fort in Charleston, SC
Confederate Army opened fire for 34 hours
Fort was surrendered on April 13
First fight of Civil War- although no soldiers killed
After this, 4 southern states (Virginia, N. Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas) will secede from the Union and join the Confederacy

3. 1st Bull Run First Major Battle of Civil War July 1861
Fought in Virginia- just miles from Washington, DC (Union capital)
Confederate victory
Force the Union army to flee and rethink their battle plans

4. Anaconda Plan Union will adopt this plan after 1st Bull Run 3 parts
Block South to cut off supplies
Invade through Pennsylvania and Virginia
Invade and control the Mississippi River

5. Anaconda Plan

6. Antietam
September 16-18, 1862
Fought in Northern Virginia and Maryland
Confederate General- Stonewall Jackson and Robert E Lee
Union General- McClellan
Considered a Union victory- even though technically fought to a draw
Shortly after Lincoln will issue the Emancipation Proclamation- he was waiting for a major Union Victory

7. Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863 Fought in Pennsylvania
Confederate General- Robert E Lee
Union General- George Meade
Bloodiest Battle of the Civil War (over 55,000 deaths)
Union victory- turning point of the war
Afterwards Lincoln will deliver his famous Gettysburg Address

9. Vicksburg May 18-July 4, 1863 Fought in Mississippi
Confederate General- John Pemberton
Union General- Ulysses Grant
Union victory
Union will gain control of the Mississippi River
Major impact on southern trade and ability to get supplies

10. Sherman’s March to the Sea
November 15 to December 21, 1864
Union General- William Tecumseh Sherman
Start in Atlanta, Georgia- capture and burn most of the city
March from Atlanta to Savannah burning and destroying everything in his path
Impact- show weakness of the Confederacy (unable to defend themselves due to shortness of supplies and lack of military)

12. Major Events Lincoln Elected as President in 1860
Immediate cause of Civil War- lead to SC and other states to secede
First Income Tax
Used in North
North will collect taxes to pay for the war
Suspend Writ of Habeas Corpus
Lincoln will suspend this during war
Writ of Habeas Corpus is a person’s right to know why they are being arrested
Appomattox Court House
Final surrender- South and General Lee surrender to the North and General Grant

13. Emancipation Proclamation
Issued by Lincoln after the Union victory at Antietam
Freed any slave in Union territory
DID NOT free slaves in the Confederacy
Most importantly
Turned the Civil War into a Moral War to end slavery
Prevent Britain from entering and supporting the South

14. Gettysburg Address Given after Union victory at Gettysburg
Given to honor fallen soldiers and remind people that the main reason for fighting the war was to reunited the country