1. Key Civil War
Events

2. Southern States Seceded
South Carolina
11 states left the union
Border states loyal (Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia – new state)

3. Fall of Fort Sumter
First battle of the war
Northern troops surrendered

4. Battle of Bull Run
General P.T. Beauregard (S) easily defeated the untrained Union
Showed it would be a long war

5. Battle of Antietam Sept. 1862
Lee (S) wanted a victory on Union soil to gain European support
Heavy casualties, but no victor (bloodiest single day in all of Civ. War – 23,000 dead, wounded, or missing
Lee retreated, but McClellan (N) didn’t follow
Lincoln angry at him but it’s a big moral victory

6. Vicksburg
April, 1862
Confederates held on to control of the Mississippi R.

7. Winfield Scott’s ‘Anaconda Plan’
Naval blockade of the south designed to deprive the south of needed import goods and wear them down.

8. Emancipation Proclamation
September 22, 1862
Took effect on January 1, 1863
Used Lee’s retreat at Antietam as a Union victory
Freed slaves in Confederacy
Europeans less likely to support the Confederacy

9. Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863 Lee lost 1/3 of his forces
General George Meade did not follow the Confederate forces
Last major offensive by the South on Union territory

10. Gettysburg Address Reaffirmed purpose of the war
Reminded people of the sacrifices that have been made and not to give up now.
Reminded people what we are fighting for – the ideals set forth by our forefathers…especially Liberty and Equality

11. Vicksburg July 4, 1863 General Grant (N) finally victorious
Union gained control of Mississippi R.
Lincoln gave Grant control of Union armies

12. From Atlanta to Savannah
September, 1864
General William Sherman
‘Total war’ from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia
- “Break the south’s will to fight”
*Destroy structures, livestock, railroads, farms, etc
- left a trail of bitterness and resentment in minds of southerners

13. Appomattox Court House
April 9, 1865
Lee surrendered to Grant
More American lives lost than Revolution to Vietnam combined

14. Lincoln Assassinated
John Wilkes Booth, a southern sympathizer, shot him in Ford’s Theater. Booth saw him as the cause of all problems in the country.
Country mourns a fallen hero.

15. Legacy of War
600,000 died, more than all other wars combined. Another 600,000 wounded.
Slavery ended with passage of 13th Amendment
Boosted industry in North
Left South destitute
and powerless