Fall of Ft.

Sumter
• April 12 - 13, 1861
• Charleston, NC
• The fall of Ft.Sumter was the start of the
civil war and forced border states to
choose a side.

Shiloh
• A.K.A.- Pittsburgh Landing
• April 6-7,1862
• Harding County, TN
• Union Victory
• North criticized Gran'ts performance
• Costliest battle yet in Civil War
• The battle of Shiloh resulted in the frustration
in Johnston's plans of the joining of Union
armies
Antietam
• September 16-18, 1862
• One of bloodiest battles
• Union victory
• The battle created confidence in the North
and shot down the South's hope of
gaining European support.

Emancipation Proclamation
• January 1, 1863
• Declared freedom of all slaves in any
state of the Confederacy by January 1 ,
1863
• The Emancipation Proclamation
resulted in the freeing of nearly all
slaves.
Chancellorsville
• April 30 - May 6, 1863
• Virginia
• Andrew Jackson was most valued General for the
South and shot by own men on accident and died
from pneumonia 8 days later
• The battle of Chancellorsville resulted in a
Confederate victory and the North lost it's spirit.

Vicksburg
• May 18 - July 4, 1863
• Final major military action of Vicksburg
campaign
• Confederate surrender
• This yielded command of the Mississippi
River to the Union and Vicksburg did not
celebrate Independence Day for 80 years.
Battle of Gettysburg
• July 1 - 3 1863
• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• Largest number of casualties in Civil War
• Confederacy retreated
• Created Union enthusiasm
• The battle of Gettysburg was considered the turning point of the
war because the Union won and the South retreated from the battle.
• It proved to the Union that the Confederacy could be defeated and
the battle hurt the south politically which the South looked at as a
setback in the war.

Gettysburg Address
• November 19, 1863
• Given by Abe Lincoln
• Dedicated to fallen soldiers
• The speech was given 4 1/2 months after the
Battle of Gettysburg
Lincoln's Reelection
• November 8, 1864
• Beat out George B. McClelland
• The reelection of Lincoln signified
that the Confederacy was probably
going to lose the war against the
North.

Appomattox Courthouse
• April 1865
• Lee surrendered the war to Grant
on April 9, 1865 at the Appomattox
Courthouse.
• Johnston (Confederacy) surrendered
to Sherman ( Union) on April 26th