Ft Sumter

• April 12, 1861• South Carolina• Lasted One day• Southern Victory• Southern Forces bombard fort in Union

position out in the harbor

Antietam

September 1862

• Single Bloodiest DAY of the war.• Lee hopes to march into Maryland to start a

Confederate uprising• Lee’s plans were found wrapped in cigars by

Union forces. The element of surprise was lost• Confederates loose a larger percentage of

troops

Gettysburg

July 1863

• Bloodiest Battle of the War • Turning point of the war for the Union• Accidental meeting due to General Lee looking

for shoes to outfit his army.• Huge defeat for Lee

Vicksburg

March to July 1863

• July 4, 1863• City on bluffs over a bend in Mississippi River• People ran into caves and lived off of pets and

anything else they could find.

Battle of Atlanta and the “March to the Sea”

• 98,000 troops march into Atlanta due to its importance as a rail and industrial center.

• Atlanta burned and Sherman marches towards Savannah.

• August –December to reach the sea

Total War

•Attack anything an army could use. (Civilian and Military)

Massacre at Ft Pillow Tennessee

• April 12, 1862• Captured African-American soldiers murdered

after they surrendered on the orders of Nathan Bedford Forrest.

• 262 African American Soldiers killed• 295 White Union Soldiers killed

Andersonville Prison Camp Georgia

• Overcrowded prison run by Confederates• Many died due to disease and starvation• Lack of shelter, water, and food• Many Union Soldiers buried in mass graves