CIVIL WAR BATTLES FORT SUMTER April 12 1861

CIVIL WAR BATTLES

FORT SUMTER • April 12, 1861 • Charleston, South Carolina • Leaders: • Union – Anderson • Confederate – Beauregard

FORT SUMTER • What Happened? • US run fort in the South • South demands North to surrender the fort, but Lincoln refuses. • South bombs Fort Sumter for 34 hours • Outcome • Union surrenders; Confederate victory • Start of the Civil War fighting • Casualties • Union – 0 • Confederacy - 0

BATTLE OF BULL RUN • July 21, 1861 • Fairfax County, Virginia • Leaders • Union – Mc. Dowell • Confederate – Beauregard, Stonewall Jackson

BATTLE OF BULL RUN • What happened? • Union troops marched from Washington DC into Virginia • Confederate troops pushed them back • Outcome • Confederate victory • Union realized they were inexperienced and the war would be longer than they thought. • Casualties • Union – 2, 896 Confederacy – 1, 982

BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG • July 1 -3, 1863 • Gettysburg, Pennsylvania • Leaders • Union – Meade • Confederacy - Lee

BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG • What happened • Southern troops invade North • 3 days of fighting • Outcome • Turing point – Union starts winning the war • Union Victory • Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address • Casualties – most in the entire war • Union – 23, 049 • Confederacy – 20 -50, 000 estimate

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS – NOVEMBER 1863

ATLANTA CAMPAIGN • May – September 1864 • Atlanta, GA • Leaders • Union – Sherman • Confederacy – Hood • What happened? • Grant ordered Sherman to capture Atlanta • Series of battles

ATLANTA CAMPAIGN • Outcome • Union captures Atlanta • Cuts off supplies to South • Union troops march to Savannah • Casualties • Union – 31, 687 • Confederacy – 34, 979

SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA • November – December 1864 • Atlanta Savannah • Leaders: • Union – Sherman & 62, 000 troops • What happened? • Sherman ordered troops to march through GA and live off the land then destroy everything behind them. • War with the land, not with an army (total war)

SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA • Outcome • Union victory – captured Georgia • People in the South are tired of fighting; helps bring war to an end. • Millions of dollars in damages to the state • Casualties • n/a

SAVAGE SHERMAN

SAVAGE SHERMAN War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over – William T. Sherman

APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE • April 9, 1865 • Virginia • Leaders • Union – Grant • Confederacy – Lee • What happened? • Confederate forces were completely run down • Lee agrees to surrender

APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE • Outcome • Union Victory – end of fighting! • Confederate leaders not punished or imprisoned • Grant provided food for Lee's Army • Total Civil War Casualties • Union – 660, 000 • Confederacy – 480, 000

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