Battles
This was the first major battle of the Civil War, where both sides realized the war would not be short.
First Battle of Bull Run
This 1865 event ended the Civil War when the Confederacy surrendered.
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
This Union admiral captured key Southern ports, helping the Union control the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy.
David Farragut
Known as the “Rebel General,” he led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
Robert E. Lee
This was the main cause of the Civil War, dividing the North and South.
slavery
This 1862 battle in Tennessee shocked both the North and South with its high casualties early in the war.
Battle of Shiloh
Union General William Tecumseh Sherman led this campaign to destroy the South’s ability to fight.
Sherman’s March to the Sea
This Union general accepted Lee’s surrender and later became president.
Ulysses S. Grant
Nicknamed “Stonewall,” he became a legendary Confederate general after standing firm at the First Battle of Bull Run.
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
These were Southern states that seceded from the United States to form their own nation.
Confederate states
This Maryland battle is the bloodiest single-day fight in American history.
Battle of Antietam
This Union naval strategy blocked Southern ports to prevent the Confederacy from trading with other countries.
Union blockade
Who was the President during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
This Confederate cavalry leader was infamous for raids and controversial tactics during the war.
Nathan Bedford Forrest
This type of military strategy involves destroying an opponent’s resources to weaken them.
total war
This battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War, stopping the Confederacy’s invasion of the North.
Battle of Gettysburg
This plan aimed to squeeze the Confederacy by controlling the Mississippi River and blockading Southern ports.
Anaconda Plan
This Union general helped win the Battle of Fort Henry, opening the Tennessee River to Union forces.
Ulysses S. Grant
The Civil War lasted from this year to this year.
1861 to 1865
This Union victory in Mississippi split the Confederacy along the Mississippi River.
Battle of Vicksburg
first state to succeed from the union
South Carolina
This document, issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, freed enslaved people in the Confederate states.
Emancipation Proclamation