Civil War Beginnings
The most IMPORTANT cause of the Civil War
Slavery
This 1863 battle took place in Pennsylvania and was a major Union victory.
Battle of Gettysburg
President of the United States during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
The Emancipation Proclamation declared enslaved people in these areas free
Areas controlled by the Confederacy
The Civil War began this year
1861
The Civil War began when Confederate forces attacked this fort.
Fort Sumter
About 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing in just one day during this battle.
Battle of Antietam
This Confederate general led his army into the North before Gettysburg.
Robert E. Lee
The Union victory at Vicksburg gave the Union control of this important river.
Mississippi River
The Civil War ended this year.
1865
What state was Fort Sumter located in?
South Carolina
This battle helped the Union gain control of important parts of Tennessee in 1862.
Battle of Shiloh
This Union general led Union forces at Shiloh and Vicksburg and later surrounded Lee's army.
Ulysses S. Grant
The Battle of Gettysburg stopped Lee from successfully invading this region.
The North
The Battle of Gettysburg lasted this many days.
3
This was the first major land battle of the Civil War.
First Battle of Bull Run
Winning this siege gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
Siege of Vicksburg
This Union general Led the March to the Sea.
William Tecumseh Sherman
The Emancipation Proclamation allowed these men to officially join the Union military.
African American men
Nearly this many Black soldiers and sailors eventually served the Union
200,000
The Confederate victory at Bull Run taught both sides this important lesson about the war.
War would not be easy or short.
This Union victory at an important Tennessee railroad center helped open a path into the Deep South.
Battle of Chattanooga
The man who shot President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre.
John Wilkes Booth
Petersburg was especially important because it supplied this Confederate capital.
Richmond Virginia
About this many soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing at Gettysburg.
50,000