Battles #1
First Attack of the war. Led by PGT Beauregard
Attack on Ft. Sumter
First major battle of the war. Confederate victory led by Lee. Embarrassing loss for the north, and signaled that it would be a long war.
Battle of Bull Run
President during the Civil Warq
Abraham Lincoln
Short speech that Lincoln Gave to motivate the north to keep fighting to win the war. Stars with "four score and seven years ago"
Gettysburg Address
Strategy of the North to surround the south and squeeze and suffocate them to death
Anaconda Plan
Lee's first invasion into the north. Lee and the South lost. Deadliest single day of the war.
Battle of Antietam
Bloodiest 2 day battle of the war. Major victory for Grant on the way to Vicksburg. Gave the Union control of Tennessee
Battle of Shiloh
General of the Union during the Civil War. Won the war.
Ulysses S. Grant
Document issued by Lincoln that freed all of the slaved in rebelling territories. Made the Civil War about slavery.
Emancipation Proclamation
Location where Lincoln was Assassinated
Ford's Theater
Battle of Vicksburg
Overall bloodiest battle of the war. Lasted 3 days when Lee invaded Pennsylvania. George Meade used the fishhook strategy to win. Pickett's charge failed and Lee had to go back to Virginia
Battle of Gettysburg
General of the Confederates and the Army of Northern Virginia
Robert E. Lee
When Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant and ended the War.
Surrender at Appomattox
Failed Charge led by the Confederates on day 3 of Gettysburg that ultimately lost them the battle.
Pickett's Charge
Battle led by William Sherman to capture this key manufacturing hub and railroad hub in the south. This will lead to the March to the Sea.
Battle of Atlanta
March from Atlanta to Savannah Georgia by William Sherman and his men. Used total war and further split the confederacy.
March to the Sea
President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
After Lincoln was elected in 1860 several states left the union creating this new country in the south based on slavery.
Confederate States of America
Which side had more people, resources, supplies, railroads, telegraphs as their advantages during the Civil War
North/Union
Victory for Grant after Shiloh and on the way to Vicksburg. Gave the Union control of the only railroad that connected the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean.
Battle of Corinth.
Major loss by the north and Ambrose Burnside, worst and most embarrassing loss for the north, Burnside was fired shortly after.
Battle of Fredericksburg
General of the Union Army that won at Antietam, but was fired by Lincoln for being too passive. Was a loser
George McClellan
When President Lincoln was shot by John Wilks Booth
Assassination of President Lincoln
Which side had superior leaders, landscape, and the ability to defend as their advantages of the Civil War
South/Confederates