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USHC Standard 3.2 Located in Charleston, SC, April 1861 Confederate forces bombarded Fort Sumter for 33 hours until the Union finally surrendered. This battles marks the beginning of the Civil War. http://www.nps.gov/fosu/photosmultimedia/Fort -Sumter-Today-Gallery.htm Near Manassas Junction, VA, July1861 First major battle and win for Confederacy Proved the war would not be quick or bloodless North would need a large, well-trained army to defeat the South http://cdn.dipity.com/uploads/events/305 54fa9b47a1fc95fa2dd6517edab3e_1M.png September 1862 Bloodiest one day battle Union did not break Confederate lines, but McClellan inflicted so many casualties that Lee decided to retreat Crucial victory for Union Britain was ready to intervene, but decided to wait Convinced Lincoln to end slavery in the South www.civilwaracademy.com Mississippi July 1863 Union victory This battle cut the Confederacy into two Union gained control of the Mississippi River Vicksburg Campaign- www.civilwar.org July, 1863 Pennsylvania Turning point of the war Union victory Strengthened Republicans Ensured that Britain would not recognize the Confederacy For the rest of the war, Lee’s forces remained on the defensive, slowly losing ground to the Union www.gettysburgfoundation.org August 1864 Georgia Union occupied Sherman’s “March to the Sea”- NovemberDecember 1864; then went to SC Sherman’s troops burning a railroad station. www.sonofthesouth.net After capturing and burning Atlanta, Sherman’s Union army of 70,000 men marched from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia destroying everything in its path. Became known as the “ burnt country “ in Georgia. He captured Savannah in December,1864 and gave it to Lincoln as a Christmas gift. On April 7, 1865, Robert E. Lee asked for a meeting with Union General US Grant. Facing a hopeless situation, Lee surrendered his Confederate army to Grant. This for all practical purposes ended the American Civil War A week later Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Washington.