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Front Sumter, South Carolina • Since South Carolina had seceded from the United States, it didn’t want Northern soldiers on its land at Fort Sumter • Southern General Beauregard tried to get the northern general Anderson to surrender Fort Sumter. Picture Credit: members.aol.com/larrykench/ W1861001.html Fort Sumter • The first battle of the Civil War began on April 12, 1861. • After 2 days, the North surrendered the fort to the South. • Only one soldier was killed due to a cannon accident during the surrendering ceremony. Picture Credit: http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/graphics/battles/images/sumteranim.gif The 1st Manassas or 1st Bull Run, VA • July 21,1861 • • • • • • • • • • Union and Confederate forces fought for control of the war in Virginia. First major battle of Civil War in Virginia, in July 1861 Union army of 35,000 under General Irvin McDowell Confederate army of 22,000 under General Pierre G. T. Beauregard Clashed at Bull Run Creek near Manassas Additional 10,000 Confederates arrived Confederate troops under General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson held against Union advance Confederates counterattacked Union troops retreated Confederates won First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas Picture Credit: http://www.multied.com/civilwar/Bull.gif • • • • • The Battle of Antietam gave the North a slight advantage. Confederate leaders wanted to follow Lee’s victories in Virginia with victory on northern soil. Lee’s Confederate troops and McClellan’s Union army met along Antietam Creek in Maryland on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history, with more than 12,000 Union and 13,000 Confederate casualties. It was an important victory for the Union, stopping Lee’s northward advance. Antietam 1862 The Battle of Gettysburg, PA • • • • • Picture Credit: www.pennhomes.com/loc.htm The Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 was a major turning point in the war. Largest and bloodiest battle of Civil War More than 51,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, captured, or went missing in three days. It was an important victory for the Union because it stopped Lee’s plan of invading the North. On November 19,1863. President Lincoln gave Gettysburg Address. Sherman Strikes the South • • • Lincoln needed victory for Union army to help him win reelection in 1864. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s campaign to destroy South’s railroads and industries provided Lincoln his victory. Sherman’s 100,000 troops marched south from Tennessee in spring of 1864 to capture Atlanta, Georgia, in September, and Savannah in December. Sherman practiced total war, destroying civilian and economic resources, in the hope of ruining the South’s economy and ending its ability to fight. He hoped this would speed the end of the war. Appomattox Courthouse • Union troops forced the South to surrender in 1865, ending the Civil War. • Grant broke through Confederate defenses at Petersburg, Virginia, and Lee retreated to Richmond on April 2, 1865. • Grant surrounded Lee’s army. • Lee surrendered to Grant at the small town of Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, on April 9, 1865. Picture Credit: http://www.26nc.org/PhotoGallery/CommandChangePhotos/McLeanHouseMusic.jpg