Civil War Events

By: Luke Robertson & Amir Meshki

VS.

Firing On Fort Sumter

April 1861

First Shots Fired of the Civil War

Fort Sumter, South Carolina

Battle of Antietam

September 1862

General Lee was Caught by General Mcllenan.

Sharpsburg, Maryland

Bloodiest Day of Civil War(2,108 Union & 9,549 Confederate)

There was No Clear Winner

Emancipation Proclamation

January 1863

Washington D.C.

Freed Slaves in States in Rebellion

Battle of Gettysburg

July 1863

lee decided to attack the Union

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Union Won

Major Turning Point

Siege of Vicksburg

May/July 1863

Final major military action in Vicksburg Campaign

Warren County(Vicksburg), Mississippi

Union Won

Major Turning Point

Assassination of Lincoln

April 1865

Ford Theater, Washington D.C.

Lincoln was Shot in the Head.

Was Shot by John Wilkes Booth

Lee's Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

April 1865

Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia

General Robert E. Lee Surrendered