Important Civil War Battles and Places

• Ft. Sumter: Start of the war• Gettysburg: Turning point of the war - the south could

not advance farther north.• The Atlanta Campaign: Vital industrial and railway

supply center in the south. The Union was able to cut supply routes to Confederate troops.

• Sherman’s March to the Sea: Destroy the morale of Confederacy and support campaign to end the war.

• Appomattox Court House: General Lee’s surrender to General Grant