American History Civil War Flashcards
Who led which side &who won what battle
Vicksburg
Union Victory, North : Foote &Pope, South : Farragut
Peninsular Campaign
July 1862, Confederacy Victory, North : McClellan South : Johnston
2nd Battle of Bull Run
2 days, August 1862, Confederacy Victory, North : Pope South : Lee&Jackson
Summer 1862 (TURNING POINT) Union victories
Fort Henry&Donelson, Nashville, Shiloh, New Orleans
Antietam
2 days, September 1862, Technically Northern Victory, North : McClellan, didn’t act quickly enough for total defeat South : Lee
Emancipation Proclamation (released after)
Released after Antietam
Fredericksburg
HIGH CASUALTIES, December 1862, Confederacy Victory, North : Ambrose Burnside South : Lee
Election of 1863
Lincoln VS McClellan
Chancellorsville
2 days, May 1863, Confederacy Victory, North : Hooker South : Lee STONEWALL JACKSON KILLED
Gettysburg
3 days, July 1863, Union Victory, North : Meade South : Lee
Fall of Vicksburg
July 4, 1863, Pemberton surrendered to Grant, MS now divided Confederacy
Atlanta
September 1864, Turning Point, Union, North : Sherman South : Lee
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Nov-Dec 1864, Atlanta - Savannah, march of devastation (led by Sherman of North)
Three Main Theaters
Richmond VA&D.C., Ohio Cumberland&Tennessee Rivers, MS River Valley
Anaconda Plan
Long-term plan for war, proposed by Winfield Scott
1st Battle of Bull Run
June 1861, Confederacy Victory, North : McDowell, South: Johnston & Jackson
Clara Barton
Led search for missing Union soldiers, established Red Cross
Virginia
First major civil war battle after Fort Sumter
Dorothea Dix
First Superintendent of Women Nurses
Fort Sumter
April 1861, first battle of war, Robert Anderson forced to surrender to the Confederacy
End of War
Petersburg, VA fell, done in Appomattox Court House
