Under a Blue-Gray Sky
The Beginning
Ft. Sumter
Union Fort April 12, 1861, 4:30 a.m 34 Hours Bombardment
Bull Run
July, 1861 Southern Victory -P.G.T. Beauregard Civilian Observers No Pursuit
Shiloh
April 1862
Surprise Attack from Confederate Forces.
Victory for North -Ulysses S. Grant
Both sides realize the war would not be short. -Costliest in U.S. history up to that time
Antietam
Sept 1862 Commanders -General Lee -General McClellan
Bloodiest single day of the war Victory for Union
-Gives Lincoln confidence to announce the Emancipation Proclamation.
Vicksburg
November 1862
Fortress city that dominated the last Confederate-controlled section of the Mississippi River.
Tries to split the South
Gen. Grant captures city
Confederate Victories
Fredericksburg -December 1862 Chancerllorsville -May 1863 Confederates outnumbered and still win. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Gettysburg
July 1863 Lee invades the North Pickett’s Charge Union wins Turning point of the war Lincoln consecrates battlefield cemetery with famous speech.
War’s End
Sherman’s March to the Sea -Gen. George Sherman -Burning of Atlanta
Grant chases Lee’s armies
April 1865 surrounds Richmond Lee Surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse