Fort Pulaski

January 3, 1861

Confederat forces overran the federal fort and captured it(C)

Fort Sumter

April 10, 1861

The Civil War started with the capture of Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The Union was low on supplies os Lincoln sent supplies to them. Thirty six hours later the Union surrendered and the Confederate won.(C)

First Bull Run

July 21, 1861

Georgia's 21st regiment lost 76% of it's troops alarming people who thought the Yanks would be easly defeated.(U)

Antietam

September 17, 1862

The first major battle to take place on Northern soil, it was the bloodiest single day battle in American history, with about 23,000 deaths.(U)

Emancipation Proclamation

September 22, 1862

A document affecting four million slaves in the United States. Lincoln wanted the South to end the war, and come back, plus end 244 years of slavery.

Gettysburg

July 1-3, 1863

It was the turning point in the Civil War because the Union won, ending Lee's invasion of the North.(U)

Chickamauga

September 19, 1863

Union General Rosecrans led his troops against Confederate General Braxton Bragg seven miles south of Chattanooga at Chickamauga. Bragg's army best the Union and forced them back into Tennessee.(C)

Battle of Atlanta

July 22, 1864

Grant moved his army east to attack Lee, the citizens evacuated Atlanta and the Union took over the railroads and factories.(U)

Savannah captured

December 22, 1864

Sherman gave the city of Savannah to Lincoln as a Christmas gift(U)

Lee's Surrender at Appmattox Courthouse

April 9, 1865

Lee's Surrender to General Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse Virgina, it offically ended the Civil War.(U)