CIVIL WAR

FORT SUMTER

• This battle began in 1861
• Confederate troops began to fire on Fort Sumter

BATTLE OF BULL RUN

• General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson fought back.
• The confederate troops drove the Union army back.
• Showed that the war would not be an easy victory for the Union.

BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

• The union discovered the confederates were going to attack Harpers Ferry.
• Despite the success the battle was one of the bloodiest of the civil war and United States history.

THE BATTLE OF SHILOH

• Battle in which union troops gained greater control of the Mississippi River Valley
• This battle went on for two day

SIEGE OF VICKSBURG

• Lasted 6 weeks.
• The union won the Mississippi.

CLARA BARTON

• Carried medical supplies to the battle fields.
• Army volunteer who became the base of the American Red Cross.

GETTYSBURG ADRESS

• It lasted about 2 minutes.
• President Lincoln gavel his speech and it was considerd on of the best speeches ever made.