CIVIL WAR

FORT SUMTER

• Fort Sumter was a very strong federal fort in South Carolina
• Federal troops refuse to surrender to the confederacy

BATTLE OF BULL RUN.

• It showed that the war would not be an easy victory for the the union
• Confederate troops drove the union army back

BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

• Took place on September 17, 1862.
• Despite the success the battle was the battle was the bloodiest of all.
• It halted Lee's northward march.

BATTLE OF SHILOH

• During the two days each side lost and gained ground.
• Union reinforcements arrived and helped push the confederates into retreating.
• This win helped the union control part of the Mississippi River valley.

SIEGE OF VICKSBURG

• Lasted about six weeks before hunger forced confederates to surrender
• The Mississippi River was now under union control.