AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

American Civil War
(1861–1865)

(Union Victory)

The American Civil War was fought between the Union and the Confederate States of America from (12 Apr 1861 – 23 Jun 1865). The war was the result of a long-standing controversy over slavery and states' rights. War broke out in April 1861, when Confederates attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina, shortly after Abraham Lincoln was elected. The nationalists of the Union proclaimed loyalty to the U.S. Constitution. They faced secessionists of the Confederate States of America advocating states’ rights to perpetual slavery and its expansion in the Americas.

Major Battles:

Battle of Fort Sumter (12–14 Apr 1861) - C
First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) - (21 Jul 1861) - C
Battle of Shiloh (6-7 Apr 1862) - U
Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas) - ( 28–30 Aug 1862) - C
Battle of Antietam (17 Sep 1862) - I

Battle of Fredericksburg (11-15 Dec 1862) - C
Battle of Chancellorsville (30 Apr - 6 May 1863) - C
Battle of Champion Hill (16 May 1863) - U
Siege of Vicksburg (18 May – 4 July 1863) - U
Battle of Gettysburg (1-3 Jul 1863) - U
Battle of Chickamauga (18–20 Sep 1863) - C
Battle of Mansfield (8 Apr 1864) - C
Battle of Pleasant Hill (9 Apr 1864) - I

Battle of Petersburg (9 Jun 1864 - 25 Mar 1865) - U

Battle of Nashville (15-16 Dec 1864) - U
The Second Battle of Fort Fisher (13–15 Jan 1865) - U
Battle of Appomattox Court House (Confederate General Robert E. Lee Surrenders) - (9 Apr 1865) - U

Battle of Palmito Ranch (Palmito Hill) - (12-13 May 1865) - C

*On 2 June 1865, Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of Confederate forces west of the Mississippi, signs the surrender terms offered by Union negotiators. Smith was the last full general to surrender.

Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie was the last to surrender, and did so on 23 June 1865. With this surrender, the last Confederate Army ceased to exist, thereby bringing a formal end to the American Civil War.*

U=Union Victory

C=Confederate Victory

I=Inconclusive

Information retrieved from: https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history and http://www.historynet.com/civil-war-battles and http://www.staugustine.com/article/20150601/NEWS/306019948

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