The War

Battles and GeneralsBy: Daniel Ball

The First Battle of Bull Run

This was the first large battle of the war. The Confederate forces defeated the Union.

The Battle of Antietam

The battle ended in a draw.

Grant Vs Lee

The Battle of Gettysburg

The Union Army won the Battle of Gettysburg, destroying Lee's hopes of carrying the fighting further up North.

Sherman's March to the Sea

Union Army forces Confederate Army out of the Atlantic port of Savannah, GA on December 22, 1864.

Surrender at Appomattox

On April 9, 1865, General Lee surrendered to Grant waving the white flag atop a hill overlooking the Appomattox River in Virginia. General Grant later accepted General Lee's surrender in the Appomattox Court House.

Grant and Sherman

Jackson and Lee