Second Battle of Bull Run

Deciding battle in the Civil War.

Union commander, John Pope.

George McClellan

During the battle.

Surrender at Appomattox

Sherman continued burning through North Carolina. The Union army break through Grant's lines in Virginia. Union forces cut Lee off. General Grant accepted Lee's surrender in the Appomattox Court.

Court house.

Lee signing his surrender letter.

General Grant.

Sherman's March to the Sea

Sherman scorched towns as he marched toward the Atlantic coast and towards Virginia. They tore up railroad tracks, burned down homes, and killed livestock.

Railroad that was tore up by soldiers.

Soldiers burning down homes.

 General Sherman.

Fall of Atlanta

General Sherman was the commander of the Union Army. He led troops through Georgia, seizing Atlanta on September 2, 1864.

Burning of Atlanta.
New Union general, Sherman.
 Burning of Atlanta.

The Battle of Gettysburg

Confederate soldiers found Union cavalry in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Confederates attacked. Largest battle of the war. The union won.
During the battle.
 Destroyed Lee's hopes of carrying the fight up North.
General Robert E. Lee.

The Battle of Chancellorsville

The South won this battle. Stonewall Jackson was killed.

Stonewall Jackson is killed.

During the battle.

Lee and Jackson meeting at Chancellorsville.

The Peninsular Campaign

McClellan was commander of the Union Army and he planned to approach Richmond. McClellan put troops in Yorktown and there was a battle that was fought there throughout July of 1862. The Confederates defeated the Union.

The Battle of Antietam

General Lee planned to attack the Union territory in Maryland. A Union soldier found the battle plan and the Union then knew their plan. They noticed  that the soldiers were divided up, so Grant attacked. The battle lasted a day and ended in a draw.

 The Union soldiers attacking the Confederates.


Where the battle was fought.

Burnside was the general during The Battle of Antietam.

The First Battle of Bull Run

Union soldiers went to Washington D.C. trying to seize Manassas, VA, which is a very important railroad. Confederate soldiers collided with them at the creek in hopes of stopping them. This was the first big battle in the war. The Confederates won.

 Confederate and Union soldiers fighting.

During the First Battle of Bull Run.

Fought in the battle for the confederates.