4. April 15
Following the firing
upon Fort Sumter,
President Lincoln issues
a call for 75,000
militiamen to put down
the rebellion
5. July 21
1st Battle of Bull Run
(1st Manassas)
• Thomas Jackson earns his nickname, “Stonewall”
• 3,000 Union casualties; 2,000 Confederate
casualties
• After the defeat, Lincoln issues an order for
another 500,000 recruits
7. February 6-8
The Union and Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant claim
their first significant
victories at Fort Henry
and Fort Donelson in
western Tennessee
8. April 6-7
Battle of Shiloh
(Southwest Tennessee)
• Union surprised on Day 1
• Strenuous efforts by Grant and Sherman push
Confederates back on Day 2
• 13,000 Union casualties; 10,700 Confederate
casualties
9. April 24 New Orleans taken
This political, commercial, and strategic prize was taken without
a battle in the city, meaning its rich cultural heritage survived
intact.
June 25-July 1 Seven Days Battle
Lee drives back a Union invasion at high cost: 16,000 Union
casualties; 20,000 Confederate casualties
August 29-30 2nd Battle of Bull Run
Union decisively beaten when Longstreet’s Corp finally pushes
through Thoroughfare Gap (held for 6 hours by the cavalry
commanded by John Buford) to reinforce Stonewall Jackson.
10,000 Union casualties; 8,300 Confederate casualties.
10. September 17
Battle of Antietam
(Sharpsburg, Maryland)
• Union repels Lee’s invasion of the North
• The bloodiest single day in the war with 23,000
casualties, 12,400 Union and 10,400
Confederate
Missouri Compromise of 1820
11. September 17
Battle of Antietam
(Sharpsburg, Maryland)
• The church in the background of this famous
photograph is a Dunker Church. Members of the
Church of the Brethren, with which McPherson
College is affiliated, were known as Dunkers.
Missouri Compromise of 1820
12. December 11-15
Battle of Fredericksburg
(Fredericksburg, Virginia)
• One of the war’s most one-sided battles
• Under pressure from Washington, the new
commander of the Army of the Potomac,
Ambrose Burnside, orders senseless, repeated
charges up well-defended Marye’s Heights
• 12,700 Union casualties; 5,400 Confederate
14. Manifest Destiny
January 1
The final Emancipation Proclamation frees the slaves in seceded states. The
proclamation served as official acknowledgement that the war was not just
about preserving the Union; it was a war to end slavery in the U.S.
15. May 1-4 Manifest Destiny
Battle of Chancellorsville
(Chancellorsville, Virginia)
• Outnumbered 134,000 men to 61,000, R. E. Lee
had his greatest victory here
• Gen. Jackson is accidentally shot by his own
men. He dies of complications of his wounds on
May 10.
• 14,000 Federal casualties; 10,000 Confederate
