Civil War Timeline by Meggie Stenback https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c en-us 2021-05-05 16:45:59 UTC 2026-02-02 05:26:01 UTC hello@padlet.com Union Blockade mest1107 https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494741074 April 19, 1861
  • Monitored southern trade
  • Blocked ports
  • Stopped confederacy from obtaining supplies

]]> 2021-05-05 16:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494741074 Ft. Sumter mest1107 https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494745231 April 12-14, 1861
  • Confederate troops fire on federal fort, forcing surrender
  • First shots of the Civil War
  • Lincoln asks for 75,000 volunteers to join Union Army
]]> 2021-05-05 16:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494745231 First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia mest1107 https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494753173 July 21st 1861
  • First major battle
  • Confederacy one
  • Gave confidence to South, shocked the North

]]> 2021-05-05 16:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494753173 Battle of Shiloh mest1107 https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494757018 April 6th-7th- 1862
  • Union destroyed Confederacy
  • Deadliest battle ever in North America

]]> 2021-05-05 16:50:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494757018 Battle of Antietam, Maryland mest1107 https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494758412 September 17, 1862
  • No obvious winners at first, but became a strategic victory for union
  • Had the single bloodiest day in all of US history 

]]> 2021-05-05 16:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494758412 Battle of Fredericksburg mest1107 https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494768082 December 11th-15th
  • Major defeat for Union
  • Low point in the war for them

]]> 2021-05-05 16:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494768082 Emancipation Proclamation mest1107 https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494772203 January 1, 1863
  • Declared all enslaved people would be free
  • Also harmed the confederacy, affected the states in rebellion

]]> 2021-05-05 16:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494772203 Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania mest1107 https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494773996 July 1–3, 1863
  • Turning point of the civil war
  • Made confederate leader Robert E. Lee’s plan fail

]]> 2021-05-05 16:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494773996 The Petersburg Siege mest1107 https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494778538  Jun 9, 1864 – Mar 25, 1865
  • Longest Siege in US history
  • Union tried to take over confederate supplies
  • Didn’t work, but spent so much time and effort that it costed south the war

]]> 2021-05-05 16:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494778538 Siege of Vicksburg mest1107 https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494779523  July 4th, 1863
  • Union could control mississippi river
  • Divided confederacy, very helpful

]]> 2021-05-05 16:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494779523 Gettysburg Address mest1107 https://padlet.com/mest1107/ch3f9hofr4cinf6c/wish/1494782117 November 19, 1863
  • Honored those who died at Gettysburg
  • Lincoln compared his time to the time of the Declaration of Independence
  • One of the most popular speeches

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