The decisive conflict that ended the US Civil War was the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. Unable to fight through the opposing Union armies, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to General Ulysses S. Grant. The battle was part of the larger Appomattox Campaign pitting Grant against Lee from March 29 to April 9.
Following the Battle of Columbus on April 16, some of the last Confederate forces surrendered to General Sherman on April 26, 1865.
The battle at Appomattox Courthouse where General Robert E Lee of the Confederates surrendered to General Ulysses Grant of the Union after being surrounded.
The Battle of Gettysburg led to the end of the American civil war and also was where president Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg address.
Fort Sumter then First Battle of Bull RunThere are varying opinions on what qualifies as the first battle of the Civil War. Fort Sumter was the first conflict and it led to the Civil War. But the First Battle of Bull Run was the first major land battle of the Civil War.
First Battle of Bull RunThe 1st Bull Run was in fact the first battle of the Civil War. The Attack on Fort Sumter only "led" to the Civil War.
The Battle of Gettysburg.
The first major battle of the civil war was the First Battle of Bull Run with the Union led by Brigadier General Irvin McDowell and the Confederates led by Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard.
The Civil War led to the end of Slavery.
Fort Sumter
The Battle of Gettysburg led to the end of the American civil war and also was where president Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg address.
Fort Sumter then First Battle of Bull RunThere are varying opinions on what qualifies as the first battle of the Civil War. Fort Sumter was the first conflict and it led to the Civil War. But the First Battle of Bull Run was the first major land battle of the Civil War.
The battle of First Bull Run
First Battle of Bull RunThe 1st Bull Run was in fact the first battle of the Civil War. The Attack on Fort Sumter only "led" to the Civil War.
The Battle of Gettysburg.
David Glasgow Farragut led the battle of New Orleans.
Ulysses S. Grant
"Bleeding Kansas" was named the "Pre-Civil War" between pro-slavery and anti-slavery people
Slavery led to the Civil War.
The first major battle of the civil war was the First Battle of Bull Run with the Union led by Brigadier General Irvin McDowell and the Confederates led by Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard.