What was the most significant event in the US Civil War?

Answer 1

An important event of the Civil War was when Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as President of the United States. This sparked the southern fire which would inevitably burn throughout the Civil War. Other Important Events were secession from the Union, The forming of the Confederacy, The Emancipation Proclamtion, and the firing on Fort Sumter, and Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendering to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomatox Court House in VA.

Answer 2

The biggest and it should ask the "best event" was the surrender of the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, the distinguished General Robert E. Lee, to the Commander of the Army of the Potomac, a great general, Ulysses S. Grant. It happened in April 1865 at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia.

Ending this horrific war put an end to the worst thing that ever happened to the USA.

Answer 3

The most significant events during the US Civil War were the major battles that helped determine what side would win the war. The battles lost and won for each side are the most important events. One important political event was the reelection of President Lincoln in 1864.

Answer 4

Perhaps the most significant event in the US Civil War was the surrender of Robert E. Lee to US Grant. Both generals met at the Appomattox Court House, and Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia. This was the South's premier army and Lee was the general in chief of Southern forces. For all practical purposes this ended the war.

Answer 5

In the opinion of military and social historians who have analyzed the US Civil War, debates over significant events and so-called turning points have proved one simple thing. That "thing" or "element" is that among these experts, who have published texts for major universities, do not agree on the value of various high profile events in the US. Civil War. This leaves the answer in dispute and can only be answered in a subjective manner. The experts have challenged each other to the highest degree possible and the answer is clear and bears repeating because of the importance of this war to the history of America. No one has the definitive, logical, unchallenged answer.

Based on the criteria just written, which allows for any number of substantial ideas on the topic the most significant event in the US Civil War was President Lincoln's decision to summon General George B. McClellan to Washington DC.

There McClellan organized, trained, and had supplied the Army of the Potomac. This was to be the premier army of the Union. McClellan then devised the most brilliant overall strategy to end the rebellion. His insights into using army and naval strategies were excellent. He devised the multi-pronged attack ideology that continued to be used by the Union to prosecute the war.

His successes and his failures place this general at the center of the war. From the Peninsula Campaign to the Battle of Antietam, he stands alone. He is significant because in Lincoln's best judgment, McClellan was made general in chief, relieved of that post and then blamed and set aside for the Union's failure at the second Battle of Bull Run. Then, at the protest of his cabinet, McClellan was reinstated as the commander of the Army of the Potomac, fought at Antietam and "fired " again.

If for nothing more, his actions and inactions, made President Lincoln a better commander in chief and forced Lincoln to explore his own role in the war ever so more carefully.