The Civil War

THE CIVIL WAR FORT SUMTER Location: Charleston County Movement: Action in Charleston Harbor (April 1861) Date: April 12-14, 1861 Principal Commanders: Maj. Robert Anderson [US]; Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard [CS] Description: On April 10, 1861, Brig. Gen. Beauregard, in command of the Confederate forces at Charleston, South Carolina, demanded the surrender of the Union garrison of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. On April 12, Confederate batteries opened fire on the fort, which was unable to reply effectively. At 2:30 …

…September 1863, Rosecrans consolidated his forces scattered in Tennessee and Georgia and forced Bragg’s army out of Chattanooga, heading south. The Union retired to Chattanooga. RESULT: WILDERNESS LOCATION: Virginia DATE: May 5-7, 1864 DESCRIPTION: Crossing the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, Va., early in May, General Ulysses S. Grant advanced with a Union army of 115,000 men. On May 5 he met a Confederate army of 62,000 troops under General Robert E. Lee. Burning brush killed many of the wounded.