first “woah” moment that made people realize the war wasn’t short (Manassas)
Fort Sumter
where civil war started ; fought over supplies and confederates fired the first shot. Nobody was killed
Spring Campaign
starts bringing full throttle, grant pushing and starts implementing anaconda plan
Anaconda Plan
plan that successfully suffocated south
Shiloh
second intense moment that helped make people understand how bloody civil war was
Falling of Atlanta
basically allowed Lincoln the ability to be reelected… without falling of Atlanta, Lincoln probably couldn’t have been reelected. It reassured the people that Lincoln had the power to control the confederacy
Vicksburg
cuts Mississippi, cutting confederacy in half
Monitor vs Merrimack
iron clads, monitor = northerner John Errickson’s response to the Merrimack
Shanandoah / Alabama
confederate raider ships
Ostend manifesto
plan to attack cuba and that it would be “justified by ever law
