fords theater
opened in the early 1860's fords theatre was a famous place were people from all over came to watch films and flicks mainly more wealthy people who had something to do with great invintions or had to do with the war, fords theatre was also the site of the former president Abraham Lincoln and the sam...
appomattox court house
April 9th, 1865, was the day the civil war ended and the Appomattox court house is where it ended when General Robert E. lee commander of the southern armies of south virginia surrendered after finding out his men were lacking medical care weapons and were greatly outnumbered...
fort sumpter
the battle of fort sumpter (April 12-14, 1861) was the surrender of fort sumpter , near Charleston, south Carolina, that started the American cival war.
vicksburg
in may & june of 1863 general Ulysses S.'s army converged on Vicksburg, investing the city and entrapping the confederate army splitting the army and nation in two.
richmond
on may, 20, 1861, the confederate congress voted to move the government to Richmond, with that Virginia had became the very symbol of the confederacy. over time the city became over crowded and noisy as the union tried to tale it over.
bull run
the first battle of bull run, aka battle of first manassas was fought on july, 21, 1861, in prince William county. after the union outlasted the reinforcements and waves of men, july, 22 they made it to the safety of Washington.
gettysburg
the battle of Gettysburg was fought July1-3, 1863,the battle had the largest amount of casualties and deaths. after the success in Chancellorsville General Lee lead his army through the Shenandoha river to begin the second invasion in the north. the south army thought they had the war in the bag so...
harpers ferry
The raid on harpers ferry, also known as john browns raid, began on October, 18, 1859. when himself and a group of white and black men lead an attack on 3 buildings holding the weapons he wanted to use for a slave uprising. most murders were accidents besides the ones of those to stop the raid. the...