Fords Theater
Fords Theater is a significant theater this is where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865. Our president went there to see a play that night and ended up being assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, he shot him in the back of the head. In the movie The Blue and The Gray this was...
Elmira
Elmira was a prison camp made by the Union to keep there prisons the Confederates. This prison camp was in use in July 6,1864 until autumn in 1865. Many of the Confederates usually died from disease, the harsh winter and lack of food. The camp shut down in 1865 September and was turned into farm lan...
Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1-3, 1863,this battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war. This war was often called the turning point, but the main event was a assault by 12,500 Confederates against the center of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge, known as Pickett's...
Antietam
This battle was fought on September 17, 1863. This was the first major war in the Civil War to take on Union soil, this was the single most bloodiest battle in American history there was about 22,717 dead, wounded or missing. The Union followed the Confederate into Maryland and then General of the U...
Peninsula Campaign
The Peninsula Campaign was a major Union operation launched in southeast of Virginia, it was fought March through July 1862. This act was intended to take over the Confederates capital, Richmond. The Union general thought he would be able to take over the capital but the Confederate general had othe...
Bull Run
The first battle of Bull Run was fought July 21, 1861. This battle both were unprepared, both sides had about 18,000 poorly trained soldiers and the Confederate ended up with the victory of a disorganized retreat by the Union. In the movie The Blue and The Gray there was a scene when both sides marc...
Fort Sumter
The battle of Fort Sumter started April 12-14, 1861 and it was fought at Charlestown, South Carolina. This battle was the bombardment and surrender for Fort Sumter.
Civil War
On the evening of October 16, 1859 John Brown a abolitionist and a group of his supporters left their farm house hid out to Harpers Ferry. When Brown and his men got to the town they captured men of the army and taking there weapons. Brown hoped that they would be able to gain access to weapons that...