BATTLES of the CIVIL WAR 1861 - 1865

From Fort Sumter to Petersburg.  A chronological order of major Civil War battles would be: First Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Shiloh, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Gettysburg, Siege of Vicksburg, Battle of Atlanta, and finally, the surrender at Appomattox Court House; with key turning points including the Union victory at Antietam enabling the Emancipation Proclamation and the capture of Vicksburg effectively splitting the Confederacy.