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The Fort Pillow Massacre was an attack led by General Nathan Bedford Forrest on April 12, 1864, on Fort Pillow in Tennessee. Forrest led 1,500 Confederate soldiers to Fort Pillow, where they killed the 567 Union troops who were stationed at the fort. The fight went on until 3 p.m. when a truce was called, but the Union troops did not surrender and they kept fighting. In this battle the Confederate soldiers killed nearly 200 surrendering Black Union soldiers, this became a rallying cry for Black members of the Union. This resulted in the Black Union soldiers' battle cry being “Remember Fort Pillow!”.

Battle of Gettysburg, 1863

Richmond Bread Riot, 1863

Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president, was arrested in Irwinville, Georgia. He was taken to Fort Monroe in Virginia, where he was held as a military prisoner for two years. He was kept inside of a small room with soldiers who kept surveillance over him at all times to make sure he ate, didn't try to escape, or commit suicide. He was later moved to the officer's hall, and was allowed visitors and exercise. On May 13, 1867, he was released from prison on a $100,000 bail.

On the night of October 21, 1861, Gen. George McClellan ordered Gen. Charles Stone to send a scouting team out to find the location of the Confederate Col. Nathan Evans. After crossing the Potomac, the inexperienced leader of this scouting team, Capt. Chase Philbrick, mistook some trees for tents because of the darkness. He reported back that he had found the Confederate camp. The next morning Col. Charles Devens was sent to attack the camp, but when he and his men got to the "camp" they realized it was just trees. While there, they encountered a Mississippi infantry, and a fight broke out. Col. Edward Baker decided to send help to Devens and his men, but there were only four boats available. Baker was killed that afternoon leading the Confederates to victory. The Confederates drove the Union troops over the bluff into the Potomac, where many either drowned or surrendered.

Surrender at Appomattox, 1865

On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln and Mary Lincoln were watching a play called "Our American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre. While watching the play, an actor named John Wilkes Booth came up from behind and shot Lincoln in the back of the head. He then jumped off of the balcony and landed on the stage, where he yelled "Sic semper tyrannis" then he escaped the theatre. Lincoln was brought across the street to the Peterson boardinghouse. He stayed there until he died the next day on April 15, 1865.

Battle of the Ironclads, 1862

Burning of Atlanta, 1864

On September 18, Gen. Braxton Bragg of the Confederate army advances on Gen. William Rosecrans and his army, hoping that he would be able to surprise them. Rosecrans was able to spot Bragg's army, so by the time they crossed the creek Rosecrans was ready. The two armys began to fight, and the next day it was a full on battle. Bragg's army was not able to break the Union line, until 11:00 p.m. when Gen. James Longstreet's division arrived at Chickamauga to help Bragg, Rosecrans and his men are now outnumbered. The next day the Confederate forces attack the Union left flank. Rosecrans thinks that there is a gap in his line, so he orders Gen. Thomas Wood's division to fill the gap. Wood thinks that the order is a mistake because there was no gap, and moving his men would create a gap. He ends up moving his men anyway, creating a gap in the line. The Confederate forces use this opportunity to break through Union defenses, and they were able to win the battle. The Battle of Chickamauga was the second deadliest battle in the Civil War.