The document provides an overview of the key people, battles, events, and outcomes of the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865. It includes summaries of the Union's Anaconda Plan strategy, important generals on both sides like McClellan and Lee, major battles such as Bull Run, Antietam, and Gettysburg, the emancipation of slaves through the Emancipation Proclamation, the New York City draft riots, Sherman's March to the Sea in 1864, and the war ending with Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865 after over 600,000 casualties.
4. Lincoln’s Generals Irwin McDowell Winfield Scott George McClellan, Again! George McClellan Ambrose Burnside Joseph Hooker George Meade Ulysses S. Grant