American Civil War

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  • 1st Manassas

    The First Battle of Bull Run, AKA Battle of First Manassas was fought July 21, 1861. Princeton William Country,Virginia. First major battles of the American Revolution.

  • Shiloh

    Armies of Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston collide at Shiloh, near Pittsburgh Landing in Tennessee. One of the bloodiest engagements of the war. April 6th, 1862.

  • 2nd Manassas

    Second battle fought there. Much larger battle than the first one. Battle took place August 28 - August 30, 1862. Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, led by General Rober E. Lee, defeated the Union's Major General John Pope and his Army of Virginia.

  • Antietam

    September 17, 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee and George McClellan face off near Antietam creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland, in the first battle of the American Civil War to be fought on Northern Soil. Sep. 17th, 1862.

  • Fredericksburg

    Fought December 11-15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia. Between Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnside, as part of the American Civil War.

  • Chancellorsville

    The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War. It was the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign. It was April 30, 1863 through May, 6, 1863. It was a Confederate Victory.

  • Vicksburg

    May and June, 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's armies converged on Vicksburg. Entrapping a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John Pemberton. July 4, Vicksburg surrendered.

  • Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania happened July 1-July 3, 1863. It was the largest battle of the American Civil War and the largest battle ever fought in North America. This is where President Lincoln gave his famous; Gettysburg Address.

  • Petersburg

    The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign was a series of battles around Petersburg, Virginia, fought from June 9, 1864, to March 25, 1865, during the American Civil War.

  • Atlanta

    Atlanta was used as a center for military operations and as a supply route by the Confederate Army during the Cicil War. Also became a target for the Union Army. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and his troops captured the citiy in 1864.

  • Appomattox Court House

    April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee urrendered his troops to the Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grat in front of the parlor of Wilmer McLean's home in Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War.