Battle's of the Civil War.

By gerard100

  • Fort Sumner

    Fort Sumner
    It sparked the civil war. No casualties, Union surrendered the fort, and neither side won.

  • 1st Battle of Bull Run

    1st Battle of Bull Run
    Where: Manassas, Virginia
    Leaders/People:
    Union: General Irvin McDowell
    Confederay:General PT Beuuregard & Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
    Who won: Confederacy
    Important? 1st battle, changed the veiw of the war .

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh
    Where:Mississippi
    Leaders/People:
    Union: General Ulysses S. Grant & William
    Conferacy: General Beuregard
    Who won? Union
    Important? Stategic win toward Union control of Mississipii River.

  • Fall of New Orleans

    Fall of New Orleans
    Where: Lousiana-Mississippi river (Naval War)
    Leaders/People:
    Union:Captain David Farraut
    Who won? Union
    Important? Completed Union control of the Missiissippi River, South couldn't use the port of river to carry goods to sea.

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam
    Where: Maryland
    Leaders/People:
    Union:General McCellan
    Confederacy: General Lee
    Who won? Neither side
    Union able to prevent Lee from moving the war into Northern land.

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    Battle of Fredericksburg
    Where; Virginia
    Leaders/People:
    Union:General Ambrose Burnside
    Confederacy: General Lee
    Who Won? Confederacy
    Important: South won again

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Battle of Chancellorsville
    Where: Virginia
    Leaders/people:
    Union: General Joseph hooker
    Confederacy: General Lee & General Jackson
    Who won? Confederacy
    Important? Ruined Union plan of attcking Richmond

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    Where: Pennsylvania
    Leaders/People
    Union: General Meade
    Confederacy: General Lee and General George Pickett
    Who won? Union
    Important? Ended Conferderate hope of help from Britain anf France because they made the war about slavery.

  • Siege of Vicksburg

    Siege of Vicksburg
    Where: Mississippi
    Leader/People
    Union: General Ulysses S. Grant
    Confederacy: Everyone
    Who won? Union
    Important? Major turning point for the Union because the Confederacy split in half and then lost control of the Mississippi River in the South.

  • Wilderness Campaign

    Wilderness Campaign
    Where: Between Washington D.C and Richmond
    People/Leaders
    Union: Grant
    Confederacy: Lee
    Who won? Union
    Important? Killed a lot of people

  • Farragut at Mobile Bay

    Farragut at Mobile Bay
    Where: Atlanta
    People/Leaders
    Union:David Farragut
    Confederacy: Lee
    Who won? Union
    Important? They took the last southern port in Mississippi which completly cut off the south from their resources.

  • Sherman’s March to the Sea

    Sherman’s March to the Sea
    Sherman reached Atlanta met Confederate fires and General John Hood.
    Sooth turned to desparation
    Who won? Union
    People/Leaders
    Union Sherman

  • Fall of Richmond/Surrender at Appomattox

    Fall of Richmond/Surrender at Appomattox
    Where: Richmond
    Leaders/People
    Union: S. Grant
    Confederacy: Lee
    Who won? Union
    Important? This battle/ surrender ended the war.
    Davis set documents and the town on fire/burned everything.
    Set slaves free