Battles of the Civil War

Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Union: Major Robert Anderson
Confederacy: General PGT Beauregard Confederacy Won
It sparked the civil War

1st Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

Union: General Irvin McDowell
Confederacy: General PT Beauregard and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Confederacy Won
1st battle and changed views of war.

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

Union: General Ulysses S. Grant & William “Tecumseh” ShermanConfederacy: General Beauregard
Union Won
Union gained Memphis

Fall of New Orleans

Apr 25, 1862

Union: Captain David FarragutUnion won
Gave them control of Mississippi River

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Union: General McClellan
Confederacy: General Lee
Neither Side won
Cause Emancipation Proclomation

Battle of Fredricksburg

Dec 13, 1862

Union: General Ambrose BurnsideConfederacy: General LeeConfederacy Won
Soth Won Again

Battle of Chancellorsville

May 29, 1863

Union: General Joseph Hooker
Confederacy: General Lee and General Jackson
Confederacy Won
Ruined Union plan of attacking Richmond

Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

Union: General Meade Confederacy: General Lee & General George Pickett
Union Won
Ended Confederate hope that Britain and France would help

Seige of Vicksburg

Jul 4, 1863

Union: General Ulysses S. Grant
Confederacy: Everyone
Union Won
Confederacy split in half and lost control of the Mississippi River in the South

The Wilderness Campaign

May 5, 1864

Union: Grant
Confederacy: Lee
Union won
6 bloodiest weeks of the war

Mobile Bay

Aug 5, 1864

Union: Farragut
Union Won
Union took last Southern Port

Sherman's March to the Sea

Nov 15, 1864

Union: Sherman
Union just marched down and completely destroyed towns

Fall of Richmond and Surrender at Appomattox

Apr 2, 1865

Union: Grant and Lincoln
Confederacy: Lee and Davis
Union won
Union completely won the war and it was over