Battles of the Civil War

Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Location:Charleston Harbor, SC
Date:April 12, 1861
Main Generals:Robert Anderson and P.G.T Beauregard
Outcome:Start of Civil War
Importance: Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee and NC secede

1st Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

Location:Virginia
Date: July 21, 1861
Mian General:Thomas Stonewall Jackson
Outcome:Frightened civilians flee in panic
Importance: Early Course of the War

Ft.Henry

Feb 6, 1862

Location:Tennessee
Date:February 6, 1862
Main General: Ulysses S. Grant
Outcome:Union won
Importance:first major victory for the Union in the Western Theater

Ft. Donelson

Feb 16, 1862

Tennessee
February 16-22 1862
Ulysses S. Grant
Kentucky would stay in the Union and opened up Tennessee for a Northern advance
Unconditional Surrender

Shiloh

Mar 7, 1862

Tennessee
March 1862
Ulysses S. General
Heavy Casualties
Trenches, and scouting and fortification

New Orleans

Apr 9, 1862

New Orleans
January 18 1815
General Andrew Jackson
Union won
The Battle of New Orleans was also the last armed engagement between the United States and Britain.

Seven Days War

Jun 25, 1862

Location: Peninsula Campaign, and Virginia
Date(s):June 25- July 1, 1862
Main General(s): George B. McClellan and Robert E. Lee
Outcome: Confederate victory
Importance: series of six major battles

Murfreesboro

Jul 13, 1862

Date:July 13, 1862
Location:Rutherford County, Tennessee
Outcome:Confederate victory
Main Generals: Thomas Turpin Crittenden Nathan Bedford Forrest
Importance: 890 casualties 150 losses

2nd Battle of Bull Run

Aug 28, 1862

Location:Virginia
Date:Aug 28-30 1862
Main General: Robert E. Lee
Outcome: 2nd loss for Union
Importance: Started Battle of Antietam

Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Location:MD
Date:September, 1862
Main General: George McClellan
Outcome:Fails to pursue, so is fired by Lincoln, but find Lee plan
Importance: Bloodiest single day 26,000 casualties

Federicksburg

Dec 11, 1862

location: Fredericksburg, Virginia
December 11–16
Main Generals: Burnside
Outcome:
Importance:More troops were present at the Battle of Fredericksburg than at any other battle of the American Civil War,

Chancellorsville

Apr 30, 1863

Location:Chancellorsville Va
Date: April 30 1863
Main General:Stonewall Jackson
Outcome:Severe blow to confederacy
Importance: "Lee's greatest victory,"

Vicksburg

May 18, 1863

Mississippi
May 18- July 4, 1863
Ulysses S. Grant
Boosted Grant reputation and made General-In- Chief
Confederacy Split in half

Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

Gettysburg Pennsyvina
July 1–3, 1863
Robert E. Lee
Decisive Union victory
Turning point for civil war

Chattanooga

Nov 23, 1863

Location:Chattanooga Tennessee
Date:November 23-25 1863
Main Generals:Ulysses S. Grant Braxton Bragg
Outcome:Confederate won
Importance: Union: 56,400 | Confederate: 46,200

Wilderness

May 5, 1864

Spotsylvania County, Virginia & Port Walthall Junction, Virginia
May 5–7 1864
Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant.
Union won
the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.

Cold Harbor

May 31, 1864

Cold Harbor, Virginia
May 31-June 12 1864
Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant’s
Confederate won
7,000 Union Casualties suffered in under an hour in a frontal assault on Confederate lines.

Atlanta

Jul 22, 1864

Atlanta, Georgia
July 22, 1864
John B. Hood. Union Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson
Union won
John B. Hood. Union Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson was killed during the battle.

Fayetteville

Mar 10, 1865

Fayetteville, NC
March 10, 1865
Maj. Gen. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
Inconclusive
also known as the Battle of Fayetteville Road

Bentonville

Mar 19, 1865

Bentonville, North Carolina,
March 19, 1865 – March 21, 1865
Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman and Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
Union victory
Last battle fought in North Carolina