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Battle of Shiloh
-The battle began on April 6th, and ended on April 7th, 1862.
-It took place in Southwestern Tennessee.
-The Union army was led by General Ulysses S. Grant.
-The Confederate Union was led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
-The Union army had around 66,000 soldiers versus the Confederates 45,000. By the end of the two days of fighting the Union had suffered 13,000 casualties including 1,700 dead. The Confederates had suffered 10,000 casualties and 1,700 dead. -
Battle of Manassas
-The Confederate army of Northern Virginia, led by General Robert E. Lee, defeated the Union's Major General John Pope and his army of Virginia.
- The battle was taken place in William County, Virginia.
-The battle took place on August 28 - August 30, 1862.
-Over 62,000 Union soldiers and 50,000 Confederate soldiers fought in this battle.
-Casualties were high on both sides. The Union had 14,000 dead or wounded and the Confederates had over 8,000 casualties. -
Battle of Antietam
-The Union won the battle of Antietam.
-Battle of Antietam was part of the Maryland Campaign led by Robert E. Lee.
-The Union troops at the battle were commanded by George B. McClellan.
-It was followed by President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
-The Battle of Antietam is considered the bloodiest day in the history of American war, with over 23,000 soldiers wounded, killed, or missing. -
Stones RIver
-The battle was fought from December 31, 1862 until January 2, 1863.
-The battle took place near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, along Stones River.
-The total area of the battlefield was about 4,000 acres.
-On December 31, Confederate General Bragg's 35,000 troops successfully commanded by Major General William Rosecrans.
-The union forces won this battle.
- Total casualties in the battle were 23,515: 13,249 on the Union side and 10,266 for the Confederates.
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Battle of Chancellorsville
-Union: 97,000
-Confederate: 57,000
-Confederate Victory
-Union: 14,000 casualties
-Confederate: 10,000 casualties
-April 30 – May 6, 1863
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Battle of Vicksburg
-The battle began on May 18, 1863.
-Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis both saw Vicksburg as "the key" to the confederacy.
-The Union Army, led by General Grant, had won a number of battles against the Confederates pushing them back towards Vicksburg.
-From May 18th to July 4th 1863 the Union Army and Confederate Army fought for control of the strategically important city of Vicksburg; located along the Mississippi River in Mississippi.
-the battle ended July 4, 1863. -
The battle of gettysburg
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County -Union General: George G. Meade -Confederate General: Robert E. Lee -Union Army: 82,289 -Confederate Army: 75,000 -Union victory -Battle Dates: July 1-3, 1863
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Battle of Chickamauga
-The Battle of Chickamauga began on September 18, 1863.
- The Confederates won the battle.
- Estimated Confederate Casualties: 2312 killed, 14,674 wounded, 1468 captured or missing. With 34,624 total casualties, the Battle of Chickamauga was second only to Gettysburg (approximately 51,000) in total casualties in a Civil War battle.
-The battle ended on September 20, 1863. -
The wilderness
-Spotsylvania and Orange Counties, Virginia
-May 5-7, 1864
-Union: Lt. Gen Ulysses S. Grant | Confederate: General Robert E. Lee
-soldiers engaged:Union: 102,000 | Confederate: 61,000
-casualties- Union: 18,400 | Confederate: 11,400 -
battle of spotsylvania
-April 30 – May 6, 1863
-May 8 – May 21, 1864
-union: Ulysses S. Grant | Confederate: Robert E. Lee
-Union: 18,400 | Confederate: 13,400
-The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House was fought May 8 – May 21, 1864 as part of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s 1864 Overland Campaign of the American Civil War.
