Battles of the Civil War

Fort Sumter

Apr 1, 1861

Charleston, SC
April 1861
Robert Anderson, garrison, Beauregard
Fort surrendered
Tension months prior to event.

Battle of the 1st bull run

Jul 21, 1861

Prince William County, Virginia
July 1861
Irvin McDowell
first large-scale battle of the American Civil War

Battle of Fort Henry

Feb 6, 1862

Western, TN
February 1862
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Union victory
1st important victory

Ft. Donelson

Feb 11, 1862

Western Theater
February 1862
Grant
Union victory

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 7, 1862

southwestern Tennessee
April 1862
General Albert Sidney Johnston
Union victory
was a major battle in the Western Theater

Battle of New Orleans

May 1, 1862

Where Prince William County, Virginia
Date July 1861
Main generals Andrew Jackson Alexander Cochrane
Edward Pakenham
out come Signing of treaty
Importance Andrew Jackson achieves the greatest American victory of the war

seven days

Jul 1, 1862

Richmond, Va
July 1862
Robert lee
George McClellan
Confederate Victory

2nd bull run

Aug 28, 1862

Virginia
August 1862
George McClellan
Confederate union

battle of antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Sharpsburg, Maryland
September 1862
Robert E. Lee
George B. McClellan
Union victory

battle of fredricksburg

Dec 11, 1862

Fredericksburg, Virginia,
December 1862
Robert Lee
Ambrose Burnside
Confederate victory

Murfreesboro

Dec 31, 1862

Rutherford County , TN
1863
William S. Rosecrans
Braxton Bragg
Union victory

Chancellorsville

May 6, 1863

Spotsylvania County, Virginia
May 1863
Joseph Hooker , Stonewall Jackson
Robert Lee
Confederate victory

Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

Gettysburg, PA
July 1863
George Meade
Robert Lee
Decisive Union victory

Battle of Vicksburg

Jul 4, 1863

Mississippi River
June 1863
Lt. Gen. John Pemberton.
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's
Vicksburg surrender
Union victory
One of the most brilliant military campaigns of the war.

Chattanooga

Nov 30, 1863

Tennessee
November 1863
William S. Rosecrans
Braxton Bragg
Union victory

wilderness

May 5, 1864

Northern VA
May 1864
Robert Lee
George Meade
Ulysses Grant
Inconclusive

Cold harbor

Jun 12, 1864

Northeast Richmond , VA
June 1864
Robert Lee
George Meade
Ulysses Grant
Confederate Victory

Atlanta

Jul 22, 1864

Atlanta, GA
July 1864
Joseph Johnson
William Sherman
William Hardee
John Hood
James McPherson
Union Victory

Fayetteville

Mar 10, 1865

Hoke County, NC
March 1865
William Cabell
William Sherman
Inconclusive

Bentonville

Mar 19, 1865

Bentonville NC
March 1865
Braxton Bragg
William Sherman
T. Beauregard
Joseph Jonhson
Union Victory