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Fort Sumter
The Union and the Confederacy was their leaders. The Union won and it is important because there were no casualities and it sparked the start of the Civil War. -
First Battle of Bull Run
This battle was in Virginia. The leader on the Union side was General Irvin McDowell. The leader on the COnfederacy side was General PT Beaurgard. The confederacy won this battle and it was important because it was the first battle and it changed the view of the war. -
Battle of Shiloh
this battle was taken place in Mississippi. The leader in the Union side was William Tecumseh Sherman. The leader of the Confederacy was General PT Beauregard. The Union won this battle and it was important because it was a win towards the Union control of the Mississippi River. It was a blood battle that lasted two days and had ended up with many casualties. -
Fall of New Orleans
This battle was taken place in Louisiana by the Mississippi River. The leader on the Union was David Farragut. The Union had won this battle and it is important because the Union completed control of the Mississippi River. -
Battle of Antietam
This battle was in Maryland. The leader of the Union was General McClellan. The leader of the Confederacy side was General Lee. The battle of Antietam was a tie, no one won. It was important because the Union was able to prevent Lee from moving the war into the Northern Land. This battle was the bloodiest day in American History. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
This battle was taken place in Virgina. The leader on the Union side was Burnside and the leader on the Confederacy side was Lee. The Confederacy won this battle and it was important because the South won again. -
Fall of Richmond/Surrender at Appomattox
Jefferson Davis was the Union leader and Lee was the Confederacy leader. The Unoin won and it is important because they destroyed some of Richmond and Davis and his cabinet's fled the city, -
Battle of Chancellorsville
This battle was taken place in Virginia. The leader of the Union was Hooker and the Confederacy leader was Lee and Jackson. The Confederacy won this battle and it was important because they ruined the Union's plans of attacking Richmond. -
Battle of Gettys-berg
This battle was taken place in Pennsylvania. The leader on the Union was Meade and Lee and Picket were on the Confederacy side. The Union won and it was important because it was the turning point of the war. -
Siege of Vicksburg
This was taken place in Mississippi.the leader of the Union was Ulysses Grant and the Confederacy was everyone. The Union won the siege and it was important because it was a turning point and the Confederacy lost control of the Mississippi River in the South. This was a forty seven day siege on water and land. -
The Wilderness Campaign
This battle took place in Richmond. The leaders on the Union side was Ulysses Grant and Confederacy was Lee. The Union won this battle and it is impotant because a lot of people had died and critics called Grant, "a butcher". Lincoln had also defended Grant because Lincoln was a fighter. -
Farragut at Mobile Bay
This was taken place at Mobile Bay, Alabama. The leader on the Union side was David Farragut. He is the highest ranking Union officer. Farragut had won and it is impotant because they had led 18 ships into the bay and Farragut kept on moving forward eventhough the South was blowing them up a lot. -
Sherman's March to The Sea
The leaders of this battle were Hood and Johnston. The Union had won this battle and it is important because the Union destroyed everything that the South had and freed hundred's of slaves.