Civil War Battles

1st Bull Run (Manassas)

Jul 21, 1861

• Started July 21, 1861 -1st Bull Run; Manassas -Fairfax and Prince William counties in Virginia
• Union States-Irvin McDowell Confederate States- Albert Johnston and Pierre Beauregard
• Union 28,000 soldiers; Confederates 33,000 soldiers
• 2,900 casulties for the Union; 2,000 casulties for Confederates
• Fought here because the Confederates troops cut off the Union troops before they could get to Richmond.

1st Bull Run (Manassas) contd.

Jul 21, 1861

- General Jackson held his position until Beauregard showed up with 9,000 reinforcements. This was a turning point in the war.

Civil War Battles

Period: Jul 21, 1861 to Apr 9, 1865

Monitor VS. Virginia

Mar 8, 1862

• This battle only lasted one day. March 8, 1862
• Names for this battle were Monitor vs. Virginia, Battle of Hampton Roads, and Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack
• This battle took place off of Sewell's Point, near the mouth of Hampton Roads, Virginia
• The leader for the Union was John Worden; the leading officers for the confederates were Franklin Buchanan, and Catesby ap Roger Jones
• The Union lost 409 sailors and the Confederacy lost 24 sailors

Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

• Started on April 6, 1862
• Shiloh; Pittsburg Landing
• Fought in Shiloh, Tenessee
• Ulysses S. Grant, Don Carlos Buell were commanding officers for the Union. Albert Sidney Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard were the commanding officers for the confederate states.
• The Union had about 40,000 soldiers while the Confederates had less than 30,000
• 23,746 casulties. 13,047 for the Union and 10,699 for the Confederacy.

Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

• This battle was fought here because the Union army was waiting there for Buell to show up with more soldiers, but on the morning of April 6, the confederates surprised them with an attack.

- A turning point in the war was when Buell's army finally arrived and launched a counter attack on the confederates and pushed them back.

Seven Days

Jun 25, 1862

• Started on June 25, 1862 and ended on July 1, 1862.
• The Seven Days Battles or The Seven Days Campaigns
• Took place near Richmond. Virginia
• George B. McClellan was in command for the Union army and Robert E. Lee for the confederacy.
• 104,100 soldiers for the Union and 92,000 soldiers for the Confederacy.

- The Union lost 15,855 soldiers and the Confederacy lost 20,204

2nd Bull Run

Aug 28, 1862

• Started on August 28 and ended on August 30
• Known as 2nd Bull Run or Manassas
• Took place in Prince William County
• John Pope was the commanding officer for the Union and Robert E. Lee was the officer for the confederacy

- 62,000 soldiers for the Union and 50,000 for the Confederacy

Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

-It signifigance was it givning President Abraham Lincoln the confidence to announce his Emancipation Proclamation.

Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

• began on September 17, 1862
• Known as Battle of Antietam or the Battle of Sharpsburg
• Fought in Sharpsburg, Maryland
• George B. McClellan was the commanding officer of the Union and Rober E. Lee was the commanding officer of the Confederacy
• 75,500 soldiers for the Union and 38,000 soldiers for the Confederacy
• 12,401 died for the Union and 10,316 died for the Confederates
• Fought in Sharpsburg because the Union followed the Confederacy into Maryland and then began attacking them

Fredericksburg

Dec 11, 1862

- The battle was very one sided with the Confederacy outfighting the Union

Fredericksburg

Dec 11, 1862

• Began on December 11 and ended on December the 15
• The Battle of Fredericksburg
• Took place in Fredericksburg, Virginia
• Ambrose E. Burnside was the commanding officer for the Union and Robert E. Lee was the commanding officer for the Confederacy
• 114,000 soliders for the Union and 72,500 for the Confederacy
• 12,653 men died for the Union and 5,377 died for the Confederacy
• The Union attack entrenched Confederate soldiers

Stone's River

Dec 31, 1862

• The battle took place from December 31 to January 2
• The two names of the battle were The Battle of Stones River or Second Battle of Murfreesboro
• Battle took place in middle Tenessee
• William S. Rosecrans led the Union and Braxton Bragg led the Confederacy
• 41,400 men for the Union and 35,000 for the Confederacy
• 12,906 soldiers died in the Union army and 11,739 soliders died in the Confederate army

Stone's River

Dec 31, 1862

- Fought in middle Tenessee because William S. Rosecrans marched with his army from Nashville, Tenessee to challenge General Braxton Bragg's army at Murfreesboro

Chancellorsville

Apr 30, 1863

• It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863
• Battle of Chancellorsville was the only name for this battle
• Fought in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
• Joseph Hooker led the Union and Robert E. Lee led the Confederacy
• The Union had 133,868 soldiers and the Confederacy had 60,892
• The Union lost 17,197 and the Confederacy lost 13,303
• This battle was fought here because the Union crossed the Rappahannock River to try and cut off Lee's supply lines

Vicksburg

May 18, 1863

• Fought from May 18 to July 4, 1863
• Vicksburg is th eonly name for this battle
• Fought in Warren County, Mississippi
• Ulysses S. Grant led the Union army and John C. Pemberton led the Confederate army
• 77,000 soldiers for the Union and about 33,000 for the Confederacy
• 4,835 casulties for the Union and 3,202 were killed for the confederacy, they also had 29,495 soldiers captured. One of which the Confederate commanding officer John C. Pemberton

Gettysburg

Jul 3, 1863

• fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863
• The Battle of Gettysburg
• Took place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• George G. Meade led the Union and robert E. Lee led the Confederacy
• 93,921 soldiers for the Union and 71,699 for the Confederacy
• The Union suffered 23,055 casulties while the Confederates lost 23,231

Chickamauga

Sep 19, 1863

• Fought from December 19 to December 20, 1863
• The Battle of Chickamauga
• William S. Rosecrans led the Union; Braxton Bragg led the Confederates
• 60,000 Union soldiers and 65,000 Confederate soldiers
• 16,170 Union casulties, and 18,454 Confederate casulties
• The battle was the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War

Wildnerness

May 5, 1864

• Fought from May 5 to May 7, 1864
• The Battle of the Wilderness
• Ulysses S. Grant led the Union and Robert E. Lee led the Confederates
• 101,895 Union Troops and 61,025 Confederate troops
• 17,666 casulties for the Union and 11,125 for the Confederates

Spotsylvania

May 8, 1864

• May 8 through May 21, 1864
• The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes simply referred to as the Battle of Spotsylvania
• Spotsylvania County, Virginia
• Ulysses S. Grant led the Union and Robert E. Lee led the Confederacy
• 100,000 soldiers for the Union and 52,000 for the Confederacy
• The Union lost 18,399 soldiers while the Confederacy lost 13,421

Petersburg

Jun 9, 1864

• June 9, 1864, to March 25, 1865
• Petersburg, Virginia
• Siege of Petersburg
• Ulysses S. Grant led the Union and Robert E. Lee led the Confederacy

- The Union had from 67–125,000 soldiers while the confederacy had about 52,000

Sherman's March

Nov 15, 1864

• November 15, 1864 to December 21, 1864
• Sherman's March to the Sea

- Gerogia

Nashville

Dec 15, 1864

• December 15–16, 1864
• Nashville, Tennessee
• George H. Thomas led the Union and John Bell Hood led the Confederacy
• 55,000 soldiers for the Union and 30,000 for the Confederacy
• 3,061 casulties for the Union and about 6,000 for the Confederacy

Appomattox Courthouse

Apr 9, 1865

• April 9, 1865
• The Battle of Appomattox Court House
• Richmond, Virginia
• Ulysses S. Grant led the Union and Robert E. Lee led the Confederacy
• 100,000 Union soldiers and 28,000 Confederates
• 164 casulties for the Union and 500 for the Confederacy