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Fort Sumpter
• Charleston Harbor, South Carolina & the battle lasted 34 hrs
• Commanders- Confederate// P.G.T. Beauregard_ Union// Major Anderson
• [Soldiers] Confederate- 500 & Union- 80
• Confederate won; also had more men and more ammunition
• Union lost; had little food, low on ammunition, and less men
• Both used the strategy of open fire
• No soldiers died in this battle -
Bull Run
• Fair Fax County & Prince William County, Virginia
• Commanders- Confederate// Joseph E. Johnston& P.G.T. Beauregard _ Union// Irvin McDowell
• [Soldiers] Confederate- 32,230 & Union- 28,450
• Confederate Won; also had more men and two commanders
• Union lost; not as many soldiers
• Both used the strategy flanking
• 4,878 deaths -
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Monitor vs. Merrimack (Hampton Roads)
•No clear winner
•Commanders- Union: John L. Warden& Confederate: Franklin Buchanan
•Soldiers- Union: 1,400\ Confederate: 188
•Strategies\South: rebuild the Merrimack into an ironclad warship& take down three northern ships. North: build an ironclad ship called the Monitor& keep the South from sinking their ships
•Adv. & Disadv.\ Merrimack: made of iron& hard to destroy; big and hard to move\ Monitor:smaller& quicker; smaller than Merrimack
•Starting point of true Navy ships
•393 deaths -
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Richmond
• Madison County, Kentucky
• Commanders- Confederate// E. Kirby Smith; Union// William Nelson
• Altogether deaths- 5,650
• Confederate won
• Adv.& Disadv.- Union: 4,000 of their were captured; Confederate: Captured 4,000 Yankees making it easier to beat the Union
• Significance- More& more soldiers joined each sideas the day went on& the Union had about 4,900 deaths
• Strategy: Confederate- to capture lots of Unions troops; Union- rallied troops in the cemetery outside, but were routed -
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Antietam
• Sharpsburg, Maryland & counterattack so moved across Millers Cornfield and the West Woods
• Commanders- Confederate// Robert E. Lee_ Union// George B. McClellan
• [Soldiers] Union- 87,000 & Confederate 45,000
• This battle had no clear winner;
• [Advantages& Disadvantages] Confederate army was fighting on the defensive side; Union army had to fight on the offensive side
• Their strategies are counterattacking
• 22,717 deaths -
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Fredericksburg
• Fredericksburg, Virginia
• Commanders- Confederate// Robert E. Lee_ Union// Ambrose E. Burnside
• [Soldiers] Union- 100,007 & Confederate- 72,497
• Confederate won;
• [Advantages& Disadvantages] Confederate army's commander was smart and more experienced; Union had more men but still lost;
• [Strategies] Union: to crush Lee's southern flank on Prospect Hill; Confederate: Stonewall Jackson counterattacked and killed lots of Union men
• 17,929 deaths -
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Vicksburg
• Warren County, Mississippi
• Commanders- Confederate// John C. Pemberton_ Union// Ulysses S. Grant
•[Soldiers] Confederate- 33,000 & Union- 77,000
• Union won; had more soldiers
• Confederate lost; were outnumbered but had a big terrain around Vicksburg
• Strategies- Union: Get to Bruinsburg& get rid of the threat by Johnston, then move into Vicksburg; Confederate: planned to attack at Bruinsburg but were destroyed by Grant before they got the chance
• Significance- 37,402 deaths -
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Gettysburg; Adams County, Pennsylvania
•Union victory
•Commanders\ Union: George G. Meade \Confederate: Robert E. Lee
•Soldiers\ Union: 93,921 \Confederate: 71,699
•Confederate strategies:collect supplies from PA farmlands& take fighting away from Virginia; Lee wanted to win a major battle on Northern soil& strengthen the peace movement in the north.
•Union strategies:move northward& keep his army between Lee& D.C.
•Advantage:Union had more soldiers& got to fight on a hill
•Disadvantage:Confederate had less men -
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Sherman's March to the Sea
• From Atlanta to Savannah
• Union: William T. Sherman
• Troops- 62,000; split troops into two groups& marched them from Georga to Savannah and attack houses, plantations, and cities along the way.
• Strategies- To use psychological warfare against civilians and tried to make them realize their Confederate army couldn't protect them
• Advantages- He was able to ruin the civilians beliefs in their Confederate army by getting into their heads
• It was the victory that ended the Civil War