Civil War Battles

Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

-Started the war
-Large union recruitment campaigns
-The Confederacy won the battle
-It was easy

Bull Run/Manassas

Jul 1, 1861

-Union troops retreated
-kept the union from going after Richmond for about a year

Fort Donelson

Feb 11, 1862

-1,000 men and 3,000 women died
-13,000 confederate surrendered
-Grant became a hero

Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

-More then 20,000 soilders dead/wounded
-The begginning of the "total war"
-Marked the end of Southern control of the Mississippi valley

Shenandoah

May 23, 1862

-Resulted in the capture of more then 2,000 union prisoners
-17,000 jackson troops knew the layout of the valley

Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

-They again wasted an oppurtunity to destroy the confederate forces all at once

Gettysburg

Jul 4, 1863

-Turning point for the war
-South lost 20,000 men
-Grant lost the campaigan
-went to misissippi with his troops

Vicksburg

Jul 4, 1863

-General Shurman retreated
-The union won the battle
-the battle was easy

Fort wagner

Jul 18, 1863

-Public opion was affected in the north
-The confederacy won the battle
-It was difficult

Shurmans March

Nov 15, 1864

-Union troops burned down the city of Columbia to the ground
-Tore up railroad tracks
-Vandalized homes
-Destroyed farms
-The union won the battle
-It was easy

Appomattox Courthouse

Apr 9, 1865

-They captured the Confederate capitol; Richmond
-Grant aggreed to let Lee and his men to go home if they surrendered
-Confederates tried for treason
-The union won the battle
-It was easy