Civil War Battles

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  • Ft. Sumter

    Ft. Sumter
    Battle of Ft. Sumter
    April 12, 1861
    Union: Major Robert Anderson
    Confederacy: General PGT Beauregard
    Confederacy Won
    This battle was the battle that started the Civil War.
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  • First Battle of Bull Run

    First Battle of Bull Run
    First Battle Of Bull Run
    July 21, 1861
    Union: General Irvin McDowell
    Confederacy: General PGT Beauregard and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
    Confederacy Won
    This was the first actual major battle in the Civil War and it had changed the view of the war

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh
    April 6, 1862
    Union: General Grant and Sherman
    Confederacy: Beauregard
    Union Won
    This battle was a strategic win for the Union for control of the Mississippi River.

  • Fall of New Orleans

    Fall of New Orleans
    Fall of New Orleans
    April 25, 1862
    Union: Captain David Farragut
    Confederacy: Unknown
    Union Won
    This battle was important because it gave the Union control of the Mississippi River

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam
    Battle of Antietam
    September 17, 1862
    Union: General McClellan
    Confederacy: General Lee
    Neither Side Won
    This battle caused the Emancipation Proclamation and prevented Lee to move into Northern Land

  • Battle Of Federicksburg

    Battle Of Federicksburg
    Battle of Federicksburg
    Dec 13, 1862
    Union: General Ambrose Burnside
    Confederacy: General Lee
    Confederacy Won
    Drove Union forces away from Richmond which was the Southern Capital

  • Battle of Chancelllorsville

    Battle of Chancelllorsville
    Battle of Chancerllorsville
    Around May 3, 1863
    Union: General Joseph Hooker
    Confederacy: General Lee and Jackson
    Confederacy Won
    Ruined Union plan of attacking Richmond and General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was killed in this battle.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    Battle of Gettysburg
    July 1-4, 1863
    Union: General Meade
    Confederacy: General Lee and General George Pickett
    Union Won
    This battle meant that South would no longer get reinforcements from Britain and France and was the turning points of the war.

  • The Vicksburg Siege

    The Vicksburg Siege
    The Vicksburg Siege
    July 4, 1863
    Union: General Ulysses S. Grant
    Confederacy; Everyone Available
    Union Won
    This battle was a major turning point for the Union, split the Confederacy in half, and conquered the river city which was the last major defense for the Mississippi and important river city for supplies.

  • The Wilderness Campaign

    The Wilderness Campaign
    The Wilderness Campaign
    May 5, 1864
    Union: General Grant
    Confederacy: Unknown
    Presumed Union victory
    This wasn't a battle but a series of battles within six bloody weeks that took place in a Wilderness between Washington D.C. and Richmond.

  • Farragut at Mobile Bay

    Farragut at Mobile Bay
    Battle of Mobile Bay
    Augest 5, 1864
    Union: Officer David Farragut
    Confederacy: Unknown
    Union Won
    This battle conquered the last Southern port east of the Mississippi

  • Sherman's March to Sea

    Sherman's March to Sea
    Sherman's March to Sea
    November 15-December 21, 1864
    Union: General Sherman
    Confederacy: Unknown
    Union Won
    This was a march to the sea by General Sherman and his troops but along the way, they destroyed everything along the path with the idea of Total War.

  • The Fall of Richmond

    The Fall of Richmond
    The Fall of Richmond
    April 2nd, 1865
    Union: General Grant
    Confederacy: Unknown
    Union Won
    This battle lead to the Fall of Richmond which was the Southern capital and it demoralized the South and lead to surrender.

  • Surrender at Appomattox

    Surrender at Appomattox
    Surrender at Appomattox
    April 9th, 1865
    Union: General Grant
    Confederacy: General Lee
    Union won and South surrendered
    This is not a battle but instead, a surrender by Southern general Robert E. Lee