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Battle of Bull Run
Location: FAIRFAX COUNTY AND PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY , VIRGINIA
Key Leaders:
North: General Irvin McDowell
South: Brigadier General P.G.T
Confederacy defeated the Union
This was the first large battle of the war.
Casualties:
North: 2,680
South: 390 -
U.S.S. Monitor battles C.S.S. Virginia
One of the most famous naval battles in American history occurs as two ironclads, the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia fight to a draw off Hampton Roads, Virginia.
Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia, Chesapeake Bay
Key Leaders:
North:
-Louis M. Goldsborough (not present)
John Marston (senior officer present)
South:
-Franklin Buchanan
Catesby ap Roger Jones RESULTS:
Tactical Confederate Victory
Strategic Union Victory Casualties:
North:
261 killed
108 wounded
South:
78 killed
17 wounded -
Battle of New Orleans
Location: New Orleans
Key Leaders:
North:
-David G. Farragut
-Benjamin Butler
South:
-Mansfield Lovell
Union wins battle Casualties:
NONE -
Battle of Vicksburg
This was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War
Location: Warren County, Mississippi
Key Leaders:
North:
-Ulysses S. Grant
South:
-John C. Pemberton
These states were cut off from the confederacy :
Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas
-Communication with Confederate forces in the Trans-Mississippi Department were also cut for the remainder of the war.
Union Wins Battle
Casualties:
North:4,835 total
South: 3,202 killed or wounded -
Battle of Gettysburg
Loaction: Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Key Leaders:
North: George G. Meade, John F. Reynolds
South: Robert E. Lee
Results:
Union victory
Casualties:
North: 3,155 killed, 14,531 wounded
South: 4,708 killed, 12,693 wounded -
Overland Campaign
The Overland Campaign, also known as General Grant's March to Richmond, was a series of battles fought in Virginia during May and June 1864, in the American Civil War
Location: Virginia
Key Leaders:
North: Ulysses S. Grant, George G. Meade
South: Robert E. Lee
Results:
Union victory
Casualties & losses:
North: 55,000
South: 33, 600 -
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Location: Atlanta to Savannah, GA
Key Leaders:
North: Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
South: Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood threatened Sherman
It is known for its boldness as well as the sheer destruction inflicted on the south, both to its industry as well as military targets effectively destroying the Confederate’s capacity to wage war
Casualties:
North: 62 killed
South: 650 killed or wounded
