Civil War Battles

By alinarahman

  • Battle of Bull Run

    Battle of Bull Run
    Location: Fairfax and Prince William County, Virginia
    Union: Irvin Mcdowell

    Confederate: Joseph E. Johnston
    Winner: Confederate victory
    Effects: Was the first time the North realized that the Civil war would not be easily won and the Confederacy would only be defeated with great difficulty.

  • U.S.S Monitor Battles C.S.S Virginia

    U.S.S Monitor Battles C.S.S Virginia
    Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia
    Union: LT. John Worden
    Confederate: Capt. Franklin Buchanan and Lt. Catesby R. Jones
    Winner: Stalemate
    Casualties: 433 Total
    Effects: Was the beginning of the end of wooden ships and initiated the first modern war.

  • Battle of New Orleans

    Battle of New Orleans
    Location: Orleans Parish and St. Bernards Parish, New Orleans
    Union: David G. Farragut and Benjamin Franklin Butler Confederate: Mansfield Lovell
    Winner: Union Victory
    Effects: Considered one of the worst disasters suffered by the Confederacy giving the North control of the New Orleans ports. This gave the North a great advantage

  • Battle of Vicksburg

    Battle of Vicksburg
    Location: Warren County, Mississippi
    Union: Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
    Confederate: Gen. John C. Pemberton
    Winner: Union Victory
    Casualties: 35,825 total
    Effects: Union effectively split the South, and battle was said to be the most brilliant military campaign in the war. Battle boosted Grant's reputation in the North.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    Location: Adams County, Pennsylvania
    Union: Gen. George G. Meade
    Confederate: Robert E. Lee
    Winner: Union Victory
    Casualties: 51,000 Total
    Effects: Major turning point in the war marking the Union having a chance of winning the war. Union siezed Confederates plan of taking D.C. and defeated them changing the course of the war.

  • Grant's March to Richmond

    Grant's March to Richmond
    Location: Virginia
    Union: Ulysses S. Grant and George G. Meade
    Confederate: Robert E. Lee
    Winner: Union Victory
    Casualties: 88,600 Total
    Effects: Grant's successful attempt in wearing down Lee's army by initiating small battles until Lee retreated to Richmond where Grant forced him to surrender.

  • Sherman's March to the Sea

    Sherman's March to the Sea
    Location: Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia
    Union: William Tecumseh Sherman
    Confederate: John Hood
    Winner: Union Victory
    Effects: Marked the beginning of the end of the Confederacy. Helped Lincoln gain re-election, Sherman hit the heartland of the Confederacy, damaging it greatly.