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Battle of New Orleans
Location: Louisiana
Leaders: Union Flag-Officer David G. Farragut, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler
Casualties: British- 2,300, American- 13
Winner: Union
Effects: last armed engagement between the United States and Britain. -
Bull Run
Location: Virginia
Leaders: Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell
Casualties: Union- 480, Confederate- 390
Winner: Confederate
Effects: McDowell was replaced by Major General George B McClellan -
Monitor Battles at the Virginia
Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia
Leaders: John Ericsson
Casualties: 433 total
Winner: Union
Effects: The ships ushered a new era in naval warfare -
Vicksburg
Location: Warren County
Leaders: Ulysses S. Grant, John C Pemberton
Casualties: 1,800
Winner: Union
Effects: The confederacy became divided from east to west -
Gettysburg
Location: Adams County
Leaders: Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, Gen. Robert E. Lee
Casualties: 51,000
Winner: Union
Effects: Turned the tide of the Civil War in the Union’s favor. -
Grants march to Richmond
Location: Richmond
Leaders: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
Casualties: 1200
Winner: Union
Effects: They headed over to Petersburg -
Sherman's march to sea
Location: Tennessee
Leaders: Ulysses S. Grant, General William Tecumseh Sherman
Casualties: 13,000
Winner: Union
Effects: The South lost hope