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1st Bull Run (Manassas)
Location- Manassas, VA
Union Comander- Irvin McDowell Confederate Comander- P.G.T. Beauregard
Union Soldiers- 28-35,000 Confederate Soldiers- 32-34,000
Union Casualties- 2,896 Confederate Casualties- 1,982
Battle Details: The battle was fought at Manassas, for no reason but it was where the nouth want to surprise the south. It started when the north surprised the south and ended up having bad executed and ended in a loss, when Thomas Jackson stood his ground, Col. Francis Bartow died. -
Monitor vs. Virginia
Location: Hampton Road Name- Battle of the Ironclads
Union Off.- John Worden Conf. Off.- Catesby Jones
Union Sold.- 4 Warships Conf. Sold.- 1 Warship
Union Casual.- 409 Conf.- 24
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The confederate ironclad ran into the cumberland. The Union ironclad Monitor arrived to do battle, initiated the first engagement of ironclads in history. The two ships fought each other to a standstill, but Virginia retired. -
Battle of Shiloh
Location- Hardin County Other Name- Pittsburg Landing
Union Officers- Ulysses S. Grant Confederate- Albert Johnston
Union Sold.- 65,085 Conf. Sold,- 44,968
Union Casual.- 13,047 Conf. Casual.- 10,699
Details-
The conf. lost forts Henery and Donelson, so they needed staging area for an offensive attack. The conf. decided to attack but found that they were too thin to go forward. Although Gen, Beauregard attack the union but found that he lost to many men to keep going. -
Seven Days
Location- Richmon, VA Name- Battle of Richmond
Union Off- George McClellan Conf. Off.- Robert E. Lee
Union Sold.- 104,100 Conf. Sold.- 92,000
Union Casul.- 15,855 Conf. Casual.- 20,204
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The union fornd it important to take controll of the Richmond as it was an intial attack point for the confederate, in the middle of the war dispite major caulties the confederate drove the union out of richmond. -
2nd Bull Run
Location- Prince William County Names- Brawner's Farm
Union Off- John Pope Conf. Off.- Thomas Jackson
Union Sold.- 62,000 Conf. Sold.- 50,000
Union Casual.- 10,000 Conf. Casual.- 8,300
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It was an offensive compaign for the south, and the south drove the north back and won the war, the turning point was when the North's left flank was crushed, this was the turning point for the Northern Wirginia Campiagn. -
Antienam
Location- Sharpsburgh Names- Battle of Sharpsburg
Union Off- George McClellan Conf. Off.- Robert E. Lee
Union Sold.- 75,500 Conf. Sold.- 38,000
Union Casual.- 12,401 Conf. Casual.- 10,316
Details
After pursuing the Confederate, McClellan attacked at a defencive position, and but altough have better numbers McClellan allowed Lee to attack him but then was able to destroy Lee's army, Joseph Mansfield and Israel Richardson were just few to die. -
Fredricksburg
Location- Spotsylvania Names- Marye's Heights
Union Off- Ambrose Burnside Conf. Off.- Robert E. Lee
Union Sold.- 100,007 Conf. Sold.- 72,497
Union Casual.- 13,353 Conf. Casual.- 4,576
Details-
Burnside, now in command of the Army of the Potomac, sent a corps to occupy the vicinity of Falmouth near Fredericksburg. The rest of the army soon followed. Lee reacted by entrenching his army on the heights behind the town. Union engineers then laid five pontoon bridges on fire, but still lost -
Stone's River
Location- Rutherford Names- Murfreesboro
Union Off- Wiliam Rosecrans Conf. Off.- Braxton Bragg
Union Sold.- 41,400 Conf. Sold.- 35,000
Union Casual.- 12,906 Conf. Casual.- 11,739
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William S. Rosecrans’s Union Army of the Cumberland followed Bragg from Kentucky to Nashville. Rosecrans left Nashville on to defeat Bragg’s army. The Confederates had driven the Union line back.and then ended up winning the war. -
Chancellorsville
Location- Spotsylvania Names- None
Union Off- Joseph Hooker Conf. Off.- Thomas Jackson
Union Sold.- 97,382 Conf. Sold.- 57,352
Union Casual.- 14,000 Conf. Casual.- 10,000
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Hooker led his Corps on a campaign to turn the Cederate flanks and lead them into Chancellorsville. In the middle of the night the war was won by the north and Jackson was wounded and soon died afterwards. -
Vicksburg
Location- Warren County Names- None
Union Off- Ulysses Grant Conf. Off.- John Pemberton
Union Sold.- 77,000 Conf. Sold.- 33,000
Union Casual.- 4,835 Conf. Casual.- 32,697
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When the confederate were out doing the union Grant decided to take Vicksburg. Due to the lack of supplies the confederate had to surrender. Vicksburg along with Gettysburg is known as the turning point of the war. -
Gettysburg
Location- Gettysburg Other Names- None
Union Off- George Meade Conf Off- Robert E. Lee
Union Sold.- 90,000 Conf Sold- 75,000
Union Casual.- 30,100 Conf Casual- 27,000
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Gen Lee want to attack the union in an offensive position by having a suprise attack at Gettysburg. The north then surprisingly held their position and in the bloodiest battle won the battle and then forever named Gettysburg as the turning point of the war. -
Chickamauga
Location- Catoosa County Other Names- None
Union Off- William Rosecrans Conf. Off- Braxton Bragg
Union Sold.- 60,000 Conf. Sold.- 65,000
Union Casual.- 16,170 Conf. Casual.- 18,454
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This war was fought here because after the battle of Gettysburg the union had one last offensive affiar in southeastern Tennesse. Coming off of great victorys the north continued their tyraid and won yet another must needed win in the civil war. -
The Wilderness
Location- Spotsylvania Other Names- None
Union Off- Ulysses Grant Conf. Off- Robert E. Lee
Union Sold.- 101,896 Conf. Sold.- 61,025
Union Casual.- 17,666 Conf. Casual.- 11,125
Details-
The Union tried to get out of the wilderness and attack the south later, but Lee sent corps to attack and created the wilderness battle. Soon after Lee attacked the union they recovered and it turned into a backa dn fourth battle that ended in tie. -
Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse
Location- Sposylvinia County Other Names- None
Union Off- Ulysses Grant Conf. Off- Robert Lee
Union Sold.- 100,000 Conf. Sold.- 52,000
Union Casual.- 18,399 Conf. Casual.- 13,421
Details
As the end of the wilderness battle, this battle raged on right after it. Gerneral Lee and Grant then went back and forth for another 13 days and then with 32,000 casualties was ended as the costliest battle on both sides. -
Sherman's March
Location- Many locations started in Georgia Other Names-
Details
Sherman's March to the sea was a desicive battle move that most people found to be the major reason the Union won the Civil War. Gen William Sherman lead the charge through major confederate lines and tring everything in thier power to break lines and weapondry tacticts, this lead to many deaths and some to innocent people. -
Nashville
Location- Nashville Other Names- None
Union Off- George Thomas Conf. Off- John Hood
Union Sold.- 55,000 Conf. Sold.- 30,000
Union Casual.- 3,061 Conf. Casual.- 6,000
Details
After Shermands march Gen Hood Decided to attack the Conf. where they would have the advantage then grabbed victory when the conf. lost all communications. -
Petersburg
Location- Petersburg Other Names- Siege of Petersburg
Union Off- Ulysses Grant Conf. Off- Robert Lee
Union Sold.- 67-125,000 Conf. Sold.- 52,000
Union Casual.- N/A Conf. Casual.- N/A
Details
The campaign was nine months of trench warfare in which Union forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assaulted Petersburg unsuccessfully and then constructed trench lines that eventually extended over 30 miles from the eastern outskirts of Richmond, Virginia and ended up wining. -
Appomattox Courthouse
Location- Virginia Other Names- None
Union Off- Ulysses Grant Conf. Off- Robert Lee
Union Sold.- 100,000 Conf. Sold.- 28,000
Union Casual.- 164 Conf. Casual.- 500
Details
The Union abandoned thier original spot of Richmond Virginia before then surrendering to the union ultamitly
