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Fort Sumter
On April 12, 1861, General P.G.T Beauregard, in command of confederate forces around Charleston Harbor, opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter. At 2:30pm on April 13, Major Robert Anderson, garrison commander, surrendered the fort was evacuated the next day. The battle ended on April 14. -
Bull Run
The war didn't begin in earnest until the battle of Bull Run.
The two commanders were Irvin McDowell and Joseph E. Johnston. For the Union it was Ivrin and for the confederate, Joseph. There were 4,878 casualties, union 460 killed, 1,582 wounded, 1,312 missing or captured, 2,896 total for the union. For the confederates 387 were killed, 1,582 were wounded , 13 were missing and captured, 1,982 total. The union had 28,450 men. The confederate had 32,230. The result; a confederate victory. -
Richmond
Location- Madison County, Kentucky
Union commander William Nelson and Confederate commander E. Kirby Smith. Estimated casualties 4900 union and 750 Confederate. Result, confederate victory. -
Antietam
Location- Sharburg, Maryland.
The single bllobiest day in American military history. The union had 87,00 men while the confederates had 45,000. For the union they had 2,108 killed, 9,540 wounded, 753 missing and captured, 12,401 total casualties for the union. For the confederates, 1,546 killed, 7,752 wounded, 1,018 missing and captured, 10,36 total casualties for the confederates. Commanders of the Union, George B. McClellan for the confederates Robert E. Lee. The result is inconclusive. -
Fredericksburg
Location- Fallmouth, near Fredricksburg
Moved across the Rappahannock under fire. The main generals were, Gen. Robert E. Lee, Gen. George G. Meade. Union generals C. Feger Jackson, Goerge Bayard and Confederate Generals Thomas R. R. Cobb and Maxey Gregg were killed. -
Vicksburg
Location- Warren County, Mississippi
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grants Mary's converged on Vicksburg, investing and unwrapping a Congederate army under Lt. Gen. Pemberton. On July 4, Vicksburg surrendered after prolong siege operations. Grants success in the West boosted his reputation, leading ultimately to his appointment as a General-in-chief of the Union Army. -
Gettysburg
Took place around the little town of Gettysburg, PA. Confederate general was Gen. Robert E. Lee awaited the approach of Union Gen. George G. Meade's forces. On July 1, the Confederate pushed back the Union at Barlow's Knoll. The next day Lee strikes the Union flanks, leading the heavy battle Devil's Den, Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, Peach Orchard, Clup's Hill and East Cemetary Hill. The north had failed and resulted in heavy casualties. Estimated 51,000 killed, wounded, missing or captured. -
Sherman's March to the Sea
Major General William Tecumseh Sherman was a contradiction embodied. He eliminated Alanta's war making potential and brought sheer destruction to Georgia then offended generous surrender terms. His vision of hard war brought the confederacy to its knees but forestalled thousands of battlefeild and civilian deaths.
