Early Battles of the Civil War

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    Early Battles of Civil War

  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–14, 1861) was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. Following declarations of secession by seven Southern states, South Carolina demanded that the US Army abandon its facilities in Charleston Harbor. At 2:30pm on April 13 Major Robert Anderson, garrison commander, surrendered the fort and was evacuated the next day.

  • Bull Run

    Bull Run
    The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as First Manassas, was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the city of Manassas, not far from the city of Washington, D.C.

  • New Orelans

    New Orelans
    The capture of New Orleans (April 25 – May 1, 1862) during the American Civil War was an important event for the Union. This capture of the largest Confederate city was a major turning

  • Antietam

    Antietam
    The Battle of Antietam also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, in the South, fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with a combined tally of dead, wounded, and missing at 22,717. Strategic union victory.

  • Battle of Fredricksburg

    Battle of Fredricksburg
    The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnside. The Confederate won.

  • Chancelorsville

    Chancelorsville
    It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville. Confederate won.