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Major Battles in the Civil War

By kayr013

  • Battle of Bull Run

    Battle of Bull Run
    The battle of Bull Run was a confederate win and it was fought in Virginia. McDowell was the general for the union and Stonewall Jackson was the general for the confederates.

  • Fort Donelson

    Fort Donelson
    Fort Donelson was fought in the West in Tennessee. Grant was the general for the Union, and the Union won the battle

  • Battle of the Ironclads

    Battle of the Ironclads
    The battle of the Ironclads was between two ironclad warships. The Monitor which was a union ship and the Merrimac, which was a Confederate ship. The fight ended in a draw because the cannons could not pierce through the other ships exterior.

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh
    Fought in the West and Grant was the genral for the Union. It gave the Union control of the upper Mississippi river.

  • Battle of New Orleans

    Battle of New Orleans
    Fought in the West in Lousiana and Grant was the general for the Union. It gave the Union control over the whole Mississippi River.

  • Battle of Richmond

    Battle of Richmond
    Fought in the capitol of the Confederacy and it was a confederate win. The general for the confederate was Lee and for the Union it was McClelan.

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam
    Fought in Maryland and it was a Union victory. McClellan found the marchinf plans of Lee's army and attacked. McClellan was orderd to go after Lee, but he did not and was fired.

  • 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.

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign.

  • Battle of Vicksburg

    The Siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Union victory

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The Union hammmered the Confederates and won.