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Fort Sumter
Union base located on an island in Charleston harbor, off the coast of Confederate South Carolina. General Pierre G.T. Beauregard- Confederate commander
Major Robert Anderson- Union commander start of the Civil War -
First Bull Run/First Manassas
at Manassas Junction near a creek called Bull Run. General Joseph E. Johnston- Confederate (First Bull Run)
General Irvin McDonowell- Union (First Manassas) -
Grant's army captures Fort Henry & Fort Donelson
northweastern Tennessee General Ulysses S. Grant Confederates surrendered 13,000 men & much precious equipment Fort Henry was captured on February 6
Fort Donelson was captured on February 16 -
Monitor battles Merrimack
Chesapeak Bay, Virginia Monitor- Union
Merrimac- Confederate Monitor won -
McClellan's Peninsular Campaign
tip of the Peninsula between the York & James River and marched to Richmond Major General George B, McClellan ordered by Lincoln Ended in July with the Seven Days Battle -
Battle of Shiloh
Tennessee General Albert S. Johnston- Confederate
General Ulysses S. Grant- Union 3,500 dead soldiers
20,000 wounded soldiers Union won -
Seven Days Battle
5 miles till Richmond General Lee- Confederate
General McClellan- Union Confederates won due to McClellan waiting too long and got attacked -
Second Battle of Bull Run
near Manassas, Virginia General Lee- Confederate
General John Pope- Union Confederates won with 48,00 men over 75,000 men in the Union -
Battle of Antietam
Antietam Creek General Lee- Confederate
General McClellan- Union 5,000 dead
18,000 wounded Union won due to more troop arriving which forced the Confederates to retreat -
Battle of Fredericksburg
Virginia General A. E. Burnside- Union
General Lee- Confederate
General Jackson- Confederate North suffered 10,000 casualties
South suffered 5,000 casualties Confederates won -
Battle of Chancellorsville
Richmond General Lee- Confederate
General Jackson- Confederate
General Joseph Hooker- Union 17,000 Union men lost & retreated to Potomac River Confederates won because they split the army up into 2 and lured Hooker into a trap at Chancellorsville -
Siege of Vicksburg
Mississippi General Grant- Union surrounded Vicksburg and the garrison surrendered due to lack to reinforcements -
Battle of Gettysburg
Pennsylvania General George G. Meade- Union
General Lee- Confederate
General George E. Pickett- Confederate (Pickett's Charge) over 7,000 killed
44,000 wounded North won -
Battle of Chickamauga
Georgia General William Rosecrans- Union
General George Thomas- Union
General Braxton Bragg- Confederate Confederates won and forced the Uinion troops to retreat to Chattanooga -
Battle of Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain & Missionary Ridge (Chattanooga Campaign) General Bragg- Confederate
General Grant- Union Union won which cleared the way for them to invade Georgia -
Fall of Atlanta
Georgia General William Tecumseh Sherman- Union Besieged Atlanta & burned it, captued the Savannah, and burned Columbia -
Sherman's March
Atlanta General Sherman him and his army march from Atlanta to the sea capturing and destroying/burning everything in his path -
Grant's army seizes Petersburg & Richmond
Virginia General Grant -
Surrender at Appomattox
Virginia General Lee- Confederate
General Grant- Union Surrendered and both armies could go home