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Battle of Bull Run
Location: Manassas, Virginia
Winner: Confederates Union:
Leaders: General Scott, General Irvin McDowell
Casualties: 2,950 Confederates:
Leaders: General Joseph E. Johnston and General P.G.T. Beauregard
Casualties: 1,750 Effects: Showed it would not be a quick war as the Union thought. -
Monitor Battles the Virginia
Location: Virginia Coast
Union:
Ship: The Monitor
Confederates:
Ship: The Virginia
Effects: Marked the beginning of the end of wooden ships in battles. -
Battle of New Orleans
Location: Orleans Parish and St. Bernard Parish
Union:
Leaders: Flag-Officer David G. Farragut, Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler
Confederates:
Leaders: Major General Mansfield Lovell
Effects: The Union was unable to get complete control of the Mississippi. -
Battle of Vicksburg
Location: Warren County
Winner: Union
Union:
Leaders; Major General Ulysses S. Grant
Casualties: 4,550
Confederates:
Leaders; Lt. General John C. Pemberton
Casualties: 31,275
Effect: It boosted Ulysses S. Grants’ reputation in the West and the Union gained access to the Mississippi River. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Location: Adams County
Winner: Union
Union:
Leaders: Major General George G. Meade
Casualties: 23,000
Confederates:
Leaders: General Robert E. Lee
Casualties: 28,000
Effect: Union defeated the largest Confederate attack. South would have been in favor of winning the war if they won this battle. -
Grant's March to Richmond
Location: Richmond
Winner: Union
Union:
Leaders: General Grant
Confederates:
Leaders: General William Tecumseh Sherman -
Sherman's March to Sea
Location: Atlanta to Savannah
Winner: Union
Union:
Leaders: General William Sherman
Casualties: 52
Confederates:
Casualties: 650