Civil War Battles 1 st Bull Run July

Civil War Battles

1 st Bull Run �July 21, 1861 �Manassas, Virginia �Union- Mc. Dowell �Confederacy- Johnson and Beauregard �Confederate Victory � 1 st major land battle of the armies in Virginia

Shiloh �April 6 -7, 1862 �Tennessee �Union- Ulysses S. Grant �Confederacy- Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston/P. G. T Beauregard �Union Victory �Bloodiest battle AT THAT TIME with 23, 000 casualties (wounded or dead)

2 nd Bull Run �August 29, 1862 �Manassas, Virginia �Union- John Pope �Confederacy- Robert E. Lee �Confederate Victory �Major Union defeat of the Union army in Northern Virginia which allowed Lee to move his army into the Union

Antietam �September 16 - 18, 1862 �Sharpsburg, Maryland �Union- George Mc. Clellan �Confederacy- Robert E. Lee �Battle was a draw, but the Confederate army had to retreat �The bloodiest single day in American military history �Gave Abraham Lincoln the “victory” he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

Chancellorsville �April 30 - May 6, 1863 �Virginia �Union- Joseph Hooker �Confederacy- Robert E. Lee �Confederate Victory �Greatest victory of the entire war for General Lee due to being largely outnumbered �Wounded Stonewall Jackson which would lead to his death

Vicksburg �May 18 - July 4, 1863 �Mississippi �Union- Ulysses S. Grant �Confederacy- John Pemberton �Union Victory �Split the Confederacy in half in the South (Achieve the divide part of the divide and conquer strategy) �Also a turning point for the Union in the war

Gettysburg �July 1 - 3, 1863 �Gettysburg, PA �Union- George G. Meade �Confederacy- Robert E. Lee �Union Victory �Inflicted heavy damage on the Confederate army, �Turning point of the war for the Union

Atlanta/March to the Sea �July 22, 1864 �Atlanta, GA �Union- William Tecumseh Sherman �Confederacy- John Bell Hood �Union Victory �March to the sea began in November 1864 and ended in December 1864 to demonstrate the power of the Union army. �Decreased morale in the South �Worst damage done to a civilian population throughout the war

Appomattox Court House �April 9, 1865 �Appomattox, Virginia �Union- Ulysses S. Grant �Confederacy- Robert E. Lee �Union Victory �Surrender of Robert E. Lee’s army, began the decline of the Civil War