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FORT SUMTER TO APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE Battles of the Civil War.
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FORT SUMTER TO
APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE
Battles of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
April 12th-14th 1861Charleston, SCCommanders:
Robert Anderson P.G.T. Beauregard
Confederate VictoryCharleston Federal FortNo casualties gave false hope for a quick war
1st Manassas
July 21st, 1861Commanders:
Irvin McDowell Joseph E. Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard
Manassas, VirginiaConfederate VictoryLandmarks – Major Railroad, Bull Run RiverWhere “Stonewall” Jackson got his name
2nd Manassas
August 28th-30th, 1862Commanders:
John Pope Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
Manassas, VirginiaConfederate VictoryLandmarks – Major Railroad, Bull Run River,
Henry Hill
Shiloh
April 6th-7th, 1862Shiloh, TennesseeCommanders
Ulysses S. Grant, Don Carlos Buell Albert Johnston P.G.T. Beauregard
Union VictoryTennessee River, Hornet’s NestThe North wins battle but loses more men,
Johnston killedBloodiest battle yet – more men die than in all
previous US wars combined (24,000)
Antietam
September 16th-18th 1862Sharpsburg, MarylandCommanders:
George B. McClellan, Burnside Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson
Cornfield, Burnside’s Bridge, Sunken RoadInconclusive – Single Bloodiest Day of
battle**
Fredericksburg
December 11th - 15th, 1862Fredericksburg, VACommanders:
Ambrose E. Burnside Robert E. Lee
Confederate VictoryLandmark – Rappahannock River, Marye’s
HeightsDecisive battle, Burnside fired
Chancellorsville
April 30th – May 6th, 1863Chancellorsville, VACommanders:
Joseph Hooker Robert E. Lee
Confederate Victory – MAJOR Union lossRappahannock River, the WildernessJackson mortally wounded, Hooker fired
Gettysburg
July 1st-3rd, 1863Gettysburg, PACommanders:
George C. Meade Robert E. Lee
Union victoryLittle Round Top, Devil’s Den, rocky terrainOver 165,620 troops engaged in this battle –
50,000 casualties
Chickamaugua
September 18th-20th, 1863Chickamaugua, GACommanders:
William S. Rosecrans Braxton Bragg, James Longstreet
Confederate victoryWest Chickamaugua Creek (means river of
death)Rosecrans fired, Thomas put in charge35,000 casualties
Chattanooga
November 23rd-25th, 1863Chattanooga, TNCommanders
Ulysses S. Grant Braxton Bragg
Union victoryOrchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, Missionary
Ridge“Gateway to the lower South” – Led to
Sherman’s March
Siege at Petersburg
June 9th 1864 – March 25th, 1865Richmond to Petersburg, VACommanders:
Ulysses S. Grant, George Meade P.G.T Beauregard, Robert E. Lee
Union victoryRailroads, trenches, craterTrench warfare, crucial supply center,
featured the largest concentration of colored troops
Sherman’s March to Sea
November 15th – December 21st 1864
Atlanta to Savannah, GACommanders
William Tecumseh Sherman Joseph Wheeler
Union victoryMarched Southeast along
Savannah River to seaDevastating to the Confederacy
and to Georgia, “total warfare”
Appomattox Court House
April 9th, 1865Appomattox, VACommanders:
Ulysses S. Grant Robert E. Lee
Union VictoryLenient terms, Confederates allowed to return
home and began long and difficult road to reunification
