Battle at Fort Sumter

Battle of Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

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Location: Union Base located on an Island in Charelston Harbor
Commanders: . Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard and Union Major General Quincy Gillmore
Casualties:NONE
Significance; It started the bloodiest war in history; once the shooting started there was no going back the North and South was now at war
*Who won?: Confeder

First Battle of Bull Run

Jul 16, 1861

Link to Website:(http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/va005.htm)(http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/va005.htm)
Location:Fairfax County and Prince William County
Commanders:Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell [US]; Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard [CS]
Casualties;4,700 total (US 2,950; CS 1,750)
Significance: It was the first major land battle;

Grants Army captures Fort Henry and Ft. Donnelson

Feb 6, 1862

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Monitor battle the Merrimac

Mar 1, 1862

Link to
Website:(http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/monitor-merrimac.htm)(http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Battle_of_Monitor_and_Merrimack)
Location:Hampton Roads, Virginia
Generals:john L. Worden ( Union) and Franklin Buchanan and
Catesby R. Jones( Confederates)
Casualties:2 wooden warships sunk,
1 wooden warship damaged, 261 killed, 108 wounded ( Union) and 1 ironclad damaged, 7 killed, 17 wounded
Significance:was the first meeting in combat of ironclad ships

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

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Location: Southwest Tennesee
Commanders:Confederate Generals Albert Sidney Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard and Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant
Casualties;13,0479 ( Union) and 10,699 ( Confederates)
Significance of Battle:Could have been an easy win for the Confederates but they werent ready and soon realized that this war would not end quickly
Who won?; Union

Seven Days Battle

Jun 1, 1862

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Location: near Richmond, Virginia
Commanders:Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan
Casualties:20,000 casualties (Confederates) and 16,000 (Union)
Significance of Battle: It was a series of six major battle oer seven days

Second Battle of Bull Run

Aug 29, 1862

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Location: Prince William County
Commanders:Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and Union Maj. Gen. John Pope
Casuaties:10,000( Union) and 8,300 ( Confederates)
Significance:Important victory for the south and the most decisive battle for the confederates

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

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Location:near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek
Commanders:Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Union Army Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan
Casualties:12,401 ( Union) and 10,316 ( Confederates)
Significance of Battle:it gave President Lincoln the Victory he needed to deliver the Emancipation Proclimation;bloodiest day

Battle of Fredricksburg

Dec 11, 1862

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Location of Battle: Fredircksburg, Virginia
Commanders:Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside
Casualties:12,653 ( Union) and 5,377 (Confederates)
Significance of Battle: it ended the campaign against the Confederate Capitol of Richmond.

Battle of Chancelorsville

May 6, 1863

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Generals: Joseph Hooker and John Sedwick (Union Army)and Robert E. Lee and Thomas Jackson (confederate army)
Location of Battle:unknown
Casualities: 17,197 (Union) 12,764 (Confederates)
Significance: It was considered Lee's great victory; lost stonewall Jackson

Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

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Location:in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Commaders:Robert E. Lee( confederate army) and GeorgeG. Meade ( Union Army)
Casualties:23,040 (Union) 20,650-25,000 (Confederates)
Significance:Major Turning point in the war; until this battle the south was winning

Fall of Vicksburg

Jul 4, 1863

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Location:Vicksburg, Mississippi
Commanders:Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton
Casualties:4,835 ( Union) and 3,202( Conederates)
Significance:the confederacy was effectively split in half

Battle of Chickamauga

Sep 19, 1863

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Location:Catoosa County and Walker County, Georgia
Commanders: Union Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans and Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg
Casualties:16,170( Union) and 18,454 ( Confederate)
Significance:marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia called the Chickamauga Campaign

Battle of Chatanooga

Nov 23, 1863

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Location:in or near Chattanooga, Tennessee
Commanders: Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant [US]; Gen. Braxton Bragg [CS]
Casualties:(US 5,815; CS 6,670)
Significance:it gave the Union the ability to move further down south

Grant seizes Petersburg and Richmond

Aug 8, 1864

Link to Website and pic:(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Petersburg)(leearchive.wlu.edu)
Location: near Petersburg, Virginia and on the outskirts of Richmond, Virginia
Commanders: Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Casualties:Union 11,386 casualties, and 4,000 for the Confederate
Significance:

Fall of Atlanta

Sep 8, 1864

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Location: Atlanta,Georgia
Commanders:William T. Sherman(Union) and John B. Hood (Confederate)
Significance:it destroyed the south's morale and atlanta was pretty beat up
Casualties:3,641 (UnIon) 8,499( Confederates)

Sherman March begins

Nov 8, 1864

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Location:around Georgia
Commaders;Union Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Casualties:None (Unkown)
Significance: Sherman presented Lincoln with Savannah, Georgia

Surrender at Appomatax

Apr 8, 1865

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Location:the house of Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Courthouse
Commaders: General Robert E. Lee and General Grant
Significance: Robert E. Lee with his tired men felt he no choice but to surrender

Battle of Palmito (Texas)

May 13, 1865

links:(texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org)
Location of Battle: on the banks of the Rio Grande and twelve miles east of Brownsville, Texas
Commanders:Theodore H. Barrett( Union) and John "Rip" Ford ( Confederate)
Casualties:4 killed, 12 wounded, 101 captured (Union) and 5-6 wounded, 3 captured( confederate)
Significance:last battle; Confederates lost trade with Mexico and Europe