Battles of the Civil War

By alex stanley
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    Battles

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    Union- Robert Anderson
    Confederate- P. G. T Beauregard
    The Confederates won
    Charleston County, South Carolina
    1st battle

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    Union- Irvin McDowell
    Confederate- Joseph E. Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard
    The Confederates won
    Fairfax County and Prince William County, Virginia

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Union- Ulysses S. Grant
    Confederate- Albert Sydney Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard
    Union won
    Hardin County, Tennessee

  • Second Battle of Bull Run

    Union- John Pope
    Confederate- Robert E. Lee
    The Confederates won
    Prince William County, Virginia

  • Battle of Antietam

    Union- George B. McClellan
    Confederate- Robert E. Lee
    The Union won
    Near Sharpsburg, Maryland
    Turning point

  • Siege of Vicksburg

    Union- Ulysses S. Grant
    Confederate- John C. Pemberton
    The Union won
    Warren County, Mississippi

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Union- George G. Meade and John F. Reynolds
    Confederate- Robert E. Lee
    The Union won
    Adams County, Pennsylvania

  • Battle of the Wilderness

    Union- Ulysses S. Grant and George G. Meade
    Confederate- Robert E. Lee
    Nobody really won
    Spotsylvania County and Orange County, Virginia

  • Battle of Spotsylvania

    Union- Ulysses S. Grant and George G. Meade
    Confederate- Robert E. Lee
    Nobody really won
    Spotsylvania County, Virginia

  • Battle of Cold Habor

    Union- Ulysses S. Grant and George G. Meade
    Confederate- Robert E. Lee
    The Conferates won
    About 10 miles northeast of Richmond, Virginia
    Last Battle

  • Sherman's March to the Sea

    Also called the Savannah Campaign
    Started in Atlanta, Georgia and ended in Savannah, Georgia
    Lead by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman

  • Appomattox Court House

    Known as Clover Hill
    Is where Robert E. Lee Surrendered
    Located in Appomattox, Virginia