Battles of the Civil War

Fort Sumter, S.C.

Apr 12, 1861

*Took place in Charlewston County
*Maj. Robert Anderson and Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard
*The South won
*First Battle and Turning point
*http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/sc001.htm
*http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm117.html

First Battle of Bull Run/ Manassas

Jul 21, 1861

*Near Manassas Junction, Virginia
*Gen. Irvin McDowell and Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard
* The South won
* First Battle
*http://www.history.com/topics/battle-of-first-bull-run
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Bull_Run

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

*The Battle of Shiloh took place on April 6th-7th,1862
*Confederate Army was under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston
*The North won
*It was one of the first battles and it was the Bloodiest Battle the U.S.A. has ever fought.
*http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html?gclid=CJrEz-eLyrUCFQLznAodbmwAIg
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shiloh

Second Battle of Bull Run/ Manassas

Aug 28, 1862

*Near Manassas Junction, Virginia
*Gen. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
* The South won
* Turning point
*http://www.history.com/topics/battle-of-second-bull-run
*http://www.historycentral.com/CivilWar/SecondManassas.html

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

*Near Antietam creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland
*Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. George McClellan
*The North won
*Turning point
*http://www.history.com/topics/battle-of-antietam
*http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/american-civil-war/essays/battle-antietam-turning-point-civil-war

Battle of Vicksburg

May 18, 1863

*Warren County
*Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton
*The North won
*Turning point and ?
*http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/ms011.htm
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Vicksburg

Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

*Adams County
*Maj. Gen. George G. Meade and Gen. Robert E. Lee
*The North won
*Turning point
*http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/pa002.htm
*http://drtlibrary.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/texas-newspapers-report-the-battle-of-gettysburg-and-the-fall-of-vicksburgused/

Battle of Wilderness, Virginia

May 5, 1864

*The Union V Corps attacked Ewell's Corps on Orange Turnpike
* Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. James S. Wadsworth
* The North won
*The Turning point in the war
*http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/the-wilderness.html?gclid=CJm9nfyPyrUCFQ3znAod0VMAWg
*http://militarybattle.org/battle-of-the-wilderness

Battle of Spotsylvania

May 19, 1864

*The battle took place at the Spotsylvania Court House & Rapidan River
*Lt. Ulysses S. Grant, and Robert E. Lee
*The North won the Battle of Spotsylvania
*It was a Turning Point
*http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-spotsylvania-concludes
*http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/battle-of-spotsylvania.htm

Battle of Cold Harbor

May 31, 1864

*The Battle of Cold Harbor took place on the croosroads of Old Cold Harbor
*Lt.Grant and Gen. Lee
*The South won
* Turning point
*http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/cold-harbor.html
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cold_Harbor

Sherman’s March to the Sea

Nov 15, 1864

*Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia
*General William T. Sherman
*The North won
* ? and to scare civilians
*http://www.history.com/topics/shermans-march
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea

Appomattox Court House

Apr 9, 1865

*Appomattox County
*Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee
* The North won
*Last Battle
*http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/va097.htm
*http://www.old-picture.com/civil-war/Appomattox-Virginia-House-McLean.htm