Battles of The Civil war

By Krobi0147

  • New Orleans

    Generals: Andrew Jackson, Edward Pakenham
    The Americans won.
    it propelled Andrew Jackson to fame as a war hero.

  • Ft. Henry

    Tennessee
    Generals: Andrew Hull Foote, Ulysses Grant
    It was the first important victory for the Union

  • Ft. Donelson

    Tennessee
    Generals: Gideon Johnson Pillow, Ulysses grant, Andrew hull foote.
    The Union of the Confederate fort near the Tennessee–Kentucky border opened the Cumberland River, an important avenue for the invasion of the South.
    victory of the union

  • Fort Sumter

    April 12, 1862
    Charleston, south Carolina Generals: P.T.G Beauregard, Robert Anderson
    Was won by the Confederacy
    The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil War.

  • 1st Battle of Bull Run

    Virginia
    Generals: Irvin McDowell
    It was the first major battle of the Civil War
    Confederate victory.

  • Shiloh

    Tennessee
    Generals: Don Carlos Buell, Ulysses grant, Albert Sidney Johnston, P.G.T Beauregard The union victory gave Tennessee to the north.
    It played an important role in the union progress in the western theater.

  • Seven days

    Virginia
    Generals: Robert E. Lee, George B. McClellan
    The seven days battle prevented George union army from capturing Richmond.
    victory of North Virginia

  • 2nd battle of bull run

    Virginia
    Generals: John pope, stonewall Jackson, Robert e. lee
    It was much larger in scale and in the number of casualties than the first battle of bull run.
    Confederate victory

  • Antietam

    Maryland
    Generals: Robert e. Lee, George b. McClellan
    It was the bloodiest single day battle in American history, with over 23,000 casualties, it also forced the confederate army back across the Potomac river
    The Union took the victory
    which led to the Emancipation Proclamation.

  • antietam

    Maryland
    Generals: Robert e. Lee, George b. McClellan
    Over 23,000 men fell as casualties in the Battle of Antietam, making it the bloodiest day in American history.
    Union Victory

  • Fredericksburg

    Virginia
    Generals: Robert E. Lee, George B. McClellan
    Largest battle of the american civil war strengthened the Confederate cause.
    Confederate victory

  • Murfreesboro

    Tennessee
    Generals: Braxton Bragg, William Rosecrans
    One of the deadliest battles of the war, there were over 23,000 casualties. The Battle of Stones River the highest percentage of casualties of any battle in the war.
    victory of the union

  • Chancellorsville

    Virginia
    Generals: Joseph hooker, Stonewall jackson, Robert E. Lee
    The main battle in the Union's Chancellorsville Campaign.
    Confederate victory
    The victory at Chancellorsville led to Lee's decision to attack the Union in the North. He believed that his army was unbeatable

  • Vicksburg

    Mississippi
    Final Major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign.
    With the loss of Pemberton's army and this vital stronghold on the Mississippi, the Confederacy was effectively split in half.
    Generals: Ulysses S. Grant
    Decisive Union

  • Gettysburg

    Pennsylvania
    General: George Meade, Robert E. Lee
    the South invaded the small town of Gettysburg
    The Union victory was a turning point in the Civil War because the Union forced Lee's Army of the Potomac to return to Virginia.

  • Wilderness

    Virginia
    It was part of Ulysses S. Grant's plan to destroy Robert E. Lee's army and take advantage of the fact that the Confederates had few soldiers and supplies.
    Generals: Ulysses Grant, Robert E. Lee
    victory was inconclusive

  • Cold Harbor

    Virginia
    Generals: George Meade, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses Grant
    confederate victory
    Virginia was a sprawling, two week engagement that left more than 18,000 soldiers killed, wounded, or captured.

  • Atlanta

    Georgia
    Generals: Joseph Johnston, William Hardee, John bell Hood, James b McPherson
    Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman, wanting to neutralize the important rail and supply hub, defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John B. Hood.
    union victory

  • Chattanooga

    Tennessee
    Generals: Ulysses grant, braxton Bragg
    The Union forced the Confederates to give up their last bit of control of Tennessee.
    Union victory

  • Fayetteville, NC

    a battle during the Carolina Campaign of the American Civil War in Cumberland County, North Carolina
    The Battle of Monroe's Crossroads gained the additional time needed for the Confederate infantry to conduct an organized crossing of the Cape Fear River at Fayetteville unmolested by the advancing Federals.
    Generals: Hugh Judson Kilpatrick Wade Hampton
    Joseph Wheeler