Battles of the Civil War By Caleb Sawyer

Fort Sumter, South Carolina

Apr 12, 1861

• First Battle of the Civil War
• The Union's Major Robert Anderson vs. The Confederate's Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard
• Confederate victory
• No casualties on either side

http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-fort-sumter

First Battle of Bull Run / Manassas

Jul 21, 1861

• First major land battle
• In Fairfax County, Virginia
• Irvin Mcdowell (Union) vs. Beauregard (Confederate)
• Thomas Jackson earned the nickname "stonewall"
• Confederate Wins

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/bullrun.html

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

• bloodiest battle of its time with 23,000 deaths
• Hardin County, Tennessee
• Albert Sidney Jonston (Confederate) vs. Ulysses S. Grant (Union)
• Union win

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh.html

Second Battle of Bull Run / Manassas

Aug 28, 1862

• Prince William County, Virginia
• John Pope (Union) vs. Robert E. Lee (Confederate)
• Union prevented a replay of the first bull run disaster
• Confederate Victory

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/second-manassas.html

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

• Washington County, Maryland
• George McClellan (Union) vs. Robert E. Lee (Confederate)
• Bloodiest single day in american history ended in a draw
• Confederate retreat gave Lincoln the victory he desired before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/antietam.html

Battle of Vicksburg

May 18, 1863

• Vicksburg, Mississippi
• Ulysses S. Grant (Union) vs. John C. Pemberton (Confederate)
• largest pre WWII amphibious operation
• Union Victory

http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-vicksburg

Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

• Adams County, Pennsylvania
• Robert E. Lee (Confederate) vs. George Meade (Union)
• four months later Lincoln made the Gettysburg Address
• Union wins
• turning point

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg.html?tab=facts

Battle of Wilderness, Virginia

May 5, 1864

• Ulysses Grant (Union) vs. George Meade (Confederate)
• terrain made it impossible for a large army to orderly advance
• ended in draw

http://www.history.com/topics/battle-of-the-wilderness

Battle of Spotsylvania

May 8, 1864

• Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
• Ulysses Grant (union) vs. Robert Lee (confederate)
• Costliest battle of the campaign
• ended inconclusive

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Spotsylvania_Court_House

Battle of Cold Harbor

May 31, 1864

• Ulysses Grant vs. Robert Lee
• 10 miles from Richmond, Virginia
• most lopsided battle
• Confederate Victory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cold_Harbor

Sherman's March to the Sea

Nov 15, 1864

• Union General Sherman led 60,000 troops from Atlanta to Savannah
• Purpose was to get Georgia to abandon the Confederate's cause
• did not destroy towns but stole food and livestock

http://www.history.com/topics/shermans-march

Appomattox Court House

Apr 9, 1865

• Appomattox County, Virginia
• Ulysses Grant vs. Robert Lee
• Lee surrendered to the army of northern Virginia
• Not the end of the war but set it up for its conclusion

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/appomattox-courthouse.html?tab=facts