Battles of the Civil War By Hannah Hewitt

By hannahhewitt

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    Battle of Fort Sumter
    Picture of Fort Sumter
    -Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
    -Union Commander: Robert Anderson
    -Confederate Commander: P.G.T. Beauregard
    -Confederate Victory
    -No casulitites, fort was on fire and Confederate commander gave Union troops permission to leave safely while Confederate took over fort.

  • First Battle of Bull Run

    First Battle of Bull Run
    Picture of Battle of Bull Run
    -Fairfax County and Prince William County, Virginia
    -Union Commander: Irvin McDowell
    -Confederate Commanders: Joseph E. Johnston & P.G.T. Beauregard
    -Confederate Victory
    -First great battle of the Civil War, 2,900 casulities, held only 30 miles south of Washington D.C.

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh
    Picture of Battle of Shiloh
    -Hardin County, Tennessee
    -Union Commmanders: Don Carlos Buell & Ulysses S. Grant
    -Confederate Commanders: Albert Sidney Johnston & P.G.T. Beauregard
    -Union Victory
    -Third major battle of the Civil War, 23,746 casulities, the Confederate army met Grant at Shiloh, Tennessee. At first, it seemed like he was losing, more Union troops arrived and they defeated the Conferate soldiers.

  • Second Battle of Bull Run

    Second Battle of Bull Run
    Picture of the Second Battle of Bull Run
    -Prince William County, Virginia
    -Union Commander: John Pope
    -Confederate Commander: Robert E. Lee
    -Confederate Victory
    -22,180 casulities, General John Pope was defeated at Bull Run Creek while trying to reach Richmond. Union army retreats to Washington.

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam
    Picture of the Battle of Antietam
    -Washington County, Maryland
    -Union Commander: George B. McClellan
    -Confederate Commander: Robert E. Lee
    -Inconclusive on who won
    -23,100 casulities

  • Battle of Vicksburg

    Battle of Vicksburg
    Map of Vicksburg Battle
    -Warren County, Mississippi
    -Union Commander: Ulysses S. Grant
    -Confederate Commander: John C, Pemberton
    -Union Victory
    -35,835 casulities

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    Picture of Battle of Gettysburg
    -Adams County, Pennsylvania
    -Union Commander: George G. Meade
    -Confederate Commander: Robert E. Lee
    -Union Victory
    -51,000 casulities

  • Battle of the Wilderness

    Battle of the Wilderness
    Picture of the Battle of the Wilderness
    -Spotslyvania and Orange Counties, Virginia
    -Union Commander: Ulysses S. Grant
    -Confederate Commander: Robert E. Lee
    -Inconclusive on who won
    -29,800 casulities

  • Battle of Spotsylvania

    Battle of Spotsylvania
    Picture of the Battle of Spotsylvania
    -Spotsylvania County, Virginia
    -Union Commander: Ulysses S. Grant
    -Confederate Commander: Robert E. Lee
    -Inconclusive on who won
    -20,000 casulities

  • Battle of Cold Harbor

    Battle of Cold Harbor
    Picture of the Battle of Cold Harbor
    -Hanover County, Virginia
    -Union Commanders: George G. Meade and Ulysses S. Grant
    -Confederate Commander: Robert E. Lee
    -Confederate Victory
    -15,500 casulities

  • Sherman's March to the Sea

    Sherman's March to the Sea
    Picture of Sherman's March to the Sea
    -led by William T. Sherman
    -gathered 100,000 troops in Tennessee
    -marched to Atlanta, Georgia. Marched from Atlanta to the Atlantic Ocean
    -burned and destroyed everything in a widnth of 60 miles

  • Battle of Appomattox Court House

    Battle of Appomattox Court House
    Picture of the Appomattox Court House
    -Appomattox County, Virginia
    -Union Commander: Ulysses S. Grant
    -Confederate Commander: Robert E. Lee
    -Union Victory
    -Confederate surrender to the Union