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Battles of the Civil War

By shayyy12

  • Fort Sumter

    Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
    April 12-14,1861
    Brig General P.G.T Beauregard
    Surrendered the fort and evacuated the next day

    The first major battle of the civil war, and first shots fired in the American War.

  • 1st Battle of Bull Run

    Manassas, Virginia
    July 21,1861
    Irvin McDowell
    Shocking victory led by Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.
    Was the first major land battle in the armies.

  • Ft. Henry

    Fort Henry, Tennessee
    February 6,1862
    Ulysses S. Grant in the western theater
    North won
    First most important victory for the Union

  • Ft.Donelson

    Fort Donelson, Tennessee
    February 11-16,1862
    Ulysses S. Grant
    South won
    The union captured the fort near the Kentucky border, the avenue for the invasion of the south

  • Shiloh

    Shiloh, Tennessee
    April 6-7,1862
    Albert Sidney Johnston
    North won
    Was an major battle in the Western Theater

  • Capture of New Orleans

    Fought past Forts Jackson and St.Philip
    April 25-May 1,1862
    David G. Farragut
    Union victory
    The union was unopposed in its capture

  • Seven Days

    Henrico County,Virginia
    June 25-July 1,1862
    Robert E. Lee
    Confederate counter offensive which drove the union away
    Series of battles in the Peninsula Campaign

  • Murfreesboro

    Murfreesboro, Tennessee
    July 13, 1862
    Nathan Bedford Forrest
    Confederates destroyed the unions supplies and tore up the railroad track in the area.
    Consequence of the raid was the diversion of the union forces

  • 2nd Battle of Bull Run

    Manassas,Virginia
    August 28-30,1862
    Robert E.Lee
    2nd defeat for union troops in the area of the 1st bull run
    Confederate victory set the stage for the general’s first invasion of the North

  • Antietam

    Sharpsburg,Maryland
    September 16-18,1862
    George B. Mcclellan
    Turned back Robert E. Lee’s first Northern invasion
    Bloodiest single day in American History

  • Fredericksburg

    Fredericksburg, Virginia
    December 11-15,1862
    Feger Jackson
    Resulted in lopsided slaughter of Federal troops
    Poor coordination of attacks by the union commanders

  • Chancellorsville

    Chancellorsville, Virginia
    April 30-May 6,1863
    Joseph Hooker
    A costly victory
    Principle engagement of the Chancellor campaign

  • Vicksburg

    Vicksburg, Mississippi
    May 18-July 4,1863
    Ulysses S. Grant
    Surrendered after prolonged siege operations
    After Federal assaults repulsed the commander settled into siege warfare.

  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
    July 1-3 1863
    Robert E. Lee
    The largest battle ever fought on the North American continent
    Turning point in the Civil War

  • Chattanooga

    Chattanooga, Tennessee
    November 23-25,1863
    Ulysses S. Grant
    It opened the road to Atlanta for federal armies
    Thinly stretched Confederates were driven from the ridges above the town by a charge from the Army of the Cumberland

  • Wilderness

    Spotsylvania County, Virginia
    May 5-7, 1864
    Ulysses S. Grant
    Confederates claimed a tactical victory
    Battle showed the North’s largest army wouldn’t retreat after a reverse

  • Cold Harbor

    Hanover County, Virginia
    May 31-June 12,1864
    Ulysses S. Grant
    Confederate victory
    Casualties suffered in under an hour in a frontal assault on Confederate lines

  • Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia
    July 22, 1864
    George B. McClellan
    Union victory
    Credited as the turning point that allowed Abraham Lincoln to be re-elected as president

  • Fayetteville, NC

    Fayetteville, NC
    March 5, 1865
    Joseph Wheeler
    Inconclusive
    Battle during the Carolina's Campaign

  • Bentonville

    Johnstonville,NC
    March 19-21,1865
    Braxton Bragg
    Union victory
    Last battle between the armies of union general William T. Sherman and Confederate Joseph E. Johnston.