Battles of the Civil War

By talyjahm

  • FORT SUMTER IN THE CIVIL WAR

    When Abraham Lincoln denounced secession during his Inaugural Address and vowed to hold all federal property in the South, everyone knew he was referring to Fort Sumter.The 68 federal soldiers and their Kentucky-born commander, Major Robert Anderson, manning Fort Sumter stood at the center of the unfolding drama. On 11 April, General P.T.G. Beauregard demanded that Fort Sumter be surrendered immediately.

  • FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN IN THE CIVIL WAR

    neral Winfield Scott wanted to wait. He didn’t think much of the flood of volunteers that had rushed to enlist following Fort Sumter. They needed months of training before they could be sent into battle. As a result Scott was pressed to mount a major attack against the bulk of the Confederate Army (about 20,000 men) stationed at Manassas Junction in Virginia along Bull Run creek. Scott gave the assignment to General Irvin McDowell and an army of 35,000 Union troops.

  • 7 DAYS BATTLE IN THE CIVIL WAR

    After the fiasco at Bull Run, Union General McClellan had insisted that his army be thoroughly trained before sent into action. As a compromise, McClellan agreed to leave 40,000 troops behind to protect the city. The 90,000 men McClellan took with him might have been enough had they moved on Richmond quickly.

  • ANTIETAM IN THE CIVIL WAR

    After Union General McClellan failed to take Richmond, Confederate officials plotted to recapture lost territory in the West and threaten Washington D.C. by a campaign in the East.

  • FREDERICKSBURG IN THE CIVIL WAR

    On the thirteenth, Burnside ordered his men into battle. The first attacks were launched against well-entrenched forces commanded by Stonewall Jackson on the right side of the Confederate lines.

  • GETTYSBURG IN THE CIVIL WAR

    While the Union army may have lacked effective leadership, Lee suffered from poor intelligence. The usually reliable J.E.B. Stuart had decided to ride all the way around the Union army in order to gather troop information. Lee was accustomed to the daring antics of his over-achieving Major General, but Stuart’s decision was costly.