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New Orleans
Where: Chalmette,New Orleans
Main Generals:
Outcome:British forces withdraw completely from Louisiana., Decisive American victory
Importance: -
Fort Sumter
Where:Charleston,South Carolina
Main Generals:Major Robert Anderson,
garrison commander
Outcome:Confederate victory, Beginning of the American Civil War
Importance:The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil War. -
Vicksburg
Where:Warren County,Mississippi
Main Generals:John C. Pemberton & Ulysses S. Grant
Outcome:Decisive Union victory
Importance:was the culmination of one of the most brilliant military campaigns of the war. -
1st Battle Of Bull Run
Where: Manassas,Virginia
Main Generals: Brig & Irvin McDowell
Outcome:The Confederate army won the First Battle of Bull Run
Importance:It was the first major battle of the Civil War and resulted in a Confederate victory. -
Fort Henry
Where:Henry County, Tennessee
Main Generals: Ulysses S. Grant
Outcome:Union victory
Importance:t was the first important victory for the Union and Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the Western Theater. -
Fort Donelson
Where:Stewart County, Tennessee
Main Generals:Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant
Outcome:Union victory
Importance:he Union capture of the Confederate fort near the Tennessee/Kentucky border opened the Cumberland River, an important avenue for the invasion of the South. -
Shiloh
Where: Southwestern Of Tennessee
Main Generals: Don Carlos B. Ulysses S. Grant Albert Sidney Johnston & P.G.T Beauregard
Outcome: Union victory
Importance:It played a relatively important role in Union progress in the western theater and the Union victory gave Tennessee to the North -
Chattanooga
Where: In Tennessee
Main Generals: Ulysses S. Grant & Braxton Bragg
Outcome: Confederate victory
Importance:The city was a vital rail hub that, once taken, became the gateway for later campaigns in the Deep South, including the capture of Atlanta and Sherman's March to the Sea. -
Seven Days
Where:Henrico County,VA
Main Generals:Robert E. Lee & George B. McClellan
Outcome:Confederate victory
Importance:Despite heavy losses, the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee not only prevented George B. McClellan's Union army from capturing Richmond, but also drove them into retreat down the Virginia Peninsula. -
2nd Battle Of Bull Run
Where: Manassas,VA
Main Generals: John Pope, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson
Outcome:Confederate victory
Importance: It was a stunning Confederate victory over the Union Army of Virginia. Over 20,000 men fell as casualties at this fight. -
Antietam
Where: Sharpsburg, Maryland
Main Generals:Robert E. Lee & George McClellan
Outcome:Tactically inconclusive; strategic and decisive Union victory
Importance:making it the bloodiest day in American history. -
Fredericksburg
Where:Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Man Generals: Robert E. Lee & Ambrose Burnside
Outcome:Confederate victory
Importance: -
Mursfreesboro
Where:Rutherford County, Tennessee
Main General: Nathan Bedford Forrest
Outcome:Union Victory
Importance: -
Chancellorsville
Where:Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Main Generals: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson,&Joseph Hooker
Outcome:Confederate victory
Importance: -
GettysBurg
Where:Adams County,Pennsylvania
Main Generals:Robert E. Lee & George Meade
Outcome: Decisive Union victory
Importance: -
Wilderness
Where:Orange County,VA
Main Generals:George Meade, Ulysses S. Grant & Robert E. Lee
Outcome: Inconclusive (Union offensive continued)
Importance: -
Cold Harbor
Where: Mechanicsville,VA
Main Generals: Robert E. Lee,Ulysses S. Grant & George Meade
Outcome:Confederate victory
Importance: -
Atlanta
Where: Fulton County,Georgia
Main Generals:Joseph E. Johnston, William Tecumseh Sherman,& William J. Hardee
Outcome:Union victory
Importance: -
Fayetteville,NC
Where: Hoke County,NC
Main Generals: P.G.T. Beauregard
Outcome:Inconclusive
Importance: -
Bentonville
Where:Four Oaks,NC
Main Generals: Joseph E. Johnston,Braxton Bragg
Outcome:Union victory
Importance: