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Battle of Fort Sumter
Robert Anderson- Union
P.G.T. Beauraguard.- South Important because it is the first battle of the war, and the south won the first battle, which gave them an advantage. -
1st Battle of Bull Run
Genral Evan
Rebels- Stonewall and PGT Beauraguard.
South Wins, Changed view of the War. It went from a 3 week struggle to a possibility of a long, hard war. -
Battle of Shiloh
P. G. T. Beauregard vs Grant,
Union won, which made the union gain momentum in the war, and have a win streak. -
New Orleans
David Firgut (Union)
E. Lee (Rebels)
W: Union
Union wins against best mastermind, and part of the anaconda plan succeeded. -
Battle of Antietam
Where: Maryland
Union: General McClellan
Confederacy: General Lee
Who won: Neither Side
Important?
Union able to prevent Lee from moving the war into Northern land.
Caused Emancipation Proclamation
Mclellan had Lee’s battle plans
Bloodiest Day in American History
6,000 killed & 17000 wounded in 1 day -
Battle of Fredericksburg
When: December 13, 1862
Where: Virginia
Leaders/People:
Union: General Ambrose Burnside
Confederacy: General Lee
Who won: Confederacy
South won again! After Antietam. Lee retreated to Virginia
General Burnside marched his troops toward the Confederate capital at Richmond
Lee intercepted the troops at Fredericksburg
Lee moved to a hill and build trenches so they could fire down and be protected
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Battle of Chancellorsville
Where: Virginia
Leaders:
Union: General Joseph Hooker
Confederacy: General Lee & Stonewall Jackson
Who won: Confederacy
Ruined Union plan of attacking Richmond Lee and Hooker both decided to split their troops
Some confederate troops stayed to defend Fredericksburg and some confronted the main Union forces at Chancellorsville
A third group, under Stonewall Jackson, caught the union by surprise
Jackson’s army attacked at the back
At the same time, Lee struck from the front Union was stuck betw -
Battle of Gettysburg
Where: Pennsylvania
Leaders:
Union: General Meade Confederacy: General Lee & General George Pickett
Union won
Ended confederate hope of help from britain and france
The day the south died
Turning point of the war Happened because the two sides ran into each other while stocking up on supplies in a small town.
Meade and Union troops held their position
Lee and Pickett decided to aggressively attack the Union at their center.
Confederates started by firing nearly 140 cannons.
General Lee ordered -
Vicksburg Siege
Where: Mississippi
Leaders:
Union: General Ulysses S. Grant
Confederacy: Everyone available!
Major turning point
Confederacy split in half and lost control of the Mississippi River in the south Important river city to the south for supplies
last major defense of the mississippi river
47 day siege on water and land
Grant and union troops cut off all supplies to the south
South also lost port hudson in Louisiana
Last important hold on the Mississippi River
Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas were now -
The Wilderness Campaign
North: Ulysses S. Grant, General Meade
South: Robert E. Lee North was victorious he battle at the Wilderness was important because it was the first battle fought between Grant and Lee, and the first of a series of "total war" attacks by Grant in an attempt to destroy all Confederate military forces and economic structures.
It also terribly disoriented both armies due to the high number of casualties (about 17% of either side). Neither side really won the battle, but the North edged them out. -
The battle of Mobile Bay
Union- Admiral David Farragut
South- Buchanan North won Inspired warfare of both land and sea, changed warfare forever. -
Sherman's March
North: Sherman
Important because it showed Sherman's total war, and it completely destroyed the south. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Union: Grant
South: Lee Lee surrenderred. ended fighting. The war was over and the Union Won!!!!
