Civil war battle timeline

Battle of Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Started on april 12th and ended on april 14th in 1861. Confederates won. Union lost 2 people after the surrender. only 4 wounded on confederate side.

Battle of First Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

Happend on july 21st, 1861. Confederates won this battle. The commanders of the union where irvin McDowell and confederacy commanders where Joseph E. Johnston and P.G.T Beauregard. Union lost 460 and confederacy lost 387.

Battle of Hampton Roads

Mar 8, 1862

This battle happend on march 8th through march 9th in 1862. It was a naval battle. Nobody won. union lost 261 people and confederacy lost 7.

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

Happend on april 6th through 7th in 1862. The unions won this battle. It was in Hardin County, Tennessee. Commanders of the union where Ulysses S. Grant and Don Carlos Buell. Commanders of the confederacy where Albert Sidney Jonston and P.G.T Beauregard. union lost 1.754 abd confederates lost 1,728

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Nobody won this battle. It was near sharpsburg, Maryland. @,108 unions where killed. 1,546 confederates where killed.

Battle of Fredericksburg

Dec 11, 1862

Happend from december 11th through 15th in 1862. The confederacy won. The union lost 1,248 people, 9,600 where wounded, and 1,769 missing. Confederates lost 608, 4,116 wounded, and 653 missing.

Battle of Chancellorsville

Apr 30, 1863

Started aprill 30th and ended may6th of 1863, It was a confederate victory. unions lost 1,606, with 9,672 wounded and 5,919 missing. Confederates lost 1,665 with 9,081 wounded and 2,018 missing.

Seige of Vicksburgh

May 18, 1863

started on may 18th and ended on july 4th of 1863. Unions won this battle. Unions lost 4,835 and confederates lost 3,202 and 29,495 got captured.

Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

The battle of gettysburg started on july 1st and ended on july 3rd of 1863. The union army won this battle. on the union side There was 3,155 killed, 14,531 wounded and 5,369 missing while on the confederat side there was 4,708 killed 12,693 wounded, and 5,830 missing soldiers.

Battle of Chickamauga

Sep 19, 1863

happend on september 19th through 20th in 1863. Confederates won this battle. William S. Rosecrans led the union and Braxton Bragg led the confederates. It was in catoosa county and walker county, georgia. unions lost 1,657 and confederates lost 2,312.

Battle of Spotsylvania

May 5, 1864

This battle happend on may 8th through may 21st in 1864. It was faught at Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Neither side won this battle. On the union side 2,725 people killed, 13,416 wounded, and 2,258 missing. Confederates had 1,467 killed, 6,235 wounded and 5,719 missing

Siege of Petersburg

Jun 9, 1864

started june 9th 1864 and ended march 25th, 1865. Unions won this battle. Ulysses S. Grant led the union and Robert E.Lee led the confederacy. union lost 42,000 and confederacy lost 28,000

Battle of wilderness

Oct 5, 1864

Happend in spotsylvania county and nobody won. The unions lost 2,246 and the confederacy lost about 1.495.

Shermans March to the Sea

Nov 15, 1864

It was a campain lead by Sherman starting on november 15th capturing Atlanta, Georgia, and ended capturing the port of Savannah on December 21st.

Lincolns Assassination

Apr 14, 1865

The day that John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln