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Union Leaders: Ambrose E. Burnside and William T. Sherman
Confederacy Leaders: Thomas J. and Wade Hampton
Union Casualties: 460 Killed, 1,124 Wounded.
Confederate Casualties: 387 Killed, 1,582 Wounded.
Short Term: Confederate victory, giving Southerners a false hope at quick victory.
Long Term: Confederacy
Significance: This was the first full-scale battle of the Civil War, and sent the message that this war would in fact be real, long, and violent. -
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Union Leader: Ulysses S. Grant
Confederacy Leader: General Albert Sidney Johnston
Union Casualties: 1,754 Killed, 8,408 Wounded.
Confederate Casualties: 1,728 Killed, 8,012 Wounded.
Short Term: Union
Long Term: Union
Significance: This battle granted Ulysses S. Grant the resources to begin a large takeover of the Mississippi River Valley area. -
Union Leader: General George B, McClellan
Confederacy Leader: Robert E. Lee
Union Casualties: 1,734 Killed, 8,062 Wounded.
Confederate Casualties: 3,494 Killed, 15,758 Wounded.
Short Term: Confederacy.
Long Term: Confederacy; the Union withdrew from the Peninsula.
Significance: This battle dampened the Union's hope/morale, and ended the Union Peninsula Campaign of 1862. -
Union Leader: Major General John Pope
Confederacy Leader: Robert E. Lee
Union Casualties: 1,747 Killed, 8,452 Wounded.
Confederate Casualties: 7,298 Killed, 1096 Wounded.
Short Term: Confederacy
Long Term: Confederacy
Significance: Locked in Robert E. Lee's reputation as a genius strategist and paved the path for his first invasion of the North. -
Union Leader: George B. McClellan
Confederacy Leader: Robert E. Lee
Union Casualties: 2,100 Killed, 9,550 Wounded.
Confederate Casualties: 1,550 Killed, 7,750 Wounded.
Short Term: Union
Long Term: Union
Significance: This battle gave Lincoln the opportunity to announce the Emancipation Proclamation, and forced the Confederate army back across the Potomac River. -
Union Leaders: Samuel Kirkwood, William Landram, Jacob Lauman, Michael Lawler.
Confederacy Leaders: John C. Moore, Francis Obenchain, Frederick Ogden, John C. Pemberton.
Union Casualties: 766 Killed, 3,793 Wounded.
Confederate Casualties: 3,202 Killed/Wounded.
Short Term: Union
Long Term: Union/Confederacy
Significance: This battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, though some of the Confederate army was able to escape. -
Union Leader: George G. Meade
Confederacy Leader: Robert E. Lee
Union Casualties: 3,155 Killed, 14,529 Wounded.
Confederate Casualties: 23,000-28,000 Total Estimate Killed/Wounded
Short Term: Union
Long Term: Union (Their turning point.)
Significance: This battle is known as the bloodiest battle of the U.S. Civil War, and also as a turning point in the war when Union gained control of the war. -
Union Leader: Ulysses S. Grant
Confederacy Leader: Robert E. Lee
Union Casualties: 42,000 Total Estimate Killed/Wounded.
Confederate Casualties: 28,000 Total Estimate Killed/Wounded.
Short Term: Confederacy
Long Term: Union
Significance: The Union failed to take over the Confederacy's war supply depot, resulting in the longest siege in American war history. -
Union Leader: William T. Sherman
Confederacy Leader: William Hardee Joseph Wheeler
Union Casualties: 1,300 Total Estimate Killed/Wounded.
Confederate Casualties: 2,300 Total Estimate Killed/Wounded.
Short Term: Union
Long Term: Union
Significance: The goal of Sherman's March South was to scare civilians in Georgia into abandoning the Confederacy. It also helped to "break the back" of the Confederacy, helping to lead to its surrender. -
Union Leaders: Ulysses S. Grant
Confederacy Leaders: Robert E. Lee
Union Casualties: 164 Estimated Killed/Wounded.
Confederate Casualties: 195 Killed, 305 Wounded.
Short Term: Union
Long Term: Union
Significance: This battle is known as the final battle of the U.S. Civil War and Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender to the Union troops.