Civil War Battles

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    Battle at Fort Sumter

    Charleston County, SC
    Union Leader- Robert Anderson
    Confederate Leader- PGT Beauregard
    The Confederates won.
    There was LOTS of tension beteween the North and South.

  • Battle of Bull Run (1st)

    Near Manssas, Virginia
    Union Leader- Irvin McDowell
    Conferderate Leader- PGT Beauregard
    The Confederates won.
    This was the first major land battle of the civil war.
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    Battle of Shiloh

    Hardin County, Tennessee
    Union Leaders- Ulysses S. Grant and Don Carlos Buell
    Confederate Leaders- Albery Sidney Johnston and PGT Beauregard
    The Union won.
    This was the bloodiest battle in the civil war.
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    Battle of Bull Run (2nd)

    Prince William County
    Union Leader- Robert E. Lee
    Confederate Leaders- Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and John Pope
    The Confederates won.
    This was proved to be the deciding batlle.

  • Battle of Anitieam

    Sharpsburg, Washington County, Virginia
    Union Leader- George McLellan
    Confederate Leader- Robert E. Lee
    The Union won.
    This battle ended Lee's efforts to involve Northern States.
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    Battle of Fredericksburg

    Fought in Virginia
    Union Leader- Amberose E. Burnside
    Confederate Leader- Robert E. Lee
    The Confederacy won.
    This was the most one-sided battle of the Civil War.
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    Battle of Chancellorsville

    Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
    Union Leader- Thomas Jackson
    Confderate Leader- Joseph Hooker
    The Confederacy won.
    It was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.
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    Battle at Vicksburg

    Union Leader- Ulysses S. Grant
    Confederate Leader- John C. Pinkerton
    The Union won after the Confederacy surrendered.
    This was one of the largest Union victories.
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    Battle of Gettysburg

    Union Leader- Ulysses S. Grant
    Confederate Leader- Robert E. Lee
    The Union won.
    This was a major turning point in the Civil War.
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    Sherman's March

    Union Leader- William Sherman
    Confederate Leader- PGT Beauregard
    The Union won.
    This led to the capture of Charleston and the war ending.

  • Battle of Appomattox

    Fought in Virginia
    Union Leader- Ulysses S. Grant
    Conferderate Leader- Robert E. Lee
    The Union won.
    Lee surrendered his army.