Civil War Battles

Fort Sumter

Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 14, 1861

Fort Sumter, SC
PGT Beauregard CSA/Robert Andersen Union
CSA Victory
Marks the beginning of the Civil War

First Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

Location
Fairfax/Prince William County, VA
Generals
Irvin Mcdowell and Winfield Scott Union/ Joseph E.Johnston and PGT Beauregard CSA
Outcome
CSA Victory
Importance first major battle of Civil War

Fort Donelson

Feb 11, 1862

Stewart County, TN
2/11/1862
Union-Victory
Andrew Hull Foote
Ulysses S. Grant Confederate
Gideon J. Pillow
John Buchanan Floyd
Simon B. Buckner Lead to the capture of 13,000 confederate soldiers as well as the capture of the stronghold

Shiloh

Period: Apr 6, 1862 to Apr 7, 1862

Pittsburg Landing, TN
4/6-7/1862
Generals
Union-Victory
Don Carlos Buell
Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate
Albert Sidney Johnston
P. G. T. Beauregard
Caused a Confederate retreat to Corinth

Battle of New Orleans

Period: Apr 24, 1862 to Apr 25, 1862

Generals
David G. Farragut and BF Butler Union
Outcome
Union Victory
Signifigance
Was the loss of a major Confederate city

2nd Battle of Bull Run

Period: Aug 28, 1862 to Aug 30, 1862

Fairfax/Prince William County, VA
8/28-30/1862
Union
John Pope
Confederate-Victory
Robert E. Lee
Allowed Confederate soldiers to cross Potomac to enter Maryland.

Antietam

Period: Sep 16, 1862 to Sep 18, 1862

Washington County, MD
9/16-18/1862
Union
George B. McClellan
Confederate
Robert E. Lee
Inconclusive
Helped lead up to Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

Fredericksburg

Period: Dec 11, 1862 to Dec 15, 1862

Fredricksburg VA
Union
Ambrose E. Burnside
Confederate-Victory
Robert E. Lee
Burnside was removed from command of the Potomac Army

Chancelorsville

Period: Apr 30, 1863 to May 6, 1863

Spotsylvania County, VA
4/30/1863-5/6/1863
Union
Joseph Hooker
Confederate-Victory
Robert E. Lee

Vicksburg

Period: May 18, 1863 to Jul 4, 1863

Vicksburg, Misssippi
Ulysses S. Grant Union/ John C Pemberton CSA
Union-Victory
Gave the Union control of the Mississippi River

Gettysburg

Period: Jul 1, 1863 to Jul 3, 1863

Adam´s County,PN
7/1-3/1863 Generals
Union-Victory
George G. Meade Confederate
Robert E. Lee Lead to General Lee's retreat, major loss of Confederate and Union soldiers.

Chattanooga

Period: Nov 23, 1863 to Nov 25, 1863

Hamilton County and Chattanooga, TN
11/23-25/1863
COMMANDERS
Union- Victory
Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate
Braxton Bragg
Gave opportunity for the Union to invade the Deep South

The Wilderness

Period: May 5, 1864 to May 7, 1864

Spotsylvania and Orange County ,Virginia
5/5-7/1864 Generals
Union
Ulysses S. Grant Confederate
Robert E. Lee
Inconclusive

Cold Harbor

Period: May 31, 1864 to Jun 12, 1864

Hanover County, VA
5/31/1864-6/12/1864
Union
George G. Meade
Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate-Victory
Robert E. Lee
Gave chance for the destruction of the Virginia Central Railroad

Atlanta

Jul 22, 1864

Atlanta, GA
7/22/1864 Union-Victory
William T. Sherman Confederate
John Bell Hood Atlanta was destroyed by Sherman's "March to the Sea"

Bentonville

Period: Apr 19, 1865 to Apr 21, 1865

Johnston County, NC
4/19-21/1865
Union-Victory
William T. Sherman Confederate
Joseph E. Johnston
Wade Hampton
Lead to the surrender of Joseph E. Johnston