Civil War Battles

Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Outcome: Confedrates
Union General: Robert Anderson
Confederate General: P. G. T. Beauregard
Siginificance: First battle of the CIvil War, and it created a vaulable hole in the Union blolckade of the Atlantic coast.

1st Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

Outcome: Confederate
Union General: Irvin McDowell
Confederate General: Joseph E. Johnson and P. G. T. Beauregard
Significance: It was the first major clas of the war and it shattered Union morale.

Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

Outcome: Union
Union General: Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate General: Albert Sydney Johnston
Significance: This battle gave Tennessee to Union control.

2nd Bull Run

Aug 28, 1862

Outcome: Confederate
Union General: John Pope
Confederate: Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
Significance: It was the turning point for the Confederates.

Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Outcome: Union
Union General: George B. McClellan
Confederate General: Robert E. Lee
Significance: It was one of the bloodiest battles of the war and it resulted in President Abraham Lincoln issuing his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862.

Fredericksburg

Dec 11, 1862

Outcome: Confederate
Union General: Ambrose E. Burnside
Confederate General: Robert E. Lee
Significance: It was the first major opposing river crossing and Confederate morale soared.

Chancellorsville

Apr 30, 1863

Outcome: Confederate
Union General: Joseph Hooker
Confederate General: Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
Significance: One of the bloodiest battles, considered to be Robert E. Lee's greatest victory, and the Confederacy lost Stonewall Jackson.

Vicksburg

May 18, 1863

Outcome: Union
Union General: Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate General: John C. Pemberton
Significance: It cut the Confederacy off from Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas.

Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

Outcome: Confederate
Union General: George G. Meade
Confederate General: Robert E. Lee
Significance: It was the turning point of the war, it was an enormous battle, and Lincoln used it to condone the cost of the war.

Sherman's March

Nov 15, 1864

Outcome: Union
Union General: WIllilam Tecumseh Sherman
Significance: This march helped Lincoln win the re-election and showed the Confederacy that Union was beating them.
The Union marched from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia.

Appomattox

Apr 9, 1865

Outcome: Union
Union General: Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate General: Robert E. Lee
Significance: This battle ended the Civil War.