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1st Manassas (Bull Run)
This was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia. On July 16, 1861, the untried Union army under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell marched from Washington against the Confederate army, which was drawn up behind Bull Run beyond Centreville. On the 21st, McDowell crossed at Sudley Ford and attacked the Confederate left flank on Matthews Hill. Fighting raged throughout the day as Confederate forces were driven back to Henry Hill. -
Bull Run
The First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) was the first major land-based confrontation of the American Civil War. The Union army commander in Washington, Brigadier General Irvin McDowell, gave in to great pressure to begin campaigning before his men’s 90-day enlistments expired, although he did not feel the army was adequately trained yet, leading to a stunning Confederate victory and ending northern hopes of a quick end to the war. -
Shiloh
400 thousand confederate troops marched into nearby woods. The overpowering Confederate offensive drove the unprepared Federal forces from their camps and threatened to overwhelm Ulysses S. Grant’s entire command. Tired but unfought and well-organized men from Buell's army and a division of Grant's army arrived in the evening of April 6 and helped turn the tide the next morning. -
Shiloh
General Albert Sidney Johnston, commander of Confederate forces in the Western Theater, hoped to defeat Union major general Ulysses S. Grant’s Army of the Tennessee before it could be reinforced by Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell’s Army of the Ohio, which was marching from Nashville -
2nd Manassas
The Union troops were waiting for enemy to arrive. Then Lee decided to strike first. Lee sent half of his Army of Northern Virginia to hit the Federal supply base at Manassas. When the two met up again they forced the opposing army to withdraw from battle. -
2nd Bull Run
Major General John Pope, was soundly beaten by Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, due in part to Pope’s loss of the battlefield, confused orders and the reluctance of other Union commanders to come to his aid. Confederate lieutenant general Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and Lt. Gen. James Longstreet hemmed in and crushed the Federals. -
Antietarn
Lee vs McClellan. The result of the battle was inconclusive, it remains the bloodiest single day in American history, with more than 22,000 casualties.McClellan failed to utlilize his sheer numbers to defeat Lee’s army, he was able to check the Confederate advance into the north. -
Antietam
Lee vs McClellan. In the the first battle of the American Civil War to be fought on northern soil.Though McClellan failed to utlilize his sheer numbers to crush Lee's army, he did push them to the north. -
Fredricksberg
Had about 200 Thousand participants. The results of the battle made Union morale become destroyed and lent much-needed new energy to the Confederate cause after the failure of Lee’s first invasion of the North at Antietam the previous fall. -
Fredicksberg
About 200 Thousands participants. Fought in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 11–15, 1862, it also involved the first major opposed river crossing in the nation’s history. Burnside vs Lee. Confederate Victory. -
Chancelorsville
Thought as Lee's greatest victory ever. Lee split his troops apart and he used this tactic to destroy his enemy. Jackson was wounded in this battle. This battle would later lead them to find themselves in a good position at Gettysburg. -
Chanscelorsville
Resulted in a Confederate victory that stopped an attempted flanking movement by Maj. Gen. Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker's Army of the Potomac against the left of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. -
Vicksburg
This battle was the culmination of a long land and naval campaign by Union forces to capture a key area during the American Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln recognized the significance of the town situated on a 200-foot bluff above the Mississippi River. They were fighting for this town and the Union came out victorious -
Vicksburg
was the culmination of a long land and naval campaign by Union forces to capture a key strategic position during the American Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln recognized the significance of the town situated on a 200-foot bluff above the Mississippi River. They were fighting for this area, Union out numbered and won this battle. -
Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought in July 1863, was a Union victory that stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North. More than 50,000 men fell as casualties during the 3-day battle, making it the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. -
Petersburg
Beginning after the unsuccessful attack of the city of Petersburg by Grant. The city was a major supply hub to the confederate army led by Robert E. Lee, who finally abandoned the city in 1865 and retreated, which led afterward to his ultimate surrender at Appomattox Court House. Union Victory. -
Atlanta
Battle Of Atlanta Summary: The Battle of Atlanta was fought on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman, wanting to neutralize the important rail and supply hub, defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John B. Hood. -
Appomattox Courthouse
The Battle of Appomattox Courthouse was the Army of Northern Virginia’s final battle and was the beginning of the end of the American Civil War. Though the actual battle took place on April 9, 1865, it followed the 10-month Battle of Petersburg and concluded General Robert E. Lee’s thwarted retreat during the Appomattox Campaign.
