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Battle of Fort Sumter
The Union leader was Major Robert Anderson and for the Confederacy it was General PGT Beauregard. Confederacy won, Union surrendered fort. This sparked the war. -
1st Battle of Bull Run
This was the first formal battle of the war. This happened at Manassas, Virginia by the river Bull Run. The Union had General Irvin McDowell. Confederacy had General PGT Beauregard and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. Confederacy won the battle. This important because it change the views of the battle. The North thought it would be longer. South thought it would be quick. -
Battle of Shiloh
Where:Mississippi
People/leaders:
Union: General Ulysses S. Grant & William " Tecumseh" Sherman
Confederacy: General PGT Beauregard
Union won
Importance:Strategic win toward Union control of Mississippi -
Fall of New Orleans
Where: Lousiana, Mississippi River (Naval Battle)
People/leaders:
Union: Captain David Farragut
Confederacy: Mansfield Lovell
Union won
Importance: Complete Union control of Misssissippi River. South couldn't trade in Mississippi River. -
Battle of Atietam
Where: Maryland
Leaders/people:
Union: General McClellan
Confederacy: General Lee
Importance: Union prevented Lee from going North.
It caused the Emancipation Proclomation. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
When: December 13, 1862Leaders/ People:
Union: General Ambrose Burnside Confederacy: General Lee Who won: Confederacy
Important? South won again -
Battle of Chancellorsville
Where:Virginia
Leaders/ people:
Union: General Joseph Hooker
Confederacy: General Lee and General Jackson
Who won: Confederacy
Important: Ruined Union plan of attacking Richmond -
Battle of Gettysburg
Where: Took place in Pennsylvania
Union: General Meade
Confederacy: General Lee and General George Pickett
Who won: Union
Important :Ended Confederate hopes of help from Britain and France -
Siege of Vicksburg
When: Started July 4, 1863
Where: Mississippi
Union: Ulysses S. Grant
Confederacy: everyone
Who won: Union
Important: Major turning point Confederacy split in half and lost control of the Mississippi River in the South. -
Wilderness Campaign
Leaders:
Union:Ulysses S. Grant
Confederacy: Robert E. Lee
Union won
Important: It allowed Grant to move toward Richmond
Where: Between Washington D.C. and Richmond. -
Farragut at Mobile Bay
Leaders:
Union: David Farragut
Confederacy: Franklin Buchanan
Union won
Important: Union took last Southern port east of the Mississippi. -
Sherman's March to Sea
Leaders:
Union: General Sherman
Confederacy : Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood
Union Won
Important: Destroyed morale and products of the South -
Fall of Richmond Surrender of Appomattox
Leaders/People:
Union: Ulysses S. Grant and Lincoln
Confederacy: Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis
Union won the war
Important: Confederates destroyed Richmond so Union can't have documents. The war ceased and Union has the South. Grant and Lee met at Appomattox court and formally ended the war.
