Civil War Timeline

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  • First Bull Run

    First Bull Run
    also known as the first battle of Manassas in Prince William Country, Virginia, just north of the city Manassas. Began when about 35,000 Union troops marched from the federal capital in Waashington, D.C. to strike a Confederate force of 20,000 along a small river known as Bull Run. https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/first-battle-of-bull-run

  • Second Bull Run

    Second Bull Run
    the second Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Second Manassas was fought in prince William County, Virginia, as part of the american civil war. It was the culmination of the Northern Virginia Campaign waged by confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia against Union Maj. Gen John Pope's army. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run

  • Antietam

    Antietam
    described as one of the most bloodiest time in U.S. history 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing. the battle of Antietam is also known as the battle of Sharpsburg. the battle was between Confederate General Robert E. Le's Army of Northern Virgina and Union General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac, near Sharosburg, Maryland and Antietam creek. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Antietam

  • Chancellorsville

    Chancellorsville
    the Battle of Chancellorsville was fought in Spotsylvania County, Virginia near the village of Chancellorsville. The campaign pitted Union Army Major General Joseph Hooker's Army of Potomac against an army less than half its size, General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chancellorsville

  • Chattanooga

    from November 23- 25, 1863. The Union forces routed Confederate troops in Tennessee at the battles of lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. The victories forced the Confederates back into Georgia.

  • Cold Harbor

    About 10 miles northeast of Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital. The First Battle of Cold Harbor, more commonly known as the Battle of Gaines’ Mill, was part of the Peninsula campaign of 1862 and resulted in a Union defeat, as Major General George McClellan was forced to abandon plans to march on Richmond. Confederate General Robert E. Lee secured another victory two years later, in June 1864, at the Second Battle of Cold Harbor, one of the most lopsided engagements of the war