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Civil War timeline

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  • 1st Manassas

    1st Manassas
    1. Leaders | General Lee (Confederacy) General Winfield Scott (Union)
    2. Casualties | 1750 (Confederacy) nearly 3000 (Union)
    3. victor/outcome short term and long term | Confederacy won/ longer-term positives (confederacy)
    4. The significance of the battle | The first major battle that the confederacy won, which showed the union that they wouldn't go down without a fight.

  • Shiloh

    Shiloh
    DATES: 4/6/1862- 4/7/1862
    1. Leaders |
    P. G. T. Beauregard (confederacy) Ulysses S. Grant (Union)
    2. Casualties |
    total of 23000 casualties 10000 for the confederacy and 13000 for the union.
    3. victor/outcome short term and long term |
    The overall victor was the union, and also has a better overall outcome from this battle.
    4. The significance of the battle |
    A crucial victory for the Union because it gave them the confidence needed to succeed in the rest of the war.

  • Seven Days Battle

    Seven Days Battle
    DATES: 6/25 -7/1/ 1862
    1. Leaders |
    General Robert E. Lee (confederacy),

    George B. McClellan (Union)
    2. Casualties |
    confederacy exceeded 20,000, Union was about 31,000
    3. victor/outcome short term and long term |
    confederate victory, made confederacy feel like they had the upper hand
    4. The significance of the battle |
    This showed that the Confederacy was more than just a few pissed off states and that they were actually willing to fight for what they believe is right.

  • 2nd Manassas

    2nd Manassas
    DATES: 8/28-8/30/1862
    1. Leaders |
    Robert E. Lee (confederacy), Stonewall Jackson (union)
    2. Casualties |
    8,353 (confederates), 13,824 (union)
    3. victor/outcome short term and long term |
    Confederate victory
    4. The significance of the battle |
    proved Gen. Lee was a tactical general that was well respected and could get things done

  • Antietam

    Antietam
    1. Leaders | General Robert E. Lee (Confederate) General George B. (Union)
    2. Casualties | Confederate Casualties: 10,320, Union Casualties: 12,400
    3. victor/outcome short term and long term | Tactically inconclusive; Union strategic victory,
    4. The significance of the battle | Emancipation Proclamation issued five days later

  • Vicksburg battle

    Vicksburg battle
    DATES: May 18, 1863 to Jul 4, 1863
    1. Leaders |
    John C. Pemberton (confederacy), Ulysses S. Grant (Union)
    2. Casualties |
    32,363 (confederacy) 4,910 (union)
    3. victor/outcome short term and long term |
    Union victor
    4. The significance of the battle |
    It gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union.

  • Gettysburg battle

    Gettysburg battle
    DATES: Jul 1, 1863 to Jul 3, 1863
    1. Leaders |
    General Robert E. Lee (confederacy) General George G. Meade (union)
    2. Casualties |
    28,063 (confederacy), 23,049 (union)
    3. victor/outcome short term and long term |
    union victory
    4. The significance of the battle |
    a Union victory that stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North.

  • Petersburg battle

    Petersburg battle
    DATES: Jun 9, 1864 to Mar 25, 1865
    1. Leaders |
    Robert E. Lee (Confederate), Ulysses S. Grant (Union)
    2. Casualties |
    Confederate: 3,200, Union: 8,000
    3. victor/outcome short term and long term |
    Union Victory
    4. The significance of the battle |
    The Siege of Petersburg foreshadowed the trench warfare that was common in World War I, earning it a prominent position in military history. It also featured the war's largest concentration of African-American troops

  • Shermans March South

    Shermans March South
    DATES: 11/15-12/21/1864
    1. Leaders |
    William J. Hardee Joseph Wheeler (confederacy) William T. Sherman (union)
    2. Casualties |
    1000 (confederacy), 2,100 (union)
    3. victor/outcome short term and long term |
    Union victory
    4. The significance of the battle |
    The purpose of Sherman's March to the Sea was to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause

  • Appomattox Court House battle

    Appomattox Court House battle
    1. Leaders | Robert E. Lee (confederacy) Ulysses S. Grant (Union)
    2. Casualties | 440 for the Confederacy, 260 for the Union
    3. victor/outcome short term and long term | the Union. overall helps the union because it ends the war showing that the Union won the war as a whole.
    4. The significance of the battle | Ends the war/ last battle of the war.