Civil war soldiers

Civil War

By RayWins

  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    Union leader: Major Robert Anderson
    Confederacy leader: General PGT Beauregard
    The Confederacy won. It was important because it started the Civil War.
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    Civil War

    Civil War

  • 1st Battle of Bull Run

    1st Battle of Bull Run
    Union leader: General Irvin McDowell
    Confederacy leader: General PT Beauregard.
    The Confederacy won. It was important because the Union realized it would be longer than they expected.

  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh
    Union leader: General Ulysses S. Grant and William “Tecumseh” Sherman
    Confederacy: General Beauregard
    The Union won. It was important because it helped the Union get closer to controling the Mississippi river.

  • Fall of New Orleans

    Fall of New Orleans
    Union leader: Captain David Farragut
    Union won. It was important because Union gets complete control of Mississippi River.

  • Antietam

    Antietam
    Union leader: General McClellan
    Confederacy leader: General Lee
    Nobody won. It was important because it caused the Emancipation Proclamation.

  • Battle of Fedricksburg

    Battle of Fedricksburg
    Union leader: General Burnside
    Confederacy leader: General Lee
    Confederacy won. It was important because the Confederacy won again.

  • Battle of Chancellorsville

    Battle of Chancellorsville
    Union leader: General Joseph Hooker
    Confederacy leader: General Lee & General Jackson
    Confederacy won. It was important because Jackson died.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg
    Union leader: General Meade
    Confederacy leader: General Lee and General George Pickett
    Union won. It was important because it was the turning point in the war.

  • Siege of Vicksburg

    Siege of Vicksburg
    Union leader: General Ulysses S. Grant
    Confederacy: Everyone
    Union won. It was important because the Confederacy was split in half.

  • Wilderness Campaign

    Wilderness Campaign
    Union leader: Grant
    No one won. It was important because they were going to Richmond.

  • Farragut at Mobile Bay

    Farragut at Mobile Bay
    Union leader: David Farragut.
    Union won. It was important because the Union took the last Southern port east of the Mississippi.

  • Sherman's March to the Sea

    Sherman's March to the Sea
    Union leader: Sherman
    Union won. It was important because Sherman burned everything the Confederacy had.

  • Fall of Richmond/Surrender at Appomattox

    Fall of Richmond/Surrender at Appomattox
    Union leader: Grant
    Confederacy leader: Lee
    Union won. It was important because the Union won the war.