Major Battles of the Civil War

Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Union base located on an island in Charleston harbor, off the coast of Confederate South Carolina. General Pierre G.T. Beauregard- Confederate commander
Major Robert Anderson- Union commander start of the Civil War

First Bull Run/First Manassas

Jul 16, 1861

at Manassas Junction near a creek called Bull Run. General Joseph E. Johnston- Confederate (First Bull Run)
General Irvin McDonowell- Union (First Manassas)

Grant's army captures Fort Henry & Fort Donelson

Feb 6, 1862

northweastern Tennessee General Ulysses S. Grant Confederates surrendered 13,000 men & much precious equipment Fort Henry was captured on February 6
Fort Donelson was captured on February 16

Monitor battles Merrimack

Mar 9, 1862

Chesapeak Bay, Virginia Monitor- Union
Merrimac- Confederate Monitor won

McClellan's Peninsular Campaign

Mar 17, 1862

tip of the Peninsula between the York & James River and marched to Richmond Major General George B, McClellan ordered by Lincoln Ended in July with the Seven Days Battle

Battle of Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

Tennessee General Albert S. Johnston- Confederate
General Ulysses S. Grant- Union 3,500 dead soldiers
20,000 wounded soldiers Union won

Seven Days Battle

Jun 25, 1862

5 miles till Richmond General Lee- Confederate
General McClellan- Union Confederates won due to McClellan waiting too long and got attacked

Second Battle of Bull Run

Aug 28, 1862

near Manassas, Virginia General Lee- Confederate
General John Pope- Union Confederates won with 48,00 men over 75,000 men in the Union

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Antietam Creek General Lee- Confederate
General McClellan- Union 5,000 dead
18,000 wounded Union won due to more troop arriving which forced the Confederates to retreat

Battle of Fredericksburg

Dec 11, 1862

Virginia General A. E. Burnside- Union
General Lee- Confederate
General Jackson- Confederate North suffered 10,000 casualties
South suffered 5,000 casualties Confederates won

Battle of Chancellorsville

Apr 30, 1863

Richmond General Lee- Confederate
General Jackson- Confederate
General Joseph Hooker- Union 17,000 Union men lost & retreated to Potomac River Confederates won because they split the army up into 2 and lured Hooker into a trap at Chancellorsville

Siege of Vicksburg

May 18, 1863

Mississippi General Grant- Union surrounded Vicksburg and the garrison surrendered due to lack to reinforcements

Battle of Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

Pennsylvania General George G. Meade- Union
General Lee- Confederate
General George E. Pickett- Confederate (Pickett's Charge) over 7,000 killed
44,000 wounded North won

Battle of Chickamauga

Sep 19, 1863

Georgia General William Rosecrans- Union
General George Thomas- Union
General Braxton Bragg- Confederate Confederates won and forced the Uinion troops to retreat to Chattanooga

Battle of Chattanooga

Nov 1, 1863

Lookout Mountain & Missionary Ridge (Chattanooga Campaign) General Bragg- Confederate
General Grant- Union Union won which cleared the way for them to invade Georgia

Fall of Atlanta

Sep 1, 1864

Georgia General William Tecumseh Sherman- Union Besieged Atlanta & burned it, captued the Savannah, and burned Columbia

Sherman's March

Nov 15, 1864

Atlanta General Sherman him and his army march from Atlanta to the sea capturing and destroying/burning everything in his path

Grant's army seizes Petersburg & Richmond

Apr 1, 1865

Virginia General Grant

Surrender at Appomattox

Apr 9, 1865

Virginia General Lee- Confederate
General Grant- Union Surrendered and both armies could go home