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Fort Sumter
Battle of ft. Sumter It was a Union base on an island in Charleston harbor, off the coast of Confederate South Carolina.
Commanders:
Union-Major Robert Anderson
Confederate-General Pierre G.T. Beauregard
4 casualties on Union side.
580 total regiments
First battle of the Civil War.
http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/sc001.htm
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First Bull Run (or First Manassas)
[Battle of First Bull Run](www.history.com/topics/battle-of-first-bull-run) location- Manassas Junction
Union commander- General Irvin McDowell
Confederate- General Beauregard
casualties:
about 2,900 men Union
and about 2,000 Confederates
The South won this first major battle.
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Grant’s army captures Fort Henry and Ft. Donelson
Fort Donelson
river outposts in northwestern Tennessee
commanders:
General Ulysses S. grant Flag-Officer A.H. Foote(U.S)
Gen. John B. Floyd, Brig. Gen. Gideon Pillow, and Brig. Gen. Simon B. Buckner [CS]
17,400 casualties
The Confederates surrendured 13,000 men and much precious equipment at Fort Donelson
http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/tn002.htm
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Battle of the Ironclads
Battle of the Ironclads
location: Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
Commanders:
Union-Lt. John Worden
Confederate- Capt. Franklin Buchanan and Lt. Catesby R. Jones
regiments: casualties:
about 410 union
about 25 Confederate
A new era of ships had begun. http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/va008.htm -
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Shiloh
In Shiloh, Tennessee.
Gen. ALbert S. Johnston (CS)
Gen. Grant (US)
regiments: casualties:
around or more than 23,000
The Union had won this battle, allowing Grant to push through towards New Orleans
Union won
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New Orleans falls to Union
capture of New orleans by union<a en.wikipedia.org New Orleans
Commodore David G. Farragut (US)
Gen. Mansfield Lovell (CS) casualties:
no estimated casualties
The Confederacy lost New Orleans and almost all control of the Mississippi River
http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/la002.htm
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/navalbattles1800s/p/cwneworleans.htm
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McClellan's Peninsular Campaign also the Seven Day's Battle
<ahref='http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Seven_Days_Battles' >Seven Days Battle</a>peninsula between York and james rivers.
McClellan (US)
Lee and Jackson (CS)
Casualties:
36,000 significance:
It stopped the union from gaining Richmond and pushed them back down the peninsula
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Second Battle of Bull Run
Second Manassastook place near Manassas, Virginia
Gen. Lee (CS)
Gen. John Pope (US) casualties:
22,180
This was the decisive battle in the Northern Virginia Campaign
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Battle of Antietam
Antietam
location: Maryland countryside; Antietam Creek
commanders:
General Lee (CS)
Gen. George B. McClellan (US) casualties:
around 23,000-24,000
siginficance:
McClellan forced Lee to retreat and caused them not go to DC
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Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Fredericksburg
location:
Fredericksburg, Virginia
commanders:
A.E. Burnside (US)
Lee and Jackson (CS) casualties:
around 15,000
significance:
This stopped Burnside from capturing Fredericksburg, Virginia, and it was one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War
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Fall of Vicksburg
Seige of Vicksburg
location:
Vicksburg, Mississippi (the South's last open port)
commanders:
Gen. Grant (US)
Lt. Gen. John Pembertonm (CS) casualties:
19,240
significance:
The Union captures Vicksburg, the South's last open post, the Confederacy was effectively split in half, and the West was now in Union hands
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Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg
location:
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
main commanders:
Lee and George E. Pickett (CS)
George G. Meade (US) casualties:
around 51,000
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Battle of Cickamauga
Battle of Chickamauga
location:
Chickamauga, Georgia
commanders:
Gen. WIlliam S. Rosecrans and Gen. George Thomas (US)
General Braxton Bragg and Gen. James Longstreet (CS) casualties:
34,624
significance:
the Confederates defeated Union troops and forced them to retreat to Chattanooga
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Battle of Chattanooga
battle of Chattanooga
location:
Chattanooga, Tennessee
commanders:
Gen Bragg (CS)
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (US) casualties:
12,485
significance:
The Union forces defeated the Confederate army, so the way was cleared for Union troops to invade Georgia
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Surrender at Appomattox
Surrendur at Appomattox When Gen. Lee surrendured at Appomattox Court House. The War was officially over. Grant allowed the Confederates to go home with their mules and horses. rations would be given to starving soldiers. Grant also allowed Lee to keep his sword becasue grant respected lee and didn't want to humiliate him.
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Fall of Atlanta
Atlanta campiagn
location:
Atlanta, Georgia
commanders:
Sherman (US)
casualties:
66,000 (in the entire Atlanta Campaign)
significance:
Atlanta falls in Union hands
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Sherman's March begins
Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's March William T. Sherman began destroying everyhting in a 60-mile wide path from Atlanta to the sea. This devastated the South. He captures Savannah, and then burned down Colombia (the capitol of South Carolina).
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Grant seizes Petersburg and Richmond
Seige of Petersburg and Richmond
location:
Petersburg, Virginia
commanders:
Grant (US)
General Grant captures Petersburg, which allowes the Union to move on the Richmond and capture the capitol. Jefferson Davis fled the Richmond, causing the Confederacy to dissolve significance:
Confederacy fell
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Battle of Palmito Ranch
Battle of Palmito Ranchlocation: Cameron County, Texas
commanders:
Theodore Harvey Barrett (US)
John Salmon "Rip" Ford (CS)
124 casualties
significance:
last battle of the Civil War
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