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Major Battles Of The Civil War

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    Civil War Battles

    All major Battles of the Civil War.

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  • Battle of Fort Sumter (Eastern Theater)

    Battle of Fort Sumter (Eastern Theater)

    Beauregard (CSA) v. Anderson (USA)
    Confederates fired the first shots at Fort Sumter in
    Charleston, South Carolina.

    It was a confederate victory.
    First Quarter
  • First Battle of Bull Run (Eastern Theater)

    First Battle of Bull Run (Eastern Theater)

    Beauregard (CSA) v. McDowell (USA)
    One of the first major battles of the civil war.
    Confederate Victory.
    First Quarter

  • Confederates won First Quarter.

  • Battle of Shiloh (Western Theater)

    Battle of Shiloh (Western Theater)

    Albert S. Johnston (CSA) v. Grant (USA)
    Union Victory.
    Second Quarter
  • Peninsula Campaign (Eastern Theater)

    Peninsula Campaign (Eastern Theater)

    Johnston/Lee (CSA) v. McClellan (USA)
    Union attempt to take Richmond from the east.
    Confederate Victory.
    From May to July of 1862
    Second Quarter
  • End of Peninsula Campaign (Eastern Theater)

    End of Peninsula Campaign (Eastern Theater)

    Confederate Victory.
    McClellan relieved of command on Union side.

  • Confederates won Second Quarter

  • Battle of Antietam (Eastern Theater)

    Battle of Antietam (Eastern Theater)

    Lee (CSA) v. McClellan (USA)
    Bloodiest single day of the war.
    Battle was a stalemate (tie) but was techniclly a Union victory because Lee retreated back to the South.
    Second Quarter.
  • Battle of Fredericksburg (Eastern Theater)

    Battle of Fredericksburg (Eastern Theater)

    Lee (CSA) v. Burnside (USA)
    Confederate Victory
    Burnside is relieved of command.
    Second Quarter.
  • Battle of Chancellorsville (Eastern Theater)

    Battle of Chancellorsville (Eastern Theater)

    Lee (CSA) v. Hooker (USA)
    Confederate Victory - also known as Lee's greatest victory.
    Hooker is relieved of command.
    Third Quarter
  • Battle of Gettysburg (Eastern Theater)

    Battle of Gettysburg (Eastern Theater)

    3 day battle.
    Lee (CSA) v. Meade (USA)
    Union victory.
    last Confederate offensive.
    Third Quarter.
  • Siege and Fall of Vicksburg (Western Theater)

    Siege and Fall of Vicksburg (Western Theater)

    Pemberton (CSA) v. Grant (USA)
    Union victory
    Completed Union strategy of splitting Confederacy in two.
    Third Quarter.

  • Union won Third Quarter

  • Battle of Chattanooga (Western Theater)

    Battle of Chattanooga (Western Theater)

    Bragg (CSA) v. Grant (USA)
    Union victory
    Became staging ground for Atlanta Campaign in the Spring of 1864
    Bragg is relieved of command.
    Third Quarter
  • Roger Sherman's "March to the Sea" (Western Theater)

    Roger Sherman's "March to the Sea" (Western Theater)

    November 15th - December 21st, 1864
    No serious resistance.
    Destroyed everything as they marched from Atlanta to Savannah.
    "Total War" Strategy.
    Fourth Quarter.
  • Appomattox Court House (Eastern Theater)

    Appomattox Court House (Eastern Theater)

    Lee (CSA) v. Grant (USA)
    Richmond fell to Union forces.
    Lee surrendured on April 9th.
    It is considered to mark the end of the war.
    Fourth Quarter.

  • Union win Fourth Quarter and Win the War.