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The Civil War
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Fort Sumter
The union leader was Major Robert Anderson, and the confederate leader was General PGT Beauregard. This was a confederate win, and this was important because this sparked the start of the civil war. -
Battle of Bull Run
The Union leader was General Irvin McDowell, and for the Confederate's leader was General PT Beauregard & Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, this was also a confederate win. This Battle took place in Manassas, Virginia. This battle was important because it was the first true battle in the civil war and it had lowerd the norths beliefs in winning the war. -
Battle of Shiloh
The Union's leaders were General Ulysses S. Grant & William “Tecumseh” Sherman, and the confederate's leader was General Beauregard. This battle took place in Mississippi. This battle was a Union win and was important because this allowed the Union to gain control of the Mississippi River. -
Fall of New Orleans
For the Union the leader was Captain David Farragut, and there was not a Confederate leader because this was an attack from the north taking the Confederate's ports and the Confederartes did not have a navy at the time. This was a win for the Union. This battle had taken place in Louisiana - Mississippi River. This was important becauase this made the North gain total control of the mississippi river and this also blocked off all of the south's ports therefore not allowing trading. -
Battle of Antietam
The leader for this battle in the north was General McClellan, and for the south it was General Lee. This battle is the bloodiest battle in American Histroy on American soil, even though this was said to be the bloodiest day in american histroy niether side had won this battle but, this battle was still important. This battle was important becausae this had made Abraham Lincon create the Emancipation Proclamation, and this had prevented Lee from advancing. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
The leader for the Union is General Ambrose Burnside, and for the Confederacy was General Lee. This battle took place in Virginia. This was a Confederacy win, which was important for the south. -
The Wilderness Campaign
This took place between Washington D.C. and Richmond. This was important because this had created many casualties for both the Union and the Confederacy. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
The leader for the Union was General Joseph Hooker, and for the confederacy was : General Lee and General Jackson. This battle took place in Virginia. It was a Confederate win, this was an important battle because it ruined Union plan of attacking Richmond. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The leader for the Union was General Meade, and for the Confederacy it was General Lee & General George Pickett. This battle took place in Pennsylvania. This was a Union win and was important because it was a turning point in the war, and ended hopes from britan and france for the south. -
The Vicksburg Siege
The leader for the Union was General Ulysses S. Grant and for the south it was everyone. This battle took place in Mississippi. This was an Union win and it was also a big turning point in the Civil War. -
Farragut at Mobile Bay
This battle was a battle when David Farragut, the highest ranking officer for the Union, tried and succeded in taking Mobile Bay. This was important because this made the Union take control of the last port of Mississippi. -
Sherman’s March to the Sea
This was when the Union had wanted to break the morale of the Confederate so Sherman marched to the sea and burned many cities and farms. This had freed thousands of slaves. -
The Fall of Richmond
This was not a battle this but was when Jefferson Davis had told the government of the Confederates to burn all of the documents and to burn all of Richmod, soon after Abraham Licon went to Richmod with his son to see The Fall of Richmond.
