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Battle of Shiloh
The battle began when the Confederates launched a surprise attack on Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant in southwestern Tennessee. the Confederates were unable to hold their positions and were forced back,resulting in a Union victory. Both sides suffered heavy losses, with more than 23,000 total casualties, and the level of violence shocked North and South. -
Fort Sumter
It was a fort on an Island in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. It is important because the battle was the first shots of the war. President Lincoln decided to send supply's to the fort and the Southern General P.G.T. Beauregard decided to bombard and take the fort on April 12, 1861. No Union troops had been killed during the bombardment. -
First Bull Run (Manassas)
armies clashed near Manassas Junction, Virginia, in the first major land battle of the American Civil War. The engagement began when about 35,000 Union troops marched from the federal capital in Washington, D.C. to strike a Confederate force of 20,000 along a small river known as Bull Run. the rebels rallied and were able to break the Union right flank. This Confederate victory gave the South confidence and shocked many in the North, who realized the war would not be won easily. -
The Battle of Perryville
The losses in the battle were heavy on both sides. 23,000 Yankees engaged in the battle, 4,200 were killed, wounded, or missing; of 15,000 Confederates involved, 3,400 were lost. The Confederates slipped back to Tennessee through the Cumberland Gap. General Buell did not pursue, and as a result he was replaced by General William Rosecrans. The Confederates abandoned the invasion of Kentucky and it remained firmly in Federal hands for the rest of the war. -
Battle of Antietan
The battle took place at Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia against Union General George McClellan’s Army and was Lee’s attempt to invade the north. It is the deadliest one-day battle in all American military history. -
The Battle of Fredericksburg
The battle involved nearly 200,000 soldiers, it is the largest amount of troops in any Civil War battle. Ambrose Burnside was a newly appointed commander of the Union Army, and ordered 120,000 troops to cross the Rappahannock River. The Union attacked on the right and left flanks of Robert E. Lee’s 80,000 men Army of Northern Virginia at Fredericksburg. Lee’s rebels turned back the Union assault and caused 13,000 deaths, -
The Battle of Chancellorsville
The Battle started from April 30 to May 6, 1863, and is widely considered to be Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s greatest victory during the Civil War. Facing an enemy force nearly twice the size of his own Robert E. Lee surprised Union Gen. Joseph Hooker and the Union army fell back into defensive positions. Hooker was forced to retreat across the Rappahannock River. The Confederate Army lost one of its best Generals, Stonewall Jackson who was mortally wounded in battle. -
The Battle of Vicksburg
Union forces waged a campaign to take the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Vicksburg was one of the Union’s most successful campaigns of the war. General Ulysses S. Grant defeated a force under General John C. Pemberton at Champion Hill. Pemberton retreated back to Vicksburg, and Grant sealed the city by the end of May. In three weeks, Grant’s men marched 180 miles, won five battles and captured some 6,000 prisoners. -
The Battle of Gettysberg
It is considered the most important engagement of the Civil War. After a victory over Union forces at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania. General George G. Meade of the Union,met at the crossroads town of Gettysburg. The assault, known as Pickett’s Charge, managed to pierce the Union lines but failed, at the cost of thousands of rebel casualties, and Lee was forced to withdraw his battered army toward Virginia on July 4. -
The Battle of Wilderness
The Battle of the Wilderness marked the first major Union offensive pursuit toward the Confederate capital of Richmond, ordered by Union General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant. Confederate General Robert E. Lee determined that his Army of Northern Virginia would confront the Ulysses in the dense Virginia woods known as the Wilderness. the heavy woods also negated the Union’s advantage 115,000 to 65,000. Grant refused to retreat and instead ordered his troops to continued southward -
The Battle of Cold Harbor
Sensing that there was a chance to destroy Lee at Richmond, Grant prepared for a major assault along the entire Confederate front on June 2. But when Winfield Hancock’s Union corps did not arrive on schedule, the operation was postponed until the following day. The delay was tragic for the Union, because it gave Lee’s troops time to entrench. he Yankees met with heavy fire and suffered significant casualties. Grant pulled out of Cold Harbor nine days -
Sherman's March to Sea
From November 15 until December 21, 1864, Union General William Sherman 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. Sherman did this to frighten Georgia’s civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause. They stole food and livestock and burned the houses and barns of people who tried to fight back. they needed to make all classes of people in society feel the hard hand of war. -
Appomattox
the Army of Northern Virginia, traveled westward through the Virginia countryside stripped of food and supplies. The Union cavalry forces under General Philip Sheridan had outrun Lee’s troops, blocking their retreat and taking approximately 6,000 prisoners at Sayler’s Creek. With no options left, Lee sent a message to General Ulysses Grant announcing his surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
