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First Bull Run
Victor: Confederate
2700 Union Casualties, 2000 Confederate Casualties. ook place in Manassas Virginia. The first major land based confrontation of the Civil War.
Union Army was commanded in Washington Brigadier, by General Irvin McDowell. He did not train his army going into the battle.
Confederate Army was commanded by P.G.T Beauregard, and Joseph E. Johnston. -
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Battle at Fort Summer
Victor: Confederate
No causualties involved in the battle. First Battle of the Civil War, took place at Charleston Harbor. Raised false hopes for a quick war. -
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Fort Henry & Fort Donelson - Tenn.
Victor: Union Victory
40 Union casualties, 80 Confederate casualties. Took place at Fort Henry, Stewart County, and Henry County Tennesse. First Combat with ironclad gun boats. Battle included the capture of Fort Heiman, and the Naval Bombardment of Fort Henry. Union was commanded by Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant (Army), and Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote (Navy).
Confederate Army was commanded by Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman. -
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Battle of Hampton Roads
Victor: Inconclusive
Took place in Hampton Roads Viginia. It was fought on water using ironclad ships of war.
Monitor vs Merrimack: Confederates had the USS Merrimack towed into a dock and promptly began restoration. The addition of a ram of iron attached to the front of the ship. Ten guns of various sizes were also added as her armor. The USS Monitor was used to deflect any offensive moves made by the Merrimack.
Union: General Louis M. Goldsborough
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Shiloh, Tennesse
Victor: Union Victory
13000 union casualties, and 10700 confederate casualties.
The Battle of Shiloh (aka Battle of Pittsburg Landing) was fought on April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. General Albert Sidney Johnston, commander of Confederate forces in the Western Theater, hoped to defeat Union major general Ulysses S. Grant’s Army of the Tennessee before it could be reinforced by Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell’s Army of the Ohio, which was marching from Nashville. -
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Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign
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