CIVIL WAR BATTLES

first manassas date

July 1861

first manassas location

virginia

first manassas commanders

Beauregard for the confederacy, (Jackson + Johnson)

McDowell for the union

first manassas troops

22k confederate men

30k union men

10k under Johnson in the Shenandoah valley

first manassas outcomes

2000 confederacy casualties

3000 union casualties

south win, but not effort to move towards Washington (could have won/ended the war quite quickly)

capture of fort Donelson date

February 1862

commanders at fort Donelson

grant for the union

Floyd for the confederacy

outcomes of fort Donelson

union victory, Kentucky now controlled by the north and Tennessee now vulnerable

battle of shiloh date

April 1862

shiloh location

Tennessee, next to the Tennessee river

shiloh commanders

Johnston confederacy

grant union

shiloh troops

60k union soldiers

40k confederacy

shiloh outcomes

10k confederacy casualties

13k union casualties

important union victory, meant Halleck could focus on capturing Corinth

shiloh events

Johnston launches a surprise attack on union but 25k men come in support of the union

antietam date

September 1862

Antietam location

Maryland

antietam commanders

McClellan (Union) and Lee (Confederate)

antietam events

lee wanted Maryland to protect Virginia and gain British recognition/support

McClellan knew Lee's plans

Antietam outcomes

difficult union victory

single most bloody day of the war, 23k casualties

McClellan replaced by Burnside in November

Chancellorsville date

May 1863

Chancellorsville location

Wilderness, Virginia

Chancellorsville generals

Union: Hooker

Confederate: Jackson/Lee

Chancellorsville troops

65k confederate

130k union

Chancellorsville outcomes

confederate victory, lee successful at raising southern morale and led to two more invasions into West Virginia and Pennsylvania

raised the profile of Lee, and increased the possibility of European aid for Davis

Hooker replaced by Meade

battle of Gettysburg date

July 1863

battle of Gettysburg location

Pennsylvania, between Culp's hill and Cemetery hill

Gettysburg generals

Union: Meade

Confederate: Lee

gettysburg troops

50k confederate

90K union

outcomes of Gettysburg

union victory, bloodiest battle of the war, 23k casualties each and 6500 confederates killed in one day

boosted union morale and proved that lee was not invincible

important turning point in the war

Vicksburg date

July 1863

Vicksburg location

Mississippi, down the west side of the river

Vicksburg generals

Union: Grant

Confederate: Pemberton

Vicksburg troops

30k confederate

70k union

Vicksburg outcomes

3 weeks of fighting

union victory

union now control the Mississippi River, splitting the confederacy in two and allowing a springboard for the anaconda plan

Chickamauga date

September 1863

Chickamauga location

Georgia

Chickamauga outcomes

close union victory, huge losses on both sides

Chattanooga date

December 1863

Chattanooga location

Tennessee

Chattanooga outcomes

Confederate victory, allowed them to keep open vital railroads, extended the war

Wilderness-Petersburg campaign date

may-june 1864

wilderness-petersburg location

virginia

wilderness-Petersburg commander

Grant for the union, Sherman to take over western campaigns

wilderness petersburg plan

115k men put forward to attack Lee from various different armies

sherman to capture atlanta

banks to capture Mobile, with 30k men

butler to threaten Richmond 30k men

sigel to occupy the Shenandoah valley 20k men

wilderness-petersburg outcomes

very unsuccessful for the union, 10k rebels put pressure on Washington and grant is forced to send support back to other campaigns

18k union losses- grant lost 7k men in an hour on the 7th of June

9k confederate losses

lee now desperately short of men by mid-June

march through Georgia date

may-december 1864

the march through Georgia general

union led by Sherman into Georgia, Johnston commands confederates

march through Georgia troops

100k union, 70k confederate

march through Georgia events

begins may 1864, union take Atlanta and plan march through the state

savannah campaign begins in the autumn, Sherman and Thomas split union men and march from Atlanta to reach the coast, cutting through confederacy supply lines

march through georgia outcomes

$100 million damage in Georgia, civilian morale in the south at an all time low, confederacy no longer able to match union opposition and struggle to recover

leading cause of Lincoln's re-election

Battle of Appatomox Court House

9th April, 1865, ffficial end to the Civil War - Lee surrenders