Civil War Battles

Fort Sumter

• April, 1861

• Charleston Harbor, South Carolina

• Confederate Victory
  

• Aderson (U)

• Beauregard (C)
  

• Beginning of the Civil War

• No casualties

Bull Run (First)

Seven Days

• May, 1862

• Virginia

• Confederate victory
  

• Lee (C)

• McCleller (U)
  

• Part of McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign

• Attempt to capture Richmond

• Union outsmarted, poor leadership

Antietam

• Sept, 1862

• Maryland

• Union victory
  

• McClellan (U)

• Lee (C)
  

• Lee counterattacks, tries to capture Washington ,DC

• Union scouts discover Lee’s battle plan

• Bloodiest single say battle of the war

• McClellan fails to pursue Lee after battle; fired by Lincoln

• Lincoln announces intention to end slavery

Fredericksburg

• Dec, 1862

• Virginia

• Confederate victory
  

• Ambrose Burnside (U)

• Lee (C)
  

• Largest civil war engagement

• First opposed river crossing in American military history

• First instance of Urban combat in the Civil War

Chancellorsville

• Apr, 1863

• Virgina

• Confederate victory
  

• Joseph Hooker (U)

• Lee (C)

• Stonewall Jackson killed by friendly fire

• Lee: “I have lost my right arm”

Vicksburg

• May - Jul, 1863

• Union victory

• Mississippi
  

• Ulysses S. Grant (U)

• John C. Prembertob (C)
  

• Long siege of last Confederate stronghold in Mississippi

• City surrenders on July 4, 1863

• Gives Union control of the Mississippi river

Gettysburg

• Jul, 1863

• Union

• Pennsylvania
  

• George G. Meade (U)

• Robert E. Lee (C)
  

• Lee invades North to try to draw Union away from Vicksburg

• Largest, bloodiest battle of the war (150,000 troops/50,000 casualties)

• Key moment: Pickett’s Charge

• Turning Point of the war-Confederate loss

Hampton Roads

• Mar, 1862

• Inconclusive

• Virginia
  

• John L. Worden (U)

• Franklin Beuchanan (C)
  

• First battle of ironclad ships

Shiloh

• Apr, 1862

• Union victory

• Tennessee
  

• Ulysses S. Grant (U)

• Albert Sid, Johnston (C)
  

• Gave Union control of Mississippi river

• Greatest human toll on American soil at the time

Sherman’s March to Sea

• Sept, 1864

• Union victory

• Georgia
  

• William Tecumseh Sherman (U)
  

• Meant to cripple southern war effort/will

• systematic destruction of infrastructure and resources

Wilderness campaign

• May, 1864

• Virginia

• Inconclusive
  

• Ulysses S. Grant (U)

• Robert E. Lee (C)
  

• Series of very bloody battles; heavy casualties on both sides

• Grant conducting a war of attrition

Mobile Bay

• Aug, 1864

• Union victory

• Alabama
  

• David Farragut (U)

• Frankilin Beachanan (C)
  

• Most important naval battle of the civil war

Appomattox Courthouse

• Apr, 1865

• Union victory

• Virginia
  

• Ulysses S. Grant (U)

• Robert E. Lee (C)
  

• Final battle

• Lee surrenders