history civil war BATTLES only

fort sumter

a federal fort located in Charleston, South Carolina, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired

bull run/manassas

two major early Civil War conflicts (1861, 1862) in Virginia where Confederate forces defeated the Union army, shattering Northern hopes for a quick victory. Fought near a small stream called Bull Run

merrimack v monitor

a landmark naval duel during the American Civil War that revolutionized naval technology by demonstrating the superiority of ironclad warships over wooden ships

antietam

was a major Civil War battle fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek. It is widely defined as the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with over 22,000 casualties.

gettysburg

the site of a Civil War battle fought on Union territory, July 1–3, 1863 resulting in a Union victory that forced Confederate forces to retreat to the South

march to the sea

(November 15 – December 21, 1864) was a destructive Union military campaign led by General William Tecumseh Sherman during the American Civil War, in which 60,000 Union soldiers marched from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia, severely damaging the Confederacy's economic and physical infrastructure. (total war)