Download Battles of the Civil War 1862

What were the outcomes of the battles for both sides by
the end of 1862?
First Battle of Civil War
Bull Run or 1st Manassas
• July 21, 1861
• Both armies are unseasoned and
“green”
• Geographical location: short
distance South and West of
Washington DC
Bull
st
Run/1
Manassas
• The Confederate Army
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Defend the crossroads
Defend the railway
Occupy the high ground
Draw “Billy Yank” into a fight on
the ground of their choosing
• Good showing…
• The Union Army
• Swift victory
• Capture the railway
• Threaten the rear of the Rebel
Army
• Destroy the Army if possible
• Relieve pressure on Washington
DC
• Civilians show up with a picnic lunch to
watch!
• Both Armies prepare to attack the others
left flank
• The fighting is close, personal and
BLOODY
• 4700 casualties
• Now everyone knows what is in store for
the Union
• Monitor and the Merrimack (renamed CSS Virginia)
March 9, 1862
• Also called the Battle of Hampton Roads OR Battle of
the Ironclads
• Ended in a draw; Union claimed victory
• Forts Henry and Donelson (February 1862)
• Protect Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers from Union
• Forts fall to “Unconditional Surrender” Grant1st Union
victory of the war
• Action on the Mississippi (April-June 1862)
• Union forces moved up Miss. R. and took New Orleans,
Baton Rouge, Natchez, Memphis
Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing)
• April 6-7 1862
• Tennessee
• First big battle in the “west”
• 23,000 casualties
• Union victory
• The country is shocked by the bloodshed
Seven Days Battle
• June 26 – July 2 1862
• Virginia
• 1st extended battle of the war
• Strategic Confederate victory
• McClellan vs. Lee
• Union withdrew from James
Peninsula in Virginia
Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
• August 28-30th, 1862
• CSA under Stonewall Jackson
destroy Union supply base there
• Strategic Confederate victory
• Morale in the North sinks
Antietam
• Sept 17, 1862
• Maryland
• Single deadliest day of the war
• 23,000 casualties
• No clear winner: Confederates
retreat, Union claims victory
• Lincoln drops the Emancipation
Proclamation
Fredericksburg
• Dec 11th -13th 1862
• Virginia
• Urban combat
• Irish Brigade losses 50% of its men
• 18,000 casualties
• Confederate victory!
"It is well that war is so terrible, or we
should grow too fond of it.“
Gen. Robert E. Lee