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June 25February
July 1-3,
July1,
1862
1863
First Battle
The Battle of
1862 The Battle
of Bull Run
of Antietam
Chancellorsville
Fall of
Atlanta
The Battle
Gettysburg
The
of Shiloh
Peninsular
July 21, Campaign Sep. 17,
April 30Sep.2,
1861
1862
May6,
1864
1863
1861-1865
Dec. 22,
1864
Surrender at
Appomattox
Sherman’s
March to
the Sea April 2-9
1865
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The First Battle of Bull Run
The Union troops attempted to seize Manassas,
VA, an important railroad. Meanwhile, the
Confederate troops were awaiting the Union’s
arrival at Bull Run. The First Battle of Bull Run
was the first large battle in the Civil War and the
Confederates gained a victory.
The Peninsular Campaign
As the commander of the Union Army, General
McClellan sent troops to attack from the Atlantic
Coast towards Richmond, and ended up in
Yorktown, just east of Richmond. Fighting
ferociously, McClellan continued to defeat the
Union until General Joseph E Johnston took
control , the later during the war, General
Robert E Lee took over the Confederate Army.
The Battle of Antietam
While on their way to their next battle, a
Confederate messenger dropped a copy of the
Confederates plans and divisions. A Union
soldier spotted the copy and took them to the
Union general, General Grant. Grant saw that
the Confederates had been divided, therefore
giving him an opportunity to attack. The Union
quickly took the advantage and attacked. After a
long day of fighting, the battle ended in a draw.
The Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh occurred soon after the
Union had divided into the East and West.
General Grant led his army through the woods
only to find that the Confederates were there to
attack near Shiloh. This battle lasted two days
with many casualties. And even though the
Union won, the Union lost more troops than the
Confederates.
The Battle of Chancellorsville
Rising hope in the South lead to another defeat
in Chancellorsville after Stonewall Jackson was
shot by another Union troop, being mistaken for
a Yankee.
Gettysburg
As the Confederates moved North, they
accidentally found the Union’s cavalry. The
Confederates attacked, only to be defeated
again by the Union, smothering Lee’s ambition
to reach further up North.
The Fall of Atlanta
At this time, Atlanta was an important city and
railroad junction for the Confederacy. General
Sherman, the new general of the Union army,
led his army through the city, burning and
seizing the town as they went.
Sherman’s March to the Sea
General Sherman continued to burn the cities,
making his way towards the sea. They tore up
railroad tracks, burned towns, captured
livestock, raided and burned homes, and
destroyed anything they could find. They drove
the Confederate Army straight out of the
Atlantic port of Savannah, GA.
Surrender at Appomattox
As Sherman continued his burning, the
Confederates tried to stop the burning. They
met in Petersburg, but Sherman still seized the
Virginian town, and then Richmond the next
day. They soon separated the Confederates and
Lee finally surrendered with a white flag on a hill
nearby Appomattox River.
Works Cited
• "Battle of Chancellorsville." Wikipedia.
Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Nov. 2013. Web. 14
Feb. 2013.
• "Gettysburg." Civilwar.org. Convio, n.d. Web.
Feb. 2013.
• Meador, Jennifer L. "Key Battles." The Civil
War. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2013