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CIVIL WAR BATTLE CHART​
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Battle, Location & Date
Leaders (U.S. & ​C.S.)​
Significance (why did it matter) & outcome (who won)
Ft. Sumter
Charleston, S.C.
Major Robert Anderson
General P.G.T.
Beauregard
The Confederate forces around Charleston Harbor, opened fire and
bombarded the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter. They surrendered
and evacuated the fort the next day.
1st Manassas/Bull Run
Virginia
July 16-22, 1861
General McDowell
General Thomas
“Stonewall” Jackson
Union troops thought it would be easy victory.
Local families came in buggies to picnic and watch the events.
Surprise defeat caused a panicked retreat by spectators and Union
soldiers alike. Jackson earns the nickname "Stonewall," as his brigade
resists Union attacks and Union troops fall back to Washington. Union
realized this would not be neither a short nor easy war.
Antietam
Sharpsburg, Maryland
Sept 17, 1862
General McClellan
General Robert E. Lee
(Gen. Stonewall Jackson)
(Gen. John B. Hood)
The bloodiest day in U.S. military history as Gen. Lee and the
Confederate Armies are stopped at Antietam by McClellan and
numerically superior Union forces. By nightfall 26,000 men are dead,
wounded, or missing. There is no clear victory for either side. Moral
victory for the North (stopping Lee’s advances). Battle outcome
prompts Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
Vicksburg
Mississippi
May 18 - July 4, 1863
General U.S. Grant
General John C.
Pemberton
Grant surrounded the city and began a siege. Citizens and soldiers
alike ran out of supplies and diseases ran rampant. On July 4 Gen.
Pemberton surrendered. This gave the North control of the Mississippi
River and cut the Confederacy in half, cutting off supply lines from
Texas and Louisiana. Grant was made commander of the Union forces.
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
July 3, 1863
General George G.
Meade
General Robert E. Lee
(Gen. John B. Hood)
Lee invaded Pennsylvania.The Battle of Gettysburg was the largest
battle in U.S. History and was a turning point in the Civil War, as the
Union victory sent General Lee's army to retreat back to Virginia. The
combined losses of Vicksburg and Gettysburg overwhelmed the South.
Appomattox
General U.S. Grant
Beleaguered by Federal troops and cut off from desperately needed
Apr 12, 1861 – Apr 14,
1861
Virginia, April 9, 1865
General Robert E. Lee
supplies, the worn-out and weary Army of Northern Virginia (led by
General Lee) moved west after the fall of Petersburg and Richmond.
With his army nearly surrounded, his men starving, and Grant closing
in, Lee knew continued resistance was futile and ultimately
self-destructive, and thus he agreed to meet Grant to discuss peace
and surrender. ​General Grant accepted General Lee’s surrender under
very generous terms and the war was finally over. Military
reconstruction began at this point.