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Civil War Battle Chart
Some battles of the Civil War had 2 names because both sides gave a name to the battle.
Generally speaking the name that stuck was the one given by the Victor of the battle.
The Confederacy named the battle after the nearest body of water. (with the exception of Bull Run)
The Union named the battle after the nearest town or settlement.
700,000 men died in the Civil War, all Americans.
Winfield Scott
First commander of the Union Army,
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he came up with the battle plan- the Anaconda Plan, - the plan for Union victory,
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Anaconda Plan has 3 parts….
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an effective "Blockade" of Southern ports,
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a strong thrust down the Mississippi Valley with a large force,
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and the establishment of a line of strong Federal positions there would isolate the disorganized Confederate nation
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he is in his 70’s at the time of the war.
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He as known as “Old Fuss & Feathers”
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All other leaders in the Union are under the command of Winfield Scott.
The Union Army was huge!
Lincoln wanted to end the war quickly, very impatient president.
Regiments –
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were made up of men from the same area.
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This was a problem because in a battle, an entire town’s worth of men could be wiped out in a battle.
Date
Location
Battle
April
12-13,
1861
Charleston,
SC
May
18-19,
1861
Norfolk Cty,
Virginia
July
16-22
1861
Description
Leaders
Casualti
es
Victor
Result
Fort
Sumter
Goal: To remove the Union and those affiliated with the
Union from Fort Sumter in Charleston SC
Anderson
(USA)
Beauregard
(CSA)
None
C.S.A
Union
surrendered
Fort Sumter
to the
Confederac
y
First Battle of the Civil
War
Sewell’s
Point
Part of the blockade of the Chesapeake Bay
Two Union gunboats, including USS Monticello, dueled
with Confederate batteries on Sewell's Point in an
attempt to enforce the blockade of Hampton Roads..
Winfield Scott wanted to end the war quickly because
Lincoln pressured him. He forced an unorganized,
undisciplined and untrained army to fight. Manassas is
very chaotic. There were spectators/civilians who
watched the battle. Shows that neither side fully
understood the magnitude of the war they were in. The
Union retreats back toward Washington. The
Confederacy now believes they won. They did win the
battle, but not the war. Lincoln was shocked!
C.S.A.
Union
retreats,
Confederac
y wins!
Enlightened both sides.
Showed the Union that
this war was not going
to be easy. Gave the
Confederacy
confidence.
First Bull
Run (U)
Peninsular
Campaign
Significance
Alt.
Name
The two sides
did each other
little harm
(U) Irvin
McDowell
(C)
Battle of
Manassas
(C)
April
6-7
1862
Southwestern,
Tennessee ,
known as the
Western
Theatre or
Western
Campaign
Battle of
Shiloh
-Prior to Shiloh, the Union had victories in Fort Henry &
Fort Donaldson.
-Shiloh is in Tennessee.
-Shiloh means peace.
-The battle gets its name from the church
-The battle of Shiloh begins in the
Tennessee/Mississippi border
-Confederate Troops were stationed in Mississippi.
-The Union troops were in Shiloh
-The Union troops wanted to move down and stop the
Confederacy in the Mississippi area.
-The Union plans were discovered by the Confederacy,
they decided to counterattack
-They met on the border, in Shiloh
April 6, first day of the battle the Confederacy is
“hammering” the Union.
-In the “Hornet’s Nest”, a group of thickets (trees) there
was heavy fighting and heavy casualties. April 6th.
Looks like the Confederates will win.
-April 6th – nighttime, 25,000 Union soldiers arrive as
reinforcement.
-Fighting resumes the next day. The Confederacy is not
prepared. Johnston is killed.
-The Union pushes the Confederacy back into
Mississippi and towards the Gulf of Mexico.
-The Confederacy starts to retreat. The Union gains
control of the railroads, but does not pursue the
Confederacy after the battle of Shiloh.
-Had the Union pursued the Confederacy, the war may
have been over sooner, but Hallack argued with Grant
because Hallack did not want to pursue the Confederacy.
Beauregard
& Johnston
(C)
23,700 killed
or wounded in
2 days.
Commander
Hallack led
the Union
troops
General
Beull (U) &
Major
General
Grant (U)
CSA 10,700
Union –
13,000
Grant had
tremendous
success out
West.
Union
The
Confederat
es were
forced to
retreat.
Bloodiest
battle in
United
States
history up
to that time,
Confederat
es did not
block the
Union
advance
into
northern
Mississippi.
The first battle of the
Civil War to display
heavy casualties
Confederates did not
block the Union
advance into northern
Mississippi.
All of the border states
are slave-holding states.
All of the border states
remained with the
Union, none of the
border states seceded.
Border statesKentucky,
Missouri, Arkansas
Delaware
Maryland
The Union has control
of the Tennessee Valley,
and has placed troops
between Tennessee and
Kentucky.
Battle of
Pittsburg
Landing
7 DAYS
BATTLE