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Battle Location Date Fort Sumter Charleston, SC April 14, 1861 Bull Run (1st) Manassas, VA July 1861 Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack Mouth of James River off VA coast March 1862 Shiloh Shiloh, Tenn. April 6&7 1862 New Orleans New Orleans, LA April 24, 1862 Antietam Creek in Maryland September 17, 1862 Fredericksburg Fredericksburg, VA December 1862 Description Confederate troops take over the federal fort when Union General Anderson surrenders Outside of DC and people watch with picnic baskets, South outnumbered 2 to 1 Both ironclad ships that you can’t burn; fight for 5 hours Union Gen. Grant fumbles but recovers when Conf. Gen. Beauregard does not press his advantage Commodore David Farragut of Union navy gets fleet past forts at mouth of Mississippi River Union Gen. McClellan chase Conf. Gen. Lee’s troops down and battle Union Gen. Burnside charges Lee’s troops when the Confederate Results Starts the Civil War Confederates win; major psychological defeat for the Union Makes wood ships obsolete; Fought to a draw as neither ship could sink each other 23,000 casualties (25%); Union wins; wake up call to the country that war is going to be very deadly and not easy New Orleans surrenders and Union moves up Miss. River to Natchez Union wins; Great Britain reluctant to come to the aid of the South; 30,000 soldiers died Confederacy wins; Union casualties are 12,600; South less than Chancellorsville Chancellorsville, VA May 1863 Gettysburg Gettysburg, Penn. July 1-3, 1863 Vicksburg Vicksburg, Mississippi 1862- July 4, 1863 soldiers have the better position; Chamberlain and Irish Brigade fight here Con. Gen. Lee outsmarts Union Gen. Hooker by having Jackson “sneak” a majority of the rebel forces behind the Union troops; Union chose the site of battle 150,000 troops fight here; 1st day Union has heavy losses; Gen. Meade in charge of Union troops; 3rd day Lee ordered General George Pickett to lead 13,000 men to attack the center of the Union line but nearly half were gunned down; Confederates retreat Battle for control of the Miss. River; Union Gen. Grant lays siege to the city until it surrenders after eating dogs and mules to survive half of that; Union obviously has bad military leaders Hooker lost 17,000 men; Lee and Confederacy wins/seems invincible; Conf. Gen. Stonewall Jackson shot by friendly fire and loses arm (dies days later of pneumonia);Confederacy loses 13,000 men Union wins; Confederates suffer 28,000 casualties and Union suffer 23,000; Turning point of the war Union wins; Union controls Miss. River as was planned; Dual turning point with Gettysburg