Download Civil War Battle Chart

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.
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 1213, 1861
Charleston,
SC
May 1819, 1861
Norfolk Cty,
Virginia
July 16-22
1861
Description
Leaders
Casualties
Victor
Result
Significance
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
Confederacy
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,
Confederacy
wins!
First Bull
Run (U)
Peninsular
Campaign
Alternate
Name
The two sides did
each other little
harm
(U) Irvin
McDowell
(C)
Enlightened both
sides. Showed the
Union that this war
was not going to be
easy. Gave the
Confederacy
confidence.
Battle of
Manassas (C)