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Military Events of the Civil War Guided Notes for Unit on Battles of Civil War Battle: Fort Sumter Date: April, 1861 Location: Charleston, South Carolina Important People of the Battle: Major Robert Anderson General Pierre Beauregard Victor(winner)(Union or Confederacy): Confederacy Significance (Why Important): All hopes of compromise ended----WAR!!! Battle: Bull Run Date: July, 1861 Location: Bull Run, Virginia - Manassas Junction Important People of the Battle: General Irwin McDowell/General Winfield Scott, General Robert E. Lee/General “Stonewall” Jackson Military Events of the Civil War Victor(winner)(Union or Confederacy): Confederacy Significance (Why Important): Showed both sides, especially North, how unprepared and inexperienced they were in war inflated Southern overconfidence Battle: Antietam Date: September, 1862 Location: Antietam Creek, Maryland Important People of the Battle: General George E. McClellan, General Robert E. Lee Victor(winner)(Union or Confederacy): Union Significance (Why Important): The bitterest and bloodiest day of the war. Gave the North a great diplomatic advantage. Enabled President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Convinced Britain and France not to actively take the side of the Confederacy Battle: Gettysburg Date: June-July, 1863 Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Military Events of the Civil War Important People of the Battle: General George G. Meade, General Robert E. Lee/General George E. Pickett Victor(winner)(Union or Confederacy): Union Significance(Why Important): Lee’s defeat was his worst to date. From now on the Southern cause was doomed. President Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg address. Turning point of the war. Pickett’s Charge Fails Battle: Vicksburg Date: May-July, 1863 Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi Important People of the Battle: General Ulysses S. Grant-Union Victor(winner)(Union or Confederacy): Union Significance(Why Important): Five days later Port Hudson, Louisiana fell to Union hands. Union controls the Mississippi River. The Confederacy is split it two by the Mississippi Military Events of the Civil War Battle: Between the Merrimack and the Monitor Date: March, 1862 Location: Virginia waters of Chesapeake Bay Important People of the Battle: the Monitor. the Merrimack, later named the Virginia Victor(winner)(Union or Confederacy): Stand-off but the Merrimack withdrew Significance(Why Important): First battle-testing of the new IRONCLADS. End of the wooden warships. South can’t break the blockade of the Union. Event: “March to the Sea” Date: 1864-1865 Location: from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Atlanta, Ga to Savannah, Ga, to Columbia, S.C. to Raleigh, N.C. Important People of the Battle: General William T. Sherman. General Joseph E. Johnston Victor(winner)(Union or Confederacy): Military Events of the Civil War Significance(Why Important): Destroyed supplies destined for the Confederate army. Weakened morale of the men at the front by waging war on their homes “Total war”/ path of destruction Battle: Chattanooga Date: October, 1863 Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee Important People of the Battle: General Ulysses S. Grant. General Braxton Bragg Victor(winner)(Union or Confederacy): Union Significance(Why Important): Separates Confederacy further. Eliminates Chatanooga as a rail center for the South Battle: Shiloh Date: April, 1862 Location: Shiloh, Tennessee-Mississippi Border Military Events of the Civil War Important People of the Battle: General Ulysses S. Grant. General Johnston Victor(winner)(Union or Confederacy): Significance(Why Important): Grant says “I gave up all idea of saving the Union except by complete conquest” Battle: Appomattox Court House Date: April, 1865 Location: Appomattox Court House Important People of the Battle: General Ulysses S. .General Robert E. Lee Victor(winner)(Union or Confederacy): Union Significance(Why Important): The War is OVER. The Rebels are our countrymen again. Military Events of the Civil War Commanders of the Union Army of the Potomac Musical Chairs Winfield Scott-drew up the Anaconda Plan for the war then succeeded by George C. McClellan followed by John Pope followed by George C. McClellan again followed by Ambrose Burnside followed by Joseph J. Hooker followed by George G. Meade followed finally by the man that was able to win Ulysses S. Grant____________ The changes were made by Lincoln in an attempt to find a General that would be able USE the army in the best way to win the war. Lincoln was frustrated numerous times that his generals would not take the fight to the Confederacy. Commander of the Northern Army of Virginia- Robert E. Lee Songs of the War North- “Battle Hymn of the Republic” South- “Dixie” Nicknames North- “Boys in Blue”, “Billy Yank”, “ Yankee” South- “Boys in Gray”, “Johnny Reb”, “Rebel” Flags North- ”Stars and Stripes”: South- ”Stars and Bars” Quotes: Military Events of the Civil War “War is Hell” “...and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” “A house divided against itself cannot stand” “A rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight.”