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Fort Sumter April 12th 1861

Location/Duration

Important Figures

Casualties

Weapons/Technology

Strategy

Outcome and importance

Google Map

South Carolina

Two Days

UNION

Robert Anderson

CSA

PGT Beauregard

No Casualties

Columbiad

Seacoast Mortar

Battle Map

Confederate Victory

1st Engagement of the Civil War

1st Bull Run/Manassas July 21st 1861

Location/Duration

Important Figures

Casualties

Weapons/Technology

Strategy

Outcome and importance

Google Map

Virginia

UNION

Irvin McDowell

CSA

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson 

Joseph E. Johnston

PGT Beauregard

Total

4,878

UNION

2,896

CSA

1,982

Small Arms 

Artillery 

Animated Map 

Battle Map

Confederate Victory

Importance 

The start of a long and bloody war.

Battle of Hampton Roads March 8th-9th 1862 (Monitor v. Merrimack)

Location/Duration

Important Figures

Casualties

Weapons/Technology

Strategy

Outcome and importance

Google Map

Virginia

Two Days

UNION

John L. Worden

CSA

Franklin Buchanan

TOTAL

393

UNION

369

CSA

24

Ironclads

Inconclusive

The first engagement of ironclads in history

Shiloh April 6-7th, 1862

Location/Duration

Important Figures

Casualties

Weapons/Technology

Strategy

Outcome and importance

Google Map

Tennessee

Two Days

UNION

Don Carlos Buell 

Ulysses S. Grant 

CSA

Albert Sidney Johnston  

P.G.T. Beauregard

23,746 

UNION

13,047

CSA

10,669

Confederates:

Enfields rifles squirrel guns, shotguns, and outdated smoothbore muskets

Animated Map 

Battle Map

Union Victory

Federal Penetration up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers

Capture of New Orleans April 25th-May 1st

Location/Duration

Important Figures

Casualties

Weapons/Technology

Strategy

Outcome and importance

David G Faragut

Smooth Bore Cannons

A defensive chain/ boom across the river

Two traditional warships

Second Bull Run August 28th-30th 1862

Location/Duration

Important Figures

Casualties

Weapons/Technology

Strategy

Outcome and importance

Google Map

UNION

John Pope 

CSA

Robert E. Lee

22,177

UNION

13,824

CSA

8,353

Battle Map

Confederate Victory

Sharpsburg/Antietam September 17th 1862

Location/Duration

Important Figures

Casualties

Weapons/Technology

Strategy

Outcome and importance

Google Map

UNION 

George B. McClellan 

CSA

Robert E. Lee

22,717

UNION

13,824

CSA

8,353

Animated Map

Battle Map

Inconclusive

North Claimed Victory, Emancipation Proclamation issued.

Fort Donelson Feb 13-16 1862

Location/Duration

Important Figures

Casualties

Weapons/Technology

Strategy

Outcome and importance

Stewart County, Tennessee

US Grant

Simon Buckner

16,537

Battle Map

Grant is eventually promoted to major general for his victories in Tennessee.

Fredericksburg December 11th-15th, 1862

Location/Duration

Important Figures

Casualties

Weapons/Technology

Strategy

Outcome and importance

Virginia

Five Days

UNION

Ambrose E. Burnside

CSA

Robert E. Lee

TOTAL

18,500

UNION

12,500

CSA

6,000

Confederate Victory

Chancellorsville April 30th-May 6th 1863

Location/Duration

Important Figures

Casualties

Weapons/Technology

Strategy

Outcome and importance

Virginia

1 week

UNION

Joseph Hooker

CSA

Robert E. Lee

TOTAL

30,764

UNION

17,304

CSA

13,460

Confederate Victory

Gettysburg July 1st-3rd 1863

Location/Duration

Important Figures

Casualties

Weapons/Technology

Strategy

Outcome and importance

Pennsylvania

3 days

UNION

George G. Meade

CSA

Robert E. Lee

TOTAL

51,112

UNION

23,049

CSA

28,063

Union Victory

Vicksburg May 18th-July 4th 1863

Location/Duration

Important Figures

Casualties

Weapons/Technology

Strategy

Outcome and importance

Mississippi

48 Days

UNION

Ulysses S. Grant

CSA

John C. Pemberton

TOTAL

37,273

UNION

4,910

CSA

32,363

Union Victory

Control of the Mississippi


Shenandoah Battlefields Picture

Location/Duration

Important Figures

Casualties

Weapons/Technology

Strategy

Outcome and importance

Battle of Atlanta July 22nd 1864

Location/Duration

Important Figures

Casualties

Weapons/Technology

Strategy

Outcome and importance

Georgia

UNION

William T. Sherman

CSA

John Bell Hood

TOTAL

9,222

UNION

3,722

CSA

5,500

Union Victory

Battle of the Wilderness May 5th-7th 1864

Location/Duration

Important Figures

Casualties

Weapons/Technology

Strategy

Outcome and importance

Virginia

UNION

Ulysses S. Grant

CSA

Robert E. Lee

TOTAL

29,800

UNION

17,000

CSA

13,000

Inconclusive

Battle of Cold Harbor May 31st-June 12th 1864

Location/Duration

Important Figures

Casualties

Weapons/Technology

Strategy

Outcome and importance

Virginia

13 Days

UNION

Ulysses S. Grant

CSA

Robert E. Lee

TOTAL

17,332

UNION

12,737

CSA

4,595

Confederate Victory

Sherman’s March to the Sea November 15th-December 21st 1864

Location/Duration

Important Figures

Casualties

Weapons/Technology

Strategy

Outcome and importance

Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia

UNION

William T. Sherman

CSA

TOTAL

UNION

CSA

Sherman’s “Total War” on Southern property

Sherman’s “Total War” hurt Southern Morale

Appomattox Courthouse April 9th 1865

Location/Duration

Important Figures

Casualties

Weapons/Technology

Strategy

Outcome and importance

Virginia

UNION

Ulysses S. Grant

CSA

Robert E. Lee

TOTAL

652

UNION

152

CSA

500

Union Victory:

Ends Civil War with the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee