Casualties | Weapons/Technology | Strategy | Outcome and importance | ||
South Carolina Two Days | UNION CSA | 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 |
Virginia | UNION CSA | Total UNION 2,896 CSA 1,982 | 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 |
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 |
Location/Duration | Important Figures | Casualties | Weapons/Technology | Strategy | Outcome and importance |
Tennessee Two Days | UNION CSA | UNION 13,047 CSA 10,669 | Confederates: Enfields rifles squirrel guns, shotguns, and outdated smoothbore muskets | Federal Penetration up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers |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 |
UNION CSA | UNION 13,824 CSA 8,353 |
Sharpsburg/Antietam September 17th 1862
Location/Duration | Important Figures | Casualties | Weapons/Technology | Strategy | Outcome and importance |
Google Map | UNION CSA | UNION 13,824 CSA 8,353 | 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 | 16,537 | 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 |