The Civil War Chapter 16 Part 3

Major Battles of the Civil War Most major battles of the Civil War took place East of the Mississippi River. July 1861—First Battle of Bull Run Union attempts to capture Richmond, but Confederates stop them and drive them out of Virginia

Major Battles of the Civil War

Home destroyed during First Battle of Bull Run—July 1861

Major Battles of the Civil War September 7, 1862—Battle of Antietam Robert E. Lee’s Army clashes with Union forces—Union victory 12,000 Union casualties 13,000 Confederate casualties Bloodiest day in American History

President Lincoln and Gen. George B. McClellan in the general's tent

Battle of Antietam—September 17, 1862

Confederate Dead at Antietam

Major Battles of the Civil War July 1-3, 1863—Battle of Gettysburg Union victory--both sides suffer heavy losses, but Lee’s defeat places the South on the defensive for the rest of the war.

Soldiers at Gettysburg

Union and Confederate Dead at Gettysburg

Major Battles of the Civil War As battles raged in the East, Union and Confederate forces also battled for control of the Mississippi River Valley. April 1862—Battle of Shiloh Ulysses S. Grant (Union) engages Albert Sidney Johnston —Union victory Johnston is killed

Major Battles of the Civil War July 1863—Siege of Vicksburg Grant lays siege to Vicksburg, Mississippi for six weeks, capturing the town in 1863 and splitting the South in two. The loss of Vicksburg cost the South control of the Mississippi River and one of its most critical shipping routes.