CIVIL WAR BATTLES
Fort Sumter Place: Fort Sumter, South Carolina Date: April 12-14, 1861 Generals: Union: Major Robert Anderson Confederate: Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard Results: Confederate Victory Significance: Civil War Begins
Gettysburg Place: Pennsylvania Date: July 1-3, 1863 Generals: Union: George G. Meade Confederate: Robert E. Lee Results: Union Victory Significance: Turning point in Civil War
Atlanta Campaign Place: Georgia Date: July 22, 1864 Generals: Union: William T. Sherman Confederate: John Bell Hood Results: Union Victory Significance: Bring the war to the South
Sherman’s March to the Sea Place: Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia Date: November 15 – December 22, 1864 Generals: Union: William T. Sherman Confederate: John Bell Hood Results: Union Victory Significance: Destroyed everything that could help the South in the war.
Appomattox Courthouse Place: Virginia Date: April 9, 1865 Generals: Union: Ulysses S. Grant Confederate: Robert E. Lee Results: Union Victory Significance: Lee surrendered to Grant
1st Bull Run - Manassas Place: Virginia Date: July 21, 1861 Generals: Union: Irvin McDowell Confederate: Joseph E. Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson Results: Confederate Victory Significance: 1st battle of the Civil War
Antietam Place: Sharpsburg, Maryland Date: September 16-18, 1862 Generals: Union: George B. McClellan Confederate: Robert E. Lee Results: Union Victory
Vicksburg Place: Mississippi Date: May 18 - July 4, 1863 Generals: Union: Ulysses S. Grant Confederate: John C. Pemberton Results: Union Victory