Part III.  August 28 – 30, 1862  Virginia (Prince William County)  Commanders: Pope (USA) / Lee (CSA)  Significance:  With Union defeated, Lee lead.

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Part III

 August 28 – 30, 1862  Virginia (Prince William County)  Commanders: Pope (USA) / Lee (CSA)  Significance:  With Union defeated, Lee lead his army across the Potomac River into Maryland for the Confederacy’s first invasion of the US.

 September 16 – 18, 1862  Maryland (Washington County)  Commanders: McClellan (USA) / Lee (CSA)  Significance:  McClellan drove Lee’s troops from Maryland, but he didn’t pursue Lee into Virginia.  This gave Lincoln the “victory” he needed to deliver the Emancipation Proclamation

 December 11 – 15, 1862  Virginia  Commanders: Burnside (USA) / Lee (CSA)  Significance:  Major Confederate victory with minimal casualties  Burnside was removed from command

 December 31 – January 2, 1862  Murfreesboro, Tennessee  Commanders: Rosecrans (USA) / Bragg (CSA)  Significance:  Bragg’s army revolted against him.  Union victory that secured control of Middle Tennessee for the rest of the war.

 April 30 – May 6, 1863  Virginia (Spotsylvania County)  Commanders: Hooker (USA) / Lee (CSA)  Significance:  Death of Gen. Stonewall Jackson due to friendly fire

 Siege : A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or area, cutting off supplies, with the aim of compelling surrender.  May 18 – July 4, 1863  Mississippi  Commanders: Grant (USA) / Pemberton (CSA)  Significance:  Soldiers and civilians suffered a 47 day siege  Pemberton surrendered on July 4, giving the Union control of the Mississippi River

 July 1 – 3, 1863  Pennsylvania (Adams County)  Commanders: Meade (USA) / Lee (CSA)  Significance  Lee’s second and final US invasion failed

 May 5 – 7, 1864  Virginia  Commanders: Grant (USA) / Lee (CSA)  Significance:  Battle was a tactical draw.  However, Grant did not retreat like the other Union generals before him.

 July 22, 1864  Georgia  Commanders: Sherman (USA) / Hood (CSA)  Significance:  Confederate defeat which led to the Union siege and ultimate fall of Atlanta on Sept. 2, 1864

 November 30, 1864  Tennessee  Commanders: Schofield (USA) / Hood (CSA)  Significance:  Union victory decimated the Army of Tennessee.  Fourteen Confederate generals died, more than any other battle in the war.