1. Civil War Battles

2. Civil War Battles 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 Eastern Theatre
Western Theatre
1863
1864
1865

3. 1861
Fort Sumter
Bull Run

4. Fort Sumter April 12, 1861 Confederate Victory
Union Surrenders after 34 hour bombardment
Beauregard commanded the South, Anderson commanded the Fort for the Union
No casualties during the battle
4 Union casualties during the surrender ceremony 1 killed and 3 Wounded
Starts the Civil War

5. Bull Run July 21, 1861 North-McDowell South- Beauregard and Johnston
Confederate Victory
Stonewall is Born
South fails to advance and capture Washington D.C.
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

6. Eastern Theatre 1862 Merrimack vs. Monitor Peninsula Campaign Antietam
Fredericksburg

7. Angel of Marye’s Heights
Fredericksburg
CSA-Lee
USA-Burnside
Burnside is too cautious and does not take the town early. Union soldiers are forced to march through an open field to attack Confederates who were behind a wall and on top of a hill
Major Union defeat
Angel of Marye’s Heights
Richard Kirtland

8. Merrimack vs. Monitor March 1862
C.S.S. Virginia(Merrimack)
Battle ends in a draw
U.S.S. Monitor
Presence of the Monitor stops the Merrimack from stopping the U.S. Blockade

9. Peninsula Campaign March-July 1862
Series of Battles near Richmond, Virginia
CSA-Lee
USA-McClellan
Objective was to take Richmond
Lincoln fear D.C. is vulnerable to attack calls off McClellan
Draw

10. Antietam September 1862 CSA- Lee USA –McClellan
Lee’s Order #191 found by an Indiana Private
Sunken Road
Miller’s Cornfield
Burnside’s Bridge
More Americans die on this day, than any other battle in American history.

11. Western Theatre 1862
Fort Henry and Fort Donelson
Shiloh
New Orleans

12. New Orleans April 25–May 1, 1862
Battle to control the mouth of the Mississippi River
USA-Farragut
Farragut is able to get his ships past the defenses of New Orleans and is able to control the city and later the port.
Damn the Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead

13. Shiloh April 6-7, 1862 USA-Grant/Sherman CSA-Beauregard/ S.Johnston
Conf. Catch Union by surprise pin them against the Tenn. River.
Union regroups the second day
Costly Union Victory
Hornet’s Nest
Bloody Pond
Union Gunboats
Grant criticized as a butcher

14. Fort Henry and Fort Donelson February 6, 1862 February 11-16, 1862
USA- Grant
Two key forts along the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers in Tennessee
Both Union victories
Grant issues an order of an unconditional surrender
Helps with the Anaconda Plan
Used both naval and army forces to win the battle
Estimated Casualties 17,398 total (US 2,331; CS 15,067)

15. Eastern Theatre 1863
Chancerllorsville
Gettysburg

16. Gettysburg USA-Meade CSA-Lee Turning point of the War
Lee goes into battle without proper information
July 1,2,3 1863
Union Victory
-Lack of water for Hood’s men at Devil Den
-Rebels are spotted looking for shoes in Gettysburg and the battle ensues
-On the third day, The Union uses a fishhook to stop Pickett’s Charge

17. Fishhook Defense

18. Chancellorsville USA-Hooker CSA-Jackson
Lee splits his forces up at Fredericksburg and has Jackson launch a surpise attack on the Union
Jackson is later mistakenly shot by his own men at night
Jackson dies of pneumonia as a result of the wounds
Confederate Victory

19. Western Theatre 1863
Vicksburg
Chickamauga

20. Vicksburg
"Vicksburg is the key. The war can never be brought to a close until the key is in our pocket," said. Union President Abraham Lincoln
"Vicksburg is the nail head that holds the South's two halves together," said Confederate President Jefferson Davis

21. Chickamauga CSA-Braxton Bragg USA-William Rosecrans CSA Victory
Fought because of the need to control Chattanooga.

22. Vicksburg USA-Grant CSA-Pemberton Union Siege Victory
Allowed the Union to control the Mississippi River

23. 1864 Wilderness Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg Atlanta
Sherman’s March to the Sea

24. Cold Harbor May 31 - June 12, 1864 CSA Lee USA Grant
Virginia, near Richmond
Grant orders an all out assault against the Confederates
Confederate Victory
7 Union casualty to 1 Confederate casualty
Grant underestimates the fighting spirit of the South
Grant criticized as being a butcher

25. Siege of Petersburg Most of 1864
USA-Grant
CSA-Lee
Near Richmond
Spring of 1864 to Spring 1865
Trench Battles
For the control of the railroad that leads to Richmond
Penn. Miners decide to dig a tunnel under the Confederates and fill it with gun powder and blow them up.
Draw

26. Wilderness May 5-7, 1864 USA Grant CSA Lee
Fought near Chancerlorsville in a dense woods
Soldiers get lost in the woods and fighting is very brutal.
Draw, but the U.S. does not pull away like it usually does. Grant will fight Lee.
Estimated Casualties: 29,800 total (US 18,400; CS 11,400)

27. Atlanta July 22, 1864 Estimated Casualties:
USA-Sherman
CSA-Hood
Key city of the South
Atlanta is partially burned by the troops
Union Victory
Starts Sherman’s March to the Sea
Estimated Casualties:
12,140 total (US 3,641; CS 8,499)

28. Sherman’s March to the Sea Nov-Dec 1864
Starts in Atlanta: Go to Savannah, Georgia
Destroy all factories or anything that has military need.
Total war
US soldiers forage for food
Union Victory
Interactive Map

29. 1865 Beginning of the End Five Forks Fall of Richmond
Fall of Petersburg
Appomattox Courthouse