1. The Civil War
Chapter 16
Part 3

2. 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

3. Major Battles of the Civil War

4. Home destroyed during First Battle of Bull Run—July 1861

5. 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

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

9. Battle of Antietam—September 17, 1862

10. Confederate Dead at Antietam

11. 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.

13. Soldiers at Gettysburg

14. Union and Confederate Dead at Gettysburg

15. 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

16. 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.