1. Battles
WHEN
Where
Generals in Charge
Who
Wins
Why is this battle so important
Battle of
Bull Run
July
1861
Virginia
U – McLellan
C – “Stonewall Jackson”
Confederates
-showed both sides that troops needed to be trained.
The war would be long and bloody
Battle of Antietam
Sept
1862
Maryland
U- McLellan
C - Lee
-Neither side
A winner.
Lee retreats Union takes the victory.
Long blood battle 23,000 union and Confederates troops killed or wounded.
Fredericksburg
Dec
U-Burnside
One of the worst defeats for the Union.

2. Battles
WHEN
Where
Generals in Charge
Who
Wins
Why is this battle so important
Battle of
Chancellorsville
May
1863
Virginia
U – Hooker
C – Lee &
Stonewall Jackson
Confederates
Lee’s greatest Victory.
Jackson was killed by his own troops. (oops)
Battle of Shiloh
In the West
April
1862
Tennessee
U – Grant
C – Johnston
Union
-Bloodiest battles in the Civil War.
Win allows the Union to control the Mississippi.