1. Major Battles of the Civil War 1861-1865

2. Victor & importance of outcome
Antietam Sharpsburg
Date
State
Leaders N/S
Victor & importance of outcome
Sept 17, 1862
Maryland
George McClellan
Robert E Lee
Military draw; seen as political victory for Union
Bloodiest day of the war– 25,000 casualties
McClellan forced to resign
led to Emancipation Proclamation

5. Antietam Creek Bridge 1862

6. Dunker Church (present day memorial and with dead Union & Confederates after 9/17/1862)

7. Victor & importance of outcome
Fredericksburg
Date
State
Leaders N/S
Victor & importance of outcome
Dec 13, 1862
Virginia
Ambrose Burnside
Robert E Lee
Confederate victory
stops final Union advance of 1862

10. Looking across the Rappahannock River from the direction of the Union attack on Fredericksburg. Confederate forces had destroyed the bridges to make the crossing more difficult for the Union.

11. Union artillery at Fredericksburg

12. Chancellorsville May 2 to May 4 1863 Virginia Joseph Hooker
Date
State
Leaders N/S
Victor & importance of outcome
May 2 to
May
Virginia
Joseph Hooker
Robert E Lee
Confederate victory
Lee soundly beat an army that outnumbered him 2:1
Stonewall Jackson killed

15. The Death of Stonewall Jackson
After the first day of fighting, Jackson was shot by friendly fire while returning to camp.
Jackson lost his left arm from his wound and it was buried near Chancellorsville; he died a 8 days later on, May 10, from his wounds
With Stonewall Jackson’s death, Lee lost one of his best generals.
Lee: “I have lost my right arm, and I am bleeding at the heart”