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1 Civil War Battle Notes

2 Naming of Armies and Battles
The Union named its armies and many battles after bodies of water The Confederates named its armies by region and battles by city/town

3 Main Armies Army of the Potomac – Union army in the east, responsible for guarding Washington D.C. and attacking Richmond Army of Northern Virginia – Confederate army in the east, Lee’s army responsible for defending Richmond

4 Main Battles Battle Date State Leaders N/S
Victor & importance of outcome Fort Sumter April 12, 1865 South Carolina Anderson Beauregard Confederate victory, led Lincoln to call for 75,000 for 90 days

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6 Maj. Robert Anderson Gen. Pierre Beauregard

7 Main Battles Battle Date State Leaders N/S V & I July 21, 1861
1st Bull Run Manassas July 21, 1861 Virginia McDowell Beauregard Confederate victory, led to the Union army ask for 500,000 volunteers

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9 Main Battles Battle Date State Leaders N/S V & I Seven Days Battle
June 25 - July 1, 1862 Virginia McClellan Lee Confederate victory, Richmond (Confederate capital) saved

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11 Main Battles Battle Date State Leaders N/S V & I 2nd Bull Run Manassas
August 29-30, 1862 Virginia Pope Jackson Confederate victory, regain control of most of Virginia, Lee decides to invade the Union

12 Cavalry crossing Bull Run Creek

13 Main Battles Battle Date State Leaders N/S V & I Sept 17, 1862
Antietam Sharpsburg Sept 17, 1862 Maryland McClellan Lee Military draw, seen as political victory for Union, McClellan forced to resign, led to Emancipation Proclamation

14 Antietam Creek Bridge 1862

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

16 Main Battles Battle Date State Leaders N/S V & I Vicksburg (siege)
May 18 – July 4, 1863 Miss Grant Pemberton Union victory, gave them control of the Mississippi R. (fulfilled a major part of the Anaconda Plan)

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19 Main Battles Battle Date State Leaders N/S V & I July 1–3, 1863 Meade
Gettysburg July 1–3, 1863 Pennsylvania Meade Lee Union victory, over 43,000 casualties, the South would never invade North again

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24 Pickett’s Charge on the 3rd day of Gettysburg

25 Main Battles Battle Date State Leaders N/S V & I May 4 – 6, 1864
The Wilderness May 4 – 6, 1864 Virginia Grant Lee Confederate victory, but Union did not retreat and kept pressing Lee

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28 Main Battles Battle Date State Leaders N/S
Victor & importance of outcome Atlanta July 16 – Sept 2, 1864 Georgia Sherman Hood Union captured the “heart of the South” launched the “march to the sea” leading to total war

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31 Main Battles Battle Date State Leaders N/S V & I April 9, 1865
Appomattox Courthouse April 9, 1865 Virginia Grant Lee Lee signs the Unions terms of surrender; Confederates were allowed to return home with property (except weapons)

32 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, April 9, 1965

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