1. Major Civil War Battles

2. Essential Questions
Why did neither the Union nor the Confederacy gain a strong advantage during the early years of the war?
How did the events at Gettysburg and Vicksburg change the course of the war?
What events led to the end of the war?

3. The Battle of Hampton Roads Monitor vs. Merrimack March 9, 1862 (pg
The Battle of Hampton Roads Monitor vs. Merrimack March 9, 1862 (pg text)
Ironclad ship battle
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4. Major Civil War Land Battles
1st Battle of Bull Run
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville

5. First Battle of Bull Run / Manassas July 21, 1861 (pg. 481 text)
Main Generals
Union (North) = McDowell
Confederate (South) = Jackson, Beauregard
Outcome
Confederacy won
Lincoln fires McDowell and appoints McClellan
Major Fact
1st battle, showed Confederate’s strength
Showed that the Civil War would be long and bloody
First Battle of Bull Run / Manassas July 21, 1861 (pg. 481 text)

6. Antietam / Sharpsburg September 17, 1862 (pg. 486 text)
Main Generals
Union (North) = McClellan
Confederate (South) = Lee
Outcome
Union won
Major Fact
First major engagement on Northern soil
Bloodiest single day battle in American History (23,000 casualties)
Antietam / Sharpsburg September 17, 1862 (pg. 486 text)

7. Fredericksburg December 13, 1862 (pg. 499 text)
Main Generals
Union (North) = Burnside
Confederate (South) = Lee, Jackson
Outcome
Confederacy won
Major Fact
Worst Union defeat of the entire war
Union forces driven back 6 times
Fredericksburg December 13, 1862 (pg. 499 text)

8. Chancellorsville May 1-4, 1863 (pg. 499-500 text)
Main Generals
Union (North) = Hooker
Confederate (South) = Lee, Jackson
Outcome
Confederacy won
Major Fact
Lee’s greatest victory
Jackson shot by his own men and dies later from his wounds
Chancellorsville May 1-4, 1863 (pg text)

9. The Turning Point Battles
Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863 (pg text) Main Generals -Union (North) = Meade -Confederate (South) = Lee Outcome -Union won Major Fact -3 day battle became known as the turning point of the war -Pickett’s charge became the largest charge in American History (pg. 503 text)
Vicksburg May-July 1863 (pg. 503&505 text)
Main Generals
-Union (North) = Grant
Outcome
-Union won
Major Fact
-Siege lasted from May 22 until July 4, 1863
-Opens Mississippi River to Union trade

10. The Wilderness Campaign
(pg. 508 text)
May 5-6, 1864
Dense woods between Washington DC and Richmond, Virginia
Bloodiest 6 weeks of the war

11. Total War (pg. 512 text) William Tecumseh Sherman (Union)
Sherman’s March to the Sea
After winning at the battle of Atlanta, Sherman marched his troops to Savannah destroying everything in his path (July 20-September 2, 1864) (pg. 510 text)