1. Summary of Major Civil War Battles
Western & Eastern
Campaigns

2. Fight for Missouri Battle of Wilson’s Creek – Aug. 1861
U: Nathaniel Lyon
C: Sterling Price
Lyons outnumbered w to 1
1200 casualties
Southern half of Miss. Fell to Confeds
Battle of Pea Ridge – March 1862
U: Major Gen. Sam Curtis
C: Earl Van Dorn
Union victory
U suffered twice casualties as C
Decided fate of Missouri as Union

3. Grants Early Victories
Mill Springs, Jan Kentucky
Battles at Ft. Henry and Donelson, Feb.6, 1862
Defensive forts erected by C along Tenn & Cumberland Rivers
Engaged his former roomate General Simon Buckner
“Unconditional Surrender” Grant

4. The Battle of Shiloh Southwestern Tenn Pittsburg Landing
April 6-7, 1862
U: Grant, 42000
C: Albert Sidney Johnston, Beauregard
2 days of fighting, Union General Buell arrived with reinforcements
Nathan Bedford Forest – cavalry charge at Shiloh
Union victory
@ casualties, a number greater than all Americans fought in wars combined
Southwestern Tenn
Pittsburg Landing

5. The Battle for New Orleans
April 25, 1862: Union officer David Farragut led the successful assault on New Orleans
Pushed North and captured Natchez, Mississippi
By June, only 2 major ports on Miss. River now remain in Confederate hands
Vicksburg, MS and Port Hudson, LA

6. Lincoln’s Generals John Pope Winfield Scott Joseph Hooker
McClellan Again
Irvin McDowell
George Meade
George McClellan
Ambrose Burnside
Henry W. Halleck
Ulysses S. Grant

7. War in the East
The Peninsular Campaign – McClellan’s attempt to capture Richmond, VA
Efficient military leader, but overly cautious
Hit Richmond from Southeast
April 1862, lay siege to Yorktown
May 1862 Battle of Seven Pines
U: McClellan C: Joseph Johnston (Union Vic)

8. War in East The Seven Day’s Battle (June 25-July 1, 1862)
McClellan vs. Lee (Jackson)
James Jeb Stuart gatherer on info.
McClellan is pushed back from Richmond
Peninsular Campaign fails – McClellan is sacked and Halleck takes over
U casualties: 16,000 C casualties: 20,000, but Confed. victory

9. War in the East Second Battle of Bull Run – Aug. 30, 1862
U: General Pope C: Lee, Jackson,
James Longstreet
Pope encounters Lee on way to Richmond
Halleck unable to motivate McClellan to reinforce Pope in timely manner
Pope pushed all the way back to Washington D.C
U C
Pope is sacked as Field Commander, Halleck is also sacked.
McClellan reinstated!

10. Battle of Antietam-Sept. 17, 1862 Sharpsburg, MD
U: McClellan (Burnside,
C: Lee (Longstreet, 40,000
Lee’s 1st attempt to invade the North
“Bloodiest single day of the War”
Very important battle for foreign aid for Confederates
Dead and wounded exceed 10,000 for both sides 23-26K)
A moment that alters history “the note” – Lee had divided his army to attack Harpers Ferry
Lee retreats (loses about 25% of his army) but McClellan fails to pursue him

11. The Emancipation Proclamation
Jan. 1, 1863
Free slaves in confederate states
Encouraged AA to enlist in Union army (July 1862 law)
Over 180,000 fought in Union army
54th Mass. Infanty

12. Battle of Fredericksburg, VA – Dec. 11-13, 1862
New General – Ambrose Burnside
His strategy: march his 122,000 soldiers straight toward Richmond
Despite numerical advantage, Union troops are routed by Lee with severe casualties (Confeds. Had higher ground)
Great slaughter pen – Burnside ordered men across open plain
12,000 for Union vs. 5,000 for Confeds.

13. Battle of Chancellorsville April 30, 1863
Burnside transferred out west & replaced by General Joseph “Fighting Joe” Hooker
Union: 134,000 troops, doubled C
Hooker’s Daring Plan: divide his large army into 3 parts in order to cut off supply lines and attack flanks
Hooker overly hesitant as well
Lee’s Perfect battle: divided his army and attacked Union forces from two sides men)
Confederate Victory
Jackson killed by friendly fire

14. Dead at Chancellorsville