1. Major Battles of The War Between the States
The Civil War
Major Battles of
The War Between the States

2. Major Battles of the Civil War
Union Victory -
Confederate Victory -
Antietam
Gettysburg
Sherman’s March
1st Bull Run
Shiloh
Fort Sumter
Vicksburg

3. Fort Sumter Location/date - Ft. Sumter, SC. April 12th- 14th 1861
Generals - Union - Robert Anderson Confederate - P.G.T. Beauregard
Strategy - Confederate cannons bombarded Fort Sumter
for 34 hours
Casualties - Union Confederate
Outcome - Union forces surrendered the fort
Significance?

4. The 1st Battle of Bull Run
Location/date - Manassas, VA. July 21st 1861
Generals - Union - Irvin McDowell Confederate -P.G.T. Beauregard
Confederate- Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Strategy - Union forces invade the South in an attempt to capture the railroad junction in Manassas, VA
Casualties - Union - 2, Confederate - 1,982
Outcome -Confederate Victory
Significance?

5. The Battle of Antietam
Location/date - Antietam, MD. September 17th 1862
Generals - Union - George B. McClellan Confederate - Robert E. Lee
Strategy - Robert E. Lee wanted a Southern victory on Union territory.
Casualties - Union - 12, Confederate - 10,316
Outcome - Union Victory
Significance?

6. The Battle of Gettysburg
Location/date - Gettysburg, PA. July 1st -3rd 1863
Generals - Union - George G. Meade Confederate - Robert E. Lee
Strategy - Southern forces invade Northern territory. If the South can win a major victory in the North they might win the war!
Casualties - Union - 23, Confederate - 23,231
Outcome -Very important Union Victory.
Significance?

7. The Siege of Vicksburg
Location/date - Vicksburg, MS. May 18th - July4th 1863
Generals - Union - Ulysses S. Grant Confederate -John C. Pemberton
Strategy - Siege and bombardment of Vicksburg from land and water.
Casualties - Union - 4, Confederate - 3,202 Killed. 29,495 Surrendered
Outcome -Important Union Victory
Significance?

8. Sherman’s March to the Sea
Location/date -Atlanta to Savannah, GA. Sept- Dec 1864
Generals - Union - William Tecumseh Sherman Confederate -Various
Strategy -General Sherman’s army destroys all resources in its path, Total War, in order to prove to the South that they are defeated.
Casualties - Union - ~4, Confederate - ~7,188
Outcome - Union Victory.
Significance?

9. The Battle of Shiloh Location/date - Shiloh, TN. April 6th 1862
Generals - Union - Ulysses S. Grant Confederate -Albert Sidney Johnston
Strategy - Southern surprise attack on Union Army. Union caught completely by surprise.
Casualties - Union - 13, Confederate -10,699
Outcome - Union Victory
Significance?