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CIVIL WAR BATTLES & TERMS
Battle
Dates
Generals
Outcome
1st Battle of Bull Run
July 21, 1861
USA – Irvin McDowell
CSA – Thomas
“Stonewall” Jackson
The Union is
dominated.
Forts Henry and
Donelson
11 Days in February,
1862
USA – Ulysses S. Grant,
Andrew H. Foote
CSA – Lloyd Tilghman,
John B. Floyd, Gideon
Pillow, Simeon B.
Bucker
The Union captures
both forts.
Shiloh
April 6-7, 1862
USA – Ulysses S. Grant
CSA – Albert Johnston
Although the Union is
ambushed, Grant is still
able to force the CSA to
retreat.
7 Days Battle
June 25-July 1, 1862
USA – George McLellan
CSA – Robert E Lee
Confederates lost more
men, but McLellan
didn’t pursue Lee.
2nd Battle of Bull Run
August 29-30, 1862
USA – John Pope
CSA – Robert E Lee,
Stonewall Jackson
Even as Confederates
are short in number,
Pope is beaten.
Antietam
September 17, 1862
USA – George McLellan
CSA – Robert E Lee
Although McLellan
learns the enemy plans
and slaughters them, he
wimps out once again.
Fredericksburg
December 13, 1862
USA – Ambrose
Burnside
CSA – Robert E Lee
Lee wins a bloody battle
when Burnside storms
base.
Gettysburg
July 1-3, 1863
USA – George G Meade
CSA – Robert E Lee
Tide of the war turns
with the Union’s
victory.
Chancellorsville
April 30 to May 6, 1863
USA – Joseph Hooker
CSA – Robert E Lee
Confederates win
decisively.
Chattanooga
November 23-25, 1863
USA – Ulysses S. Grant
CSA – Braxton Bragg
Union victory that
opens the door for
invasion of the Deep
South.
Chickamauga
September 18-20, 1863
USA – William
Rosecrans
CSA – Braxton Bragg
Major confederate
victory.
Sherman’s March to
the Sea
November 15 to
December 22, 1864
USA – William
Tecumseh Sherman
CSA - Various
Sherman marches to
Savannah Georgia,
destroying everything in
his path.
Grant’s Pursuit of Lee
May 4 to June 18, 1864
USA – Ulysses S. Grant
CSA – Robert E Lee
Grant “the Butcher”
loses 65,000 men,
causes irreversible
damage to the CSA
though.
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Terms
1) Boys in blue – Union Soldiers
2) Boys in g