Civil War

Fort Sumter

Apr 13, 1861

*Confederate forces around Charleston Harbor opened fire on Fort Sumpter
*80 Union soldiers
*500 Confederate soldiers
*Union General Robert Anderson
*Confederate General P.G.T. Beaureguard
*Start of the Civil War

Bull Run

Jul 17, 1861

*Battle was in Virginia
*28,450 Union soldiers
*32,230 Confederate soldiers
*Union General Irvin McDowell
*Confederate Generals Joeseph E. Johnston & P.G.T. Beauregard
*Unions plan was shoot at the confederates across Bull Run, well other soldiers crossed Sudleys Ford & slowly make their way to attack the Confederates left flank.

Monitor vs. Merimack

Mar 9, 1862

*The CSS Virginia ramed the Cumberland with its huge 1,500lb ram!
*1,400 Union soldiers
*188 Confederate soldiers
*Union General John L. Worden
*Confederate General Buchanan

Richmond

Aug 30, 1862

*Confederate troops encountered Union troops while going North and they began to fight
*4,900 Union soldiers
*750 Confedrate soldiers
*Union General William Nelson
*Confederate General E. Kirby Smith

Antietam

Sep 18, 1862

*Sharpsburg, Maryland
*87,000 Union soldiers
*45,000 Confederate soldiers
*Union General George B. Mclellan
*Confederate General Robert E. Lee
*Bloodiest day in American military history

Fredericksburg

Dec 12, 1862

*Fredricksburg, Virginia
*100,007 Union soldiers
*72,497 Confederate soldiers
*Featured the first river crossing in American military history
*Union General Ambrose E. Burnside
*Confederate General Robert E. Lee

Vicksburg

May 19, 1863

*Union forces were trying to capture a Confederate fort in Vicksburg
*77,000 Union soldiers
*33,000 Confederate soldiers
*Union General Ulysses S. Grant
*Confederate General John C. Pemberton

Gettysburg

Jul 2, 1863

*Chancellorsville, Virginia
*93,291 Union soldiers
*71,699 Confederate soldiers
*Union General George G. Meade
*Confederate General Robert E. Lee
*The South wanted to strenthen the peace movement in the North