Civil War Timeline - Katherine

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  • First Battle of Bull Run

    First Battle of Bull Run
    Date it happened: July 21, 1861
    State it happened in: Virginia
    Description from word bank: Largest amount of troops involved in battle
    Who won the battle: Confederate of forces involved from each side: Union: 28,450
    Confederate: 32,230 of soldiers that died on each side: Union: 2,896
    Confederate: 1,982

  • Glorieta Pass

    Glorieta Pass
    Date it happened: March 26, 1862
    State it happened in: New Mexico
    Description from word bank: 54th Massachusetts attacked and lost
    Who won the battle: Union of forces involved from each side: Union: 1,300
    Confederate: 1,340 of soldiers that died on each side: Union: 147
    Confederate: 222

  • Shiloh

    Shiloh
    Date it happened: April 6, 1862
    State it happened in: Tennessee
    Description from word bank: Bloodiest Battle of the War
    Who won the battle: Union of forces involved from each side: Union: 65,085
    Confederate: 44,968 of soldiers that died on each side: Union: 13,047
    Confederate: 10,669

  • Antietam

    Antietam
    Date it happened: September 16, 1862
    State it happened in: Maryland
    Description from word bank: First Confederate Victory. Shows the war will be long
    Who won the battle: Inconclusive of forces involved from each side: Union: 87,000
    Confederate: 45,000 of soldiers that died on each side: Union: 12,401
    Confederate: 10,316

  • Fredericksburg

    Fredericksburg
    Date it happened: December 11, 1862
    State it happened in: Virginia
    Description from word bank: Lee's greatest victory
    Who won the battle: Confederate of forces involved from each side: Union: 100,000
    Confederate: 72,500 of soldiers that died on each side: Union: 12,500
    Confederate: 6,000

  • Fort Wagner

    Fort Wagner
    Date it happened: December 11, 1862
    State it happened in: Virginia
    Description from word bank: Lee's greatest victory
    Who won the battle: Confederate of forces involved from each side: Union: 100,000
    Confederate: 72,500 of soldiers that died on each side: Union: 12,500
    Confederate: 6,000

  • Chancellorsville

    Chancellorsville
    Date it happened: April 30, 1863
    State it happened in: Virginia
    Description from word bank: Union Victory that split the confederacy in half
    Who won the battle: Confederate of forces involved from each side: Union: 97,382
    Confederate: 57,352 of soldiers that died on each side: Union: 17,204
    Confederate: 13,460

  • Vicksburg

    Vicksburg
    Date it happened: May 18, 1863
    State it happened in: Mississippi
    Description from word bank: Bloodiest Day in America
    Who won the battle: Union of forces involved from each side: Union: 77,000
    Confederate: 33,000 of soldiers that died on each side: Union: 4,910
    Confederate: 32,363

  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg
    Date it happened: July 1st, 1863
    State it happened in: Pennsylvania
    Description from word bank: Gettysburg of the West for stopping Confederate invasion of New Mexico Territory
    Who won the battle: Union of forces involved from each side: Union: 93,921
    Confederate: 71,699 of soldiers that died on each side: Union: 23,049
    Confederate: 28,063

  • Appomattox

    Appomattox
    Date it happened: April 9, 1865
    State it happened in: Virginia
    Description from word bank: End of War
    Who won the battle: Union