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Fort Sumter
The Confederates won this battle. This battle was important because it sparked the start of the Civil War. -
1st Battle of Bull Run
The leaders for the union was General McDowell, and the Confederate leader was General Pt Beauregard and Stonewall Jackson. The Confederates won. This battle was important becuase it was the 1st battle, and it changed the view of the war. The North realized that the war could be longer than they thought. -
Battle of Shiloh
The leaders for the Union were Ulysses S. Grant and William "Tecumseh" Sherman. The leader for the Confederates was General Beauregard. The Union won. This battle was important because it was a stategic win toward the Union's control of the Mississippi river. -
Fall of New Orleans
The leader for the Union was Captain Farragut. The Union won. It was important becuase the Union now had complete control over the Mississippi river, so the South wouldn't have acess to the ports or river. -
Antietam
The leader for the Union was McCellan and Robert E. Lee was the leader for the Confederates. Neither side won this battle. It was important because the Union was able to prevent Lee from moving the war into Northern Land. It also cause the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
The Union leader was General Amborse Burnside and the Confederate leader was General Lee. The Confederates won. This battle was important becuase South won again -
Battle of Chancellorsville
The Union leader was General Joseph Hooker and the Confederate leader was Genral Lee and General Jackson. The Confederates won. This battle was important because it ruined Union plan of attacking Richmond. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Union leader was General Meade and the Confederate leaders were General Lee and General Pickett. The Union won. This battle was important because it ended confederate hope of getting help from Britain and France. It was also the turning point in the was. This battle ended on July 4, 1863. -
Siege of Vicksburg
The leader for the Union was General Grant, and the leader for the Confederates was everyone! The Union won. This was important because it was a major turning point in the war, and the Confederates separated in half and lost control of the Mississippi river in the South. -
Wilderness Campaign
The leader for the Union was General Grant, and the leader for the Confederates was General Lee. This battle was important because there were many casualties (6th bloodies weeks of the war), and both sides had a hard time fighting in the wilderness. -
Farragut At Mobile Bay
The leader for the Union was David Farragut. This was important becuase the Union finally took the last port east of the Mississippi! -
Sherman's March to the Sea
The leader for the Union was General Sherman. The Union destroyed cities, and farmlands across Georgia to the Atlantic and through the Carolinas. Thousands of enslaved people were freed! -
The Fall of Richmond/Surrender at Appomattox
The Union leader was Grant and the Confederate leader was Lee. At the fall of Richmond, Lee surrendered and Davis ran away. The Union had finally captured Richmond! At the surrender at Appomattox, Lee and Davis retreated. Lee continued to fight, but soon surrendered. The Union had won the Civil War!
