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Christine Farrell
Christine Farrell
6.03-At the Front
1/13/03
AP History
Mr. Gordon
Battle
Date
Location
Significance
First Battle of Bull Run
July 21, 1861
Virginia,
near Bull Run
The Confederates won the 5-hour battle, which encouraged
the South and spurred the North to greater effort. The battle also changed
the status of the conflict from a rebellion to civil war. Known as the first
engagement of the war.
Shiloh
April 6, 1862
3 miles from Pittsburgh Landing, along the Tennessee
River
Union troops were being drawn back, until Johnston
was killed. Operations were suspended a few hours later. The next day, Grant
attacked the Confederates and forced them to withdraw to Corinth,
Miss., and Grant regained all the land
he’d lost.
Battle of
Seven Pines
Second Battle
of Bull Run
August 29 & 30, 1862
Virginia,
near Bull Run
J.E.B. Stuart’s horsemen raided Pope’s camp
and stole his dress uniform and strategy book. By the time Pope’s
troops found Jackson, Lee’s
army had joined them. Longstreet’s corps soon
drove the Union forces from the field. The highest percentage of deaths in
any battle of the war was reached by one New York
regiment that day. Pope was dispatched, and McClellan was called to take
command and reorganize.
Antietam
September 17,
1862
Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg,
Maryland
Lee led about 50,000 Confederate troops and attempted to
invade the North, but were met by McClellan and
about 70,000 union men at Antietam Creek. McClellan
defeated the Confederates and they retreated against the Potomac
River the next day. The battle was viewed as a success to the Union
and Lincoln saw it as a
prerequisite to the issuance of a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
Fredericksburg
Dec. 13-15, 1862
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Burnside intended to cross the Rappahannock
River and encircle and capture Fredericksburg.
The Union crossing was delayed however, and Lee approached the River and
fortified the heights commanding the river. The Union army finally crossed
the river and attacked the Confederates, but the attacks were repelled by the
Confederates. The Union troops were defeated and forced to withdraw to Falmouth,
Va.
Chancellorsville
April 27, 1863
Chancellorsville,
Va.
On May 1, Hooker withdrew his troops to Chancellorsville. The next day, Lee moved to
attack Hooker. Stonewall Jackson attacked Hooker’s right flank, while
Lee struck the front. The attack cut the Union army almost in two. Hooker
retreated three days later. Jackson
was accidentally shot by his own men, and died on May 10.
Vicksburg
April 1863
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
Battle of Cold
Harbor
Sherman’s
March to the Sea (numerous battles)
Appomattox