1. Battles Month,Year,
Location
Outcome Significant Point
1 Fort Sumter April, 1861
near Charleston,
South Carolina
Confederate
Victory
Confederacy demanded that the Union surrender
the fort, since the fort was now Confederate
territory ;
Lincoln was requested to send troops and supplies.
The Union refused to give up the fort, so the
Confederacy opened fire on them.
This was the battle that led to the Civil War.
No casualties during the battle.
2 Skirmish at
Phillippi
June3, 1861
Phillippi
Union Victory Col. George A. Porterfield's was in charge of
virginia. he didn't have experienced officers.
He was attacked by a union General, George B. Mc
Clellan was going to attack him. The union General
attacked him, but he had already gone away. This
was the first victory for the North.
3 Battle of Big
Bethel
June10, 1861
Big Bethel
Confederate
Victory
General Butler attacked the rebels at Big Bethel. He
sent two columns to diliver an attack on the rebels
secretly.
However the rebels were alarmed and the fired
back. Later on General Butler's
men withdrew.
4 First Battle of
Bull Run
July, 1861
Near Manassas,
Virginia
Confederate
Victory
Poorly prepared Union army led by Irving
McDowell marched against and fired on
Confederate army;
Confederate forces were at first driven back, but
reinforcements came up behind Jackson and broke
the Union flank, driving the Union army back.
Thomas Jackson earned his nickname, “Stonewall".
5 Battle of Fort
Henry
Jan-Feb6, 1862
Fort Henry
Union Victory a union General, General Ulysses Grant got an
approval from General Hallec, in order to take over
Fort Henry.
A General of the Confederate Army, Gen.
Tilghman was Brave and Courageous.
His goals were to secure Fort Henry and Fort
Donelson. Although he wasn't a quitter, he was
"outgunned".
Finally he surrended Fort Henry to the unioun
Army
6 Capture of
Elizabeth City
Feb8, 1862
Elizabeth City
Union Victory The Union Army, led by Capt. Stephen C. Rowan's
went into Elizabeth city with his gun boats.
They fired at and subdued Confederate Capt.
William F. Lynch forces there. The CSS Clack
Warrior
was extremely damaged from the attack.
7 Shiloh April, 1862
Pittsburgh
Landing,
Tennessee
Union Victory 2 day battle; Ulysses Grant marched toward
Corinth, MS; General Albert S. Johnston gathered
troops to halt his advance.
Grant stopped and gathered reinforcements;
then Johnston attacked,surprising the Union. It was
a very bloody battle.
Grant’s troops won, but both sides suffered many
casualties.
8 Second Battle of
Bull Run
August, 1862
9 Harpers Ferry September,
1862

2. 10Battle of Antietam September,
1862
11Battle of
Fredericksburg
December,
1862
12Battle of Stones
River
December-
January, 1862-
1863
Stone River,
Tennessee
Union
Victory
The victory of the battle rose
up the Union's moral.
13Battle of
Chancellorsville
April-May,
1863
14Vicksburg May-July, 1863
Vicksburg,
Mississippi
Union
Victory
The Union army laid siege on
Confederate army in
Vicksburg;
forced some of the city people
to live in caves to avoid being
shelled;
virtually split in
half the Confederate army;
known as one of the most
brilliant campaigns in the war
15Gettysburg July, 1863
Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania
Union
Victory
Robert E. Lee’s troops attacked the
Union army in Gettysburg,
but on the third day they were driven
back;
massive three day battle;
Pickett’s Charge cut the Union line,
but
the Confederates were driven back;
Lee’s wounded was a trail of fourteen
miles; turn-around for the Union
16Lawrence
Massacre
August, 1863
Lawrence,
Kansas
Confederate
Victory
General Thomas Ewing of the Union,
was trying to stop William C.
Quantrill and his guerrilla.
He got into Kansas City and began to
arrest people that he felt were helping
Quantril and his guerrilla.
He kept the in a prison cell in Kansas,
however the prison collapsed and
some people were killed,
and some of them were injured.
When Quantrill heard this, he was
outraged, and he set out to
Lawrence, Kansas, to destroy and kill

3. people there as an answer.
17Battle of
Chickamauga
September, 1863
Chickamauga,
Georgia
Confederate
Victory
The Confederates didn't gain
any profit from the battle
because the Union army
just went and retreated back
to Chattanooga and had time
for reinforcements.
18Battle of
Chattanooga
November, 1863
Chattanooga
Valley,
Tennessee
Union
Victory
Confederate soldiers were
under General Braxton
Bragg and
Union soldiers were under
General Rosecrans and
Grant.
19Battle of Cold
Harbor
May-June, 1864
Cold Harbor,
Virginia
Confederate
Victory
Grant ordered attack on the
Bethesda Church-Cold
Harbor line and he
commented that the attack
was the only regret he had.
20Siege of
Petersburg
June, 1864
Petersburg,
Virginia
Confederate
Victory
Union General James
Morton died as one the
Union casualties.