Confederate leader Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard and Union leader Major Robert Anderson
The Confederacy bombarded Fort Sumter
Confederates won
0 deaths
This was the official start of the Civil War
As part of the surrender terms, Anderson fired a 100-gun salute while lowering the American flag
Battle of
Chancellorsville
Battle of
Chancellorsville
April 30 - May 6, 1863
57,352 Confederate soldiers and 97,382 Union soldiers
Confederate leader General Robert E. Lee and Union leader Major General Joseph Hooker
Confederate victory
12,700 Confederate deaths and 17,200 Union deaths
⅔ of the total casualties happened on one day May 3
Lee was out numbered by a ration of 5:2
Battle of
Gettysburg
Battle of
Gettysburg
July 1-3, 1863
75,054 Confederate soldiers and 83,289 Union soldiers
Confederate leader General Robert E. Lee and Union leader General George G. Meade
Union victory
28k Confederate deaths and 23k Union deaths
General Robert E Lee Lost ⅓ of his army in this battle
During one point of the battle 6,500 Confederates died in one hour, it was called "Pickets Charge"
Battle of
Chickamagua
Battle of
Chickamauga
September 18-20, 1863
60k Confederate soldiers and 65k Union soldiers
Confederate leader General Braxton Bragg and Union leader Major General William Rosecrans
Confederate victory
18,454 Confederate deaths and 16,179 Union deaths
Chickamauga was the bloodiest battle of more than 110 fought in the Western Theater
The Native American word “chickamauga” means “river of death”
Battle of
the Wilderness
Battle of
the
Wilderness
May 5-7, 1864
61,025 Confederate soldiers and 101,895 Union soldiers
Confederate leader General Robert E. Lee and Union leader General Ulysses S. Grant
Victory results inconclusive
11,400 Confederate deaths and 18,400 Union deaths
11 generals (7 Confederate and 4 Union) were killed in the Battle of the Wilderness
Over 200 soldiers suffocated or burned to death because of the wildfires during battle
Battle of
Spotsylvania Courthouse
Battle of
Spotsylvania
Courthouse
May 8-21, 1864
52 k Confederate soldiers and 100 k Union soldiers
Confederate leader General Robert E. Lee and Union leader General Ulysses S. Grant
Victory results inconclusive
12k Confederate deaths and 18,339 Union deaths
Started 1 day after the Battle of the Wilderness
Union Major General Sedgwick was killed by a sharpshooter’s bullet after he assured his troops they were out of Confederate range
Battle of
Nashville
December 15-16, 1864
21k Confederate soldiers and 70k Union soldiers
Confederate leader John Bell Hood and Union leader george h thomas
Union victory
4,450 confederate deaths and 2100 union deaths
It has been called the only perfectly fought battle of the war because it happened very closely to the victor’s battle plan than any other battle
It had a large number of United States Colored Troops engaged in the fighting
Interesting Facts
Union army was twice the size of the Confederate army
30% of all Southern white males between the ages of 18 and 40 died in the war
66% of the deaths in the war were due to disease
Lincoln dreamed of getting assassinated only a few days before he was killed by John Wilkes Booth.
Many of the Southern men already knew how to shoot a gun from hunting. The Northern men tended to work in factories and many didn't know how to fire a gun, but still won the war