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(https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg)

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(https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-chancellorsville)

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Robert E. Lee came up with Special Order 191 as the Confederate plans for moving into Virginia. When two Union soldiers came across a copy of this document, they immediately used it towards the Union advantage. On September 14th, 3 days before battle, Confederate generals encountered the Union army, and suffered many casualties. By the time the battle began, Confederate troops were worn out, sick, and hungry, and had been brutally outnumbered at the Sunken Road, renamed the "bloody lane" after 23,000 casualties in one day. This battle resulted in Union victory.

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Confederate: Robert E. Lee, D.H. Hill, and James Longstreet
Union: George McClellan

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Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee had planned to invade the North in hopes of capturing territories and move into Virginia

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September 17th, 1862 at Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland

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https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/vicksburg-campaign

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There had been many miscommunications between Burnside and left wing commander William B. Franklin, when Franklin could have sent 50,000 when given the opportunity. Because of his failure to do so, Confederate Stonewall Jackson was able to launch a successful counterattack on Franklin. The Union army had suffered more than 13,000 casualties, while the Confederate army suffered less than 5,000

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The confederate forces initiated a surprise attack on the Union troops. The outcome of this battle was a victory for the Union. This battle was the first battle of the American Civil war in which saw an extensive amount of fatalities. This battle was significant because it was the battle with the most casualties; estimating 23,000. This battle was one of the most bloody and violent battles during the time of the American Civil War.

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Ulysses S. Grant led the union army and Albert Sidney Johnston led the confederate army.

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The objective of this battle was to fight back the union army because Johnston initiated a surprise attack on Grant's camps near Shiloh Church.

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Confederate: Robert E. Lee
Union: Ambrose Burnside

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The battle of Shiloh took place in Tennessee on the dates April 6th and 7th of the year 1862.

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1. https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/first-battle-of-bull-run

2. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/bull-run

3. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-shiloh-begins

4. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/apr7/battle-shiloh/

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The outcome of the battle of Bull Run was a victory for the Confederates. The northerners wanted to get ahead and progress on Richmond, Virginia after the meeting of the Confederate Congress. This battle was extremely significant because it was the first battle leading to the American Civil War.

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The generals who participated in the Battle of Bull Run were Irvin McDowell and Beauregard. Irvin Mcdowell led the union army against the confederate army, led by Beauregard.

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The main goal of the Confederacy was to win the war without loss. The Confederates needed to extend the duration of their main conflict in order to convince the Union that their victory would be too catastrophic to reinforce.

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Ambrose Burnside was appointed new commanding general for the Union army and led over 120,000 troops to Robert E. Lee's 80,000 troops over the Rappahannock River.

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December 11-15, 1862 in Fredericksburg, Virginia

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The First Battle of Bull Run was fought on July 21st, 1861 in Prince William County, Virginia.

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Confederate: General Robert E. Lee
Union: General Joseph Hooker

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The confederate army had faced many crushing losses and they needed a win to boost the army’s ambition

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Considered to be Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s greatest victory during the American Civil War. When Lee split his forces and attacked, Hooker was forced to retreat across the Rappahannock River. Lee’s victory came at a high cost, however. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, one of his most trusted generals, was mortally wounded by friendly fire during the battle

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April 30 to May 6, 1863
in Virginia

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Lee's hopes of a victorious invasion of the North did not end in a victory for General Lee. That night, the Confederate general returned to Virginia. The battle was a crushing defeat for the Confederacy. Union casualties in the battle numbered 23,000, while the Confederates had lost some 28,000 men–more than a third of Lee’s army. The south’s hope for foreign recognition of the Confederacy erased.

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Union: General George G. Meade

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Confederate: Robert E. Lee

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General Lee was brimming with confidence after winning their last battle, so he decided to go on the offensive for the second time in the war and attack the north. Lee also hoped to gain recognition of the Confederacy by Britain and France and strengthen the cause of northern “Copperheads” who favored peace

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July 1-3 in 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennslyvannia

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The Confederacy was split in half. General Pemberton's army was lost and so was the Confederacy's stronghold on the Mississippi River.

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It was a Union victory on Champion Hill. Pemberton retreated and Grant took the city by the end of May.
Union succeeded in splitting the confederacy.

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Confederacy General John C. Pemberton vs. Union General Ulysses S. Grant

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To take the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg. It was halfway between Memphis to the north and New Orleans to the south.

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May 18, 1863 – July 4, 1863 Vicksburg, Mississippi