Major civil war battles timeline by Nandani Shrivastava

Campaign of Overland

shrivastavam7608 — 2024-09-18 18:27:26 UTC

Description: The Campaign of Overland was an eight-day war. The commanders were Ulysses S. Grant for the Union and Robert E. Lee for the Confederacy.

Location: Spotsylvania Court House.

Winners: Indecisive

Casualties: The estimated casualties were 88,000 where 55,000 were from the Union and 33,000 were from the Confederacy.

Significance: The Overland Campaign was the beginning of the end for Lee's army and for the Confederacy, as well.

Battle of Atlanta

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Description: The battle of Atlanta was a one-day war. The commanders were William T. Sherman for the Union and John Bell Hood for the Confederacy. The total number of forces engaged was 75,301 and 34,863 were for the Union and 40,438 for the confedracy.

Location: Fulton County,GA

Winner: Union

Casualties: The estimated casualties were 9,222 where 3,722 were from the Union and 5,500 were from the Confederacy.

Significance: The Atlanta Campaign led to the capture of that critical Confederate city and opened the door for Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's most famous operation—the March to the Sea and the capture of Savannah.

Battle of Chancellorsville

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Description: Chancellorsville was a two-day war. The commanders were Joseph Hooker for the Union and Robert E. Lee for the Confederacy. There were 154,734 forces engaged, 97,382 of which were from the Union's side and 57,352 from the Confederate side.

Location: Spotsylvania County, VA

Winner: Confederates

Casualties: The estimated casualties were 30,764. Where 17,304 were of the Union and 13,460 were of the Confederates.

Significance: The victory enabled General Lee to move north into Maryland and invade Pennsylvania.

Fort Donelson

shrivastavam7608 — 2024-09-18 18:29:33 UTC

Description: Fort Donelson was a three-day war. The commanders were Ulysses S. Grant for the Union and Simon B. Buckner for the Confederacy. There were 40,702 forces engaged, 24,531 of which were from the Union's side and 16,171 from the Confederate side.

Location: Stewart County, TN

Winner: Union

Casualties: The estimated casualties were 16,537. Where 2,691 were of the Union and 13,846 were of the Confederates.

Significance: This forced the Confederacy to give up southern Kentucky and much of Middle and West Tennessee.

Battle of Gettysberg

shrivastavam7608 — 2024-09-18 18:30:11 UTC

Description: Gettysburg was a three-day war. The commanders were George G. Meade for the Union and Robert E. Lee for the Confederacy. There were 165,620 forces engaged of which 93,921 were of the Union and 71,699 were of the Confederacy.

Location: Adams County, PA

Winner: Union

Casualties: The estimated casualties were 51,112. Where 23,049 were of the Union and 28,063 were of the Confederates.

Significance: The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.

Fort Sumter

shrivastavam7608 — 2024-09-18 18:30:37 UTC

Description: Fort Sumter was a two-day war. The commanders were Robert Anderson for the Union and P.G.T. Beauregard for the Confederacy. There were 580 forces engaged, 80 of which were from the Union's side and 500 from the Confederate side.

Location: Charleston Harbor, SC

Winner: Confederate

Casualties: Pvt. Daniel Hough and mortally wounding another soldier.

Significance: This war marked the beginning of the Civil War

Vicksburg

shrivastavam7608 — 2024-09-18 18:31:32 UTC

Description: Vicksburg was a forty-seven-day war. The commanders were Ulysses S. Grant for the Union and John C. Pemberton for the Confederacy. There were 110,000 forces engaged, 77,000 of which were from the Union's side and 33,000 from the Confederate side.

Location: Warren County, MS

Winner: Union

Casualties: The estimated casualties were 37,273. Where 4,910 were of the Union and 32,363 were of the Confederates.

Significance: The Union victory secured control of the Mississippi River, effectively splitting the Confederacy in two and significantly weakening their ability to sustain the war effort by cutting off vital supply lines to the western states.

Antietam

shrivastavam7608 — 2024-09-18 18:32:13 UTC

Description: Antietam was a one-day war. The commanders were George B. McClean for the Union and Robert E. Lee for the Confederacy. There were 132,000 forces engaged, 87,000 of which were from the Union's side and 45,000 from the Confederate side.

Location: Washington County, MD

Winner: Union

Casualties: The estimated casualties were 22,717. Where 12,401 were of the Union and 10,316 were of the Confederates.

Significance: The war of Antietam showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army

Shiloh

shrivastavam7608 — 2024-09-18 18:32:53 UTC

Description: Shiloh was a one-day war. The commanders were Ulysses S. Grant for the Union and Albert Sidney Johnston for the Confederacy. The total number of forces engaged was 110,053 where 65,085 were for the Union and 44,068 for the Confederacy.

Location: Hardin County, TN

Winners: Union

Casualties: The estimated casualties were 23,746 where 13,047 were from the Union and 10,669 were from the Confederacy.

Significance: The South's defeat at Shiloh ended the Confederacy's hopes of blocking the Union's advance into Mississippi and doomed the Confederate military initiative in the West.

Bull run

shrivastavam7608 — 2024-09-18 18:33:17 UTC

Description: The bull run was a one-day war. The commanders were Irvin McDowell for the Union and P.G.T. Beauregard for the Confederacy. There were 60,680 forces engaged, 28,450 of which were from the Union's side and 32,230 were from the Confederate side.

Location: Fairfax County and Prince William County, VA

Winner: Confederate

Casualties: The estimated casualties were 4,878. Where 2,896 were of the Union and 1,982 were of the Confederates.

Significance: This battle helped boost Southern morale and made the North realize that this would be a long war.

Appomatoxx court house

shrivastavam7608 — 2024-09-18 18:34:30 UTC

Description: The Appomattox Court House was a one-day war. The commanders were Ulysses S. Grant for the Union and Robert E. Lee for the Confederacy. There were 89,285 forces engaged of which 63,285 were for the Union and 26,000 were for the Confederacy.

Location: Appomattox County, VA

Winners: Union

Casualties: On an estimate, there were 652 casualties of which there were 150 from the Union and 500 from the Confedracy.

Significance: The Appomattox Court House marks the beginning of the country's transition to peace and reunification following four years of Civil War.