Bull Run
Antietam
Civil War Battles
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Leaders
Leaders
Leaders
Leaders
N – McDowell
N – McClellan
N – Meade
N – Grant
S – Beauregard
S – Lee
S – Lee
S – Lee
Importance
Importance
Importance
Importance
- the first major battle of
Civil War
- bloodiest day of war
- Lee’s second invasion of
the North is stopped
-Lee stopped Grant in the
woods
- a Turning Point of war
- Grant keeps moving
toward Richmond
Victor: Union
Victor: Tie
- Thomas “Stonewall”
Jackson is the hero for
South
Victor: Confederate
- Lee’s first invasion of
North is stopped
- Emancipation Procl given
Victor: Union
1861
1862
1863
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Leaders
Leaders
N – Grant
N – Grant
S – Johnson
S–?
Importance
Importance
- 2 day battle
- Confederate surrenders
last strong hold on Miss.
River
- Union giants control of a
tributary of Miss. River
Victor: Union
- a Turning Point of War
Victor: Union
Appomattox
Leaders
N – Grant
S – Lee
1864
Importance
- Lee surrenders to Grant
-End of war is near
Victor: Union
1865