Battles of the Civil War

Considered a turning point of the war; North becomes confident of winning the war

• Battle of Shiloh
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Pittsburg
• Battle of Chickamauga

Grant accepted Lee's surrender here in Virginia on April 9, 1865

• Blount Courthouse
• Fredericksburg
• Washington, D.C.
• Appomattox Courthouse

Bloodiest Battle day of the war (23,000 casualties) Confederates lost 1/3 of their army.

• Battle of Bull Run
• Battle of the Bulge
• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Fort Sumter

First "battle" of the Civil War- fought for 2 days. The Union eventually surrendered.

• Battle of Little Big Horn
• Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
• Battle of Fort Sumter
• Battle of Red River

First real battle of the war. It was fought in Virginia. Kept the North out of Richmond; gave South confidence

• Battle of Bull Run
• Battle Shiloh
• Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
• Battle of Little Big Horn

Grant besieged this city in Mississippi from May 18 to July 4, 1863, until it surrendered, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union.

• Battle of Vicksburg
• Battle of New Orleans
• Battle of Savannah
• Battle of Fort Sumter

Which battle started the Civil War?

• Fort Sumter

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

• Sherman's March to the Sea

This battle marked the end of the use of wooden ships. Instead the United States started using iron protected ships.

• Shiloh

• Vicksburg

• Antietam

• USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia

General Pickett, acting on General Lee's orders, ordered his men to charge across an open field. Over 50,000 soldiers lost their lives in a 3 day battle.

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

• Bull Run/Manassas

• Shiloh

What is the name of the Union's strategy to win the war?

• Anaconda Plan

• What would Robert E Lee do Plan

• Tiger, Tiger, Tiger

• Total War Plan