Fort SumterApril 12 - 14, 1861
Leaders: Union - Major Robert Anderson Confederate - Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard One Union solider was killed while another was mortally wounded and two more were injured. Many slaves also lost their lives while working there, though the number of slaves killed was not recorded. The South won. It was located in North Carolina. |
First Battle of Bull RunJuly 21, 1861
Leaders: Union - Brigadier General Irvin McDowell Confederate - Brigadier General Joseph E. Johnston and General P.G.T. Beauregard Approximately 5,000 men died in this battle. Around 3,000 being from the Union. Confederates Won. Locations was Virginia. |
ShilohApril 6-7, 1862
Leaders: Union - Major General Ulysses S. Grant and Major General Don Carlos Buell Confederate - General Albert Sidney Johnston and General P.G.T. Beauregard Victory for the union forces. However, approximately 23,746 men died. Of those, 13,047 were Union soldiers. Despite a tactical victory, the union forces experienced greater losses. |
AntietamSept. 16-18, 1862
Leaders: Union - Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan Confederate - Gen. Robert E. Lee Although the Union won, that one fateful day more than 23,110 men were killed, wounded, or listed as missing. Approximately 4,000 were killed, and in the days that followed, many more died of wounds or disease. |
Gettysburg July 1–3, 1863
Leaders: Union - Major General George G. Meade Confederate - General Robert E. Lee Union Victory. 51,000 casualties of which 28,000 were Confederate soldiers. It was located in Gettysburg, PA. |