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CW3.5 – Civil War Battle Evidence Collection Sheet (p. 1 of 2) Directions: in order to understand the course of the war, your job is to investigate 7 separate battles that defined the war. At each Battle Station, you’ll need to collect some basic information about the battle, including the victor, date, location, and the battle’s impact on the outcome of the war. At each of these stations, you’ll also need to consider and reconsider your answer to the question: Why did the North win?

Name

Date

Fort Sumter April 12, 1861 – April 13, 1861

Location

Leadership

Victor

How did they win?

Did this battle have an impact on the outcome of the war? If so how?

Charleston Harbor

Beauregard, in command of the Confederate forces there and Maj. Robert Anderson, the Fort Sumter garrison

Confed

After a 34-hour exchange of artillery fire, Anderson and 86 soldiers surrendered the fort on April 13.

The bombardment of Fort Sumter would play a major part in triggering the Civil War . In the days following the assault, Lincoln issued a call for Union volunteers to quash the rebellion.

Confed

The Union army was in full retreat. The Confederates had won the first major battle of the Civil War. The Confederates won the battle, but both sides suffered casualties. The Union suffered 2,896 casualties

First sizable engagement of the war. Confederates routed the North. Northern civilians who rode out to

commander.

First Bull Run

7/21/1861

Manassas, VA

General Irvin McDowell and General Robert Patterson

see the battle had to flee back to Washington with

Fort Henry &

2/6 & 2/16/62

Tenn

including 460 killed.

panicked Union troops.

After a fierce naval bombardment, Confederate Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman secretly evacuated the bulk of his troops to nearby Fort Donelson before surrendering to Union forces.

The capture of these forts also guaranteed Union control

The South used the transportation advantages of the valley so effectively that it often became the “valley of humiliation” for the North.

This campaign cements his reputation as one of the South’s best generals.

The Seven Days ended with McClellan's army in relative safety next to the James River, having suffered almost 16,000 casualties during the retreat. Lee's army, which had been on the offensive during the Seven Days, lost over 20,000.

Robert E. Lee’s first big victory over the North.

Robert E. Confed. Lee,Stonewall Jackson

In the Second Battle of Bull Run, Confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee defeated a Union army under the command of Major General John Pope.

Fought on almost the same field as the first battle of Bull Run, this was a complete victory for the South.

Robert E. Lee James

On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Confederate General

The turning point of

Gen. Lloyd Tilghman

Union

Fort Donelson

Jackson’s Shenandoah

May-June 1862

Shenandoah Valley, VA

Valley Campaign

The Seven Days

6/25-7/1/62

Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's

Confed

Robert E. Near Confed. Richmond, Lee,Stonewall Jackson, VA George B. McClellan

Second Bull 8/2930/62 Run

Second Bull Run Manassas, VA

Gettysburg, 7/1-3/63

Gettysburg

Union

of Kentucky, which was wavering between the Union and Confederacy.

PA

Vicksburg, Miss.

, PA

5/19-7/4/63

Longstreet Richard S. Ewell A. P. Hill J.E.B. Stuart

Vicksburg, Ulysses S. Union Mississippi Grant, John C. Pemberton

Robert E. Lee's last attempt at breaking the Union line ends in disastrous failure, bringing the most decisive battle of the American Civil War to an end.

the war.

With the loss of Pemberton's army and a Union victory at Port Hudson five days later, the Union controlled the entire Mississippi River, and the Confederacy was split in half.

This siege, was one of the most important victories in the west....