Civil War Battles

8. Gen. Hooker defeated Lee here but, Jackson is mistakenly shot by his own men.
9. The South took the first shot here.
10. The second turning point of the war. After 3 days of battling Lee retreats with 28,000 confederate casualties.
11. This battle was fought in Louisiana. Farragut seizes this city for the Union.
13. General Grant captures these two forts and the Confederacy is forced out of Kentucky.
14. With reinforced troops Grant was able to push back southern troops from here.
15. In this battle Grant focuses on important junctions and communication.
16. One of the turning point of the war because they surrendered to Grant. Now the Union has the Mississippi River under control.

1. General Sherman destroys everything in this campaign.
2. General Sherman destroys this city and the fall marked to start of the March to the Sea.
3. Gen. Burnside attacks Lee's but, suffers 10,000 casualties to Lee's 5,000.
4. This battle convinced Europe not to interfere with the CSA.
5. The first time were the armies of both Grant and Lee charged at the same time.
6. These battles were fought between March and July 1862 In Southern Virginia.
7. This is the first major battle of the Civil War. This battle was fought on July 21,1861.
12. The second major battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grants Overland Campaign.