Battlefield Virginia The Civil War By: Candice Hardy, Jamie Hart, Kimberly Hess, Samantha Highsmith, Pamela Holmes, Shea Hopkins, Margaret Hupman, and Kristen Jenkins
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- 1. The Civil War
Battlefield Virginia
By:
Candice Hardy, Jamie Hart, Kimberly Hess, Samantha Highsmith,
Pamela Holmes, Shea Hopkins, Margaret Hupman, and Kristen Jenkins - 2. First Battle of Bull RunManassas July 21, 1861Confederate
Victory
- Union soldiers outnumbered Confederate soldiers 35,000 to 25,000.
- 3. C.S.A. held the Union Army at Henry Hill Farm
- 4. First Battle of Bull RunManassas July 21, 1861Confederate
Victory
Bull Run Monument
Sudleys Ford
General P.T. Beauregard - 5. Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks)Richmond May 31, 1862Union
Victory
- 80,000 forces engaged
- Johnston severely wounded in battle; replaced by R.E. Lee
- 6. Lees Army called The Army of Northern Virginia
- 7. 6,000 Confederate casualties
- Union victory, but caused General McClellan to lose heart
- 8. 5,000 Union casualties
- Naval WarfareHampton Roads March 9, 1862Victory is
inconclusive
Battle of the Ironclads
Monitor vs. Merrimack
Union Naval Forces increased
1861:1,000 officers
7,500 seaman
1864:6,000 officers
45,000 seaman - 9. Naval WarfareHampton Roads March 9, 1862Victory is
inconclusive
- 10. Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks)Richmond May 31, 1862Union
Victory
Union uses a hot-air balloon, Intrepid, to take pictures and notes on Confederate troop locations and formations.
Confederate forces used hot air balloons for reconnaissance missions.
Both sides would dissolve these programs before the end of the war. - 11. Second Battle of Bull RunManassas August 29-30,
1862Confederate Victory
Confederate Forces
Commanders:Lee, Jackson, Longstreet
Forces engaged:48,527
Casualties:9,197
Union Forces
Commanders:Pope, Gibbons, Porter
Forces engaged:75,696
Casualties:16,054 - 12. Second Battle of Bull RunManassas August 29-30,
1862Confederate Victory
Ranked # 7 of the 10 Costliest and Deadliest
Battles of the Civil War. - 13. Battle of ChancellorsvilleSpotsylvania County May 2-4,
1863Confederate Victory
Confederate Forces
Commanders:Lee, Jackson
Forces engaged:60,892
Casualties:13,303
Union Forces
Commander:Hooker
Forces engaged:133,868
Casualties:17,197
Ranked # 3 out of the 10 Costliest and Deadliest
Battles of the Civil War
Battle at Chancellors Tavern - 14. Battle of ChancellorsvilleSpotsylvania County May 2-4,
1863Confederate Victory
Lee and Jackson devise a plan to trap Hooker and his men.
Jackson is killed in a friendly fire accident after outmaneuvering Hooker. - 15. Battle of the WildernessSpotsylvania & Orange Counties
May 5-6, 1864Victory inconclusive
A start of fierce battles known as
THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN
Lee & Grant Fight for the First Time - 16. Battle of the WildernessSpotsylvania & Orange Counties
May 5-6, 1864Victory inconclusive
Lee v. Grant
Two Great
Civil War Generals Fight
Confederate
General Robert E. Lee
Union
General Ulysses S. Grant
- The Battle of the Wilderness marked the start of Ulysses S. Grants overland campaign against Richmond.
- 17. This was Grants first battle in Virginia and his first battle fought against Robert E. Lee.
- Battle of the WildernessSpotsylvania & Orange Counties May
5-6, 1864Victoryinconclusive
Confederate Forces
Commander:R.E. Lee
Forces engaged:61,025
Casualties:7,750
Union Forces
Commander:U.S. Grant
Forces engaged:101,895
Casualties:17,666
Ranked # 6 out of the 10 Costliest and Deadliest
Battles of the Civil War - 18. Battle of SpotsylvaniaSpotsylvania County May 8-19,
1864Victory inconclusive
Union Forces
Commander:Grant, Meade
Forces engaged:83,000
Casualties:18,000
Confederate Forces
Commander:R.E. Lee
Forces engaged:50,000
Casualties:12,000
Ranked # 4 out of the 10 Costliest and Deadliest
Battles of the Civil War - 19. Battle of SpotsylvaniaSpotsylvania County May
8-19,1864Victoryinconclusive
- 2nd stage of Grants campaign to move ahead of Lee to Richmond
- 20. May 10 at Laurel Hill:
- May 13 Bloody Angle:
- 21. Virginias Role in the Civil War
The first major battle of war occurred in Virginia (Manassas July 21, 1861)
Half of the battles fought in the Civil War were fought in Virginia
Virginia lost one third of its territory when West Virginia seceded on May 23, 1861
The last significant battle occurred in Virginia (Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865) - 22. Sources Consulted
Media:
Educational Technology Clearinghouse
Civil War Home
Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District
History Central
Images:
Amazingplanet.net
civilwarsignals.org
discoveryeducation.com
historyplace.com
nps.org
paradoxmind.com
Thomaslegioncherokee.tripod.com
usa-civil-war.com
about.com
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