Civil War Flashcards
0
Q
First bull run
A
July 21 1861
McDowell vs Beauregard/lee
1
Q
Fort Sumter
A
April 12-14 1861
Major Anderson vs Beauregard
No casualties
2
Q
Peninsular campaign
A
May 25-June 1
McClellan vs lee
3
Q
7 days battle
A
June 26
4
Q
Battle of ironclads
A
March 8/9 1862
Merrimack vs monitor
Union victory
5
Q
Antietam creek
A
September 17 1862
McClellan vs lee
23 k total deaths
Single day bloodiest battle
6
Q
Fredericksburg
A
Dec 13 1862
Burnside vs lee
Biggest battle
7
Q
Chancellorsville
A
Hooker vs lee
May 4-6
Jackson dies
8
Q
Donnelson
A
Cumberland r
Feb 1862
9
Q
Henry
A
Feb 1862
Tennessee r
10
Q
Shiloh
A
April 6-8
24k deaths total
Grant vs beys regard
11
Q
Gettysburg
A
July 1-3
Meade vs lee
23/90
28/75
12
Q
Vicksburg
A
May 18-July 4
Grant gains redemption
Gain Mississippi
13
Q
Wilderness campaign
A
May 5-June 12
14
Q
Wilderness
A
May 5/6
