Civil War Battles/Plans Flashcards
Shiloh
Feb 1862
Southwest Tennessee
Grant wins
Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
1861
Winner- CSA
Union Gen. McDowell was destroyed by Stonewall Jackson of the CSA
Antietam
Sept 1862
Maryland
Union voctoru
Lee tries to take Malland but McClellan finds lee’s plans however McClellan is a wimp and could have done more than he did
Anaconda plan
Union plan to gain control of the Mississippi and split the Confederacy in two
Peninsula campaign
Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March through July 1862, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. The operation, commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, was an amphibious turning movement against the Confederate States Army in Northern Virginia, intended to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond.