can some one please tell me 3 to 5 major battles of the civil war (plz read the more detail before responding)?
August 13, 2010 by
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I need 3 to 5 of the civil war’s major battles please include the names (if the battles have them) the dates and the military or political significance of each battle please and thank you!
Major Battles of the Civil War
1861-1865
Battle of Bull Run- July 21, 1861
South: Stonewall Jackson
North: McDowell
Winner: South
Shiloh- April 6-7, 1862
South: Johnson/ Beauregard
North: Grant
Winner: North
Second Battle of Bull Run- August 28–30, 1862
South: Lee
North: John Pope
Winner: South
Antietam/ Sharpsburg- September 17, 1862
South: Lee
North: McClellan
Winner: Neither
Fact: Bloodiest day of the entire war.
Fredricksburg- December 11-15, 1862
South: Lee
North: Burnside
Winner: South
Chancellorsville- April 20-May 6, 1863
South: Lee/ Jackson
North: Hooker
Winner: South
Fact: Jackson was shot by one of his own men. He soon died…
Gettysburg- July 1- July 3, 1863
South: Lee
North: Meade
Winner: North
Wilderness- May 5-7, 1864
South: Lee
North: Grant
Winner: North
Richmond/ Petersburg campaign- April 2, 1865
South: Lee
North: Grant
Winner: North
Appomatox- April 9, 1865
By 3 pm that day, Lee had officially surrendered at the Appomatox court house.
That’s already enough information I am not going into much detail….