WHAT WERE THE CAUSES OF AMERICAN CIVIL WAR?
The Civil War
1861-1865
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Patrick Cleburne
Wade Hampton III
George Henry Thomas
Winfield Scott Hancock
Philip Sheridan
Leonidas Polk
Theophilus H. Holmes
John Pope
Judson Kilpatrick
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First Battle of Manassas or Bull Run July 21, 1861
Pierre G. T. Beauregard, CSA
Irvin McDowell, USA
Battle of Wilson’s Creek, or Oak Hills August 10, 1861
Benjamin McCulloch, CSA
Sterling Price,
Missouri State Guard
Nathaniel Lyon, USA
The Springtime of Northern Hope
Peninsula Campaign April-June 1862
George B. McClellan, USA
Joseph E. Johnston, CSA
Robert E. Lee replaced Joseph Johnston as commander
of the Army of Northern Virginia in June 1862
“No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.”
Battle of Pea Ridge, or Elkhorn Tavern March 7-8, 1862
Samuel R. Curtis, USA
Earl Van Dorn, CSA
New Mexico Campaign
Edward R.S. Canby, USA
Henry Hopkins Sibley, CSA
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The Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg December 11-15, 1862
Ambrose Burnside, USA
Robert E. Lee, CSA
Battle of Stones River December 31, 1862 – January 2, 1863
William S. Rosecrans, USA
Braxton Bragg, CSA
Battle of Chancellorsville April 30-May 6, 1833
Joseph Hooker, USA
Robert E. Lee, CSA
Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863
George G. Meade, USA
Robert E. Lee, CSA
Red River Campaign
Edmund Kirby Smith, CSA
Frederick Steele, USA
Richard Taylor, CSA
Nathaniel Banks, USA
Lee surrenders to Grant, Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865