Civil War Final

Grant with army of the Tennessee defeats Johnston, seizing the city, opening path to Vicksburg

Battle of Jackson Mississippi

Battle between Nathan Bedford Forrest and Union soldiers. Forrest was attempting to cut Grant's supply lines.

Battle of Jackson Tennessee

Sherman maneuvered to draw Hood away from defenses. Though he didnt destroy him is was a great victory.

Battle of Jonesboro

Most significant frontal assault launched by Grant in Atlanta Campaign.

Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

Opening battle of stonewall Jackson's campaign through the Shenandoah valley. Union under command of Banks.

Battle of Kernstown

Last of the Seven Days Battles. Lee launched a disjointed attack against strong Union position losing 5300 men without gaining ground. Despite their victory, McClellan ordered a Union retreat.

Battle of Malvern Hill

First major engagement of the Seven Days Battles during the Peninsula Campaign. Start of General Lee's counteroffensive.

Battle of Mechanicsville

The battle that delayed Early from getting to Washington by a day allowing enough time to get word to Grant that Washington was soon to be attacked.

Battle of Monocacy

VMI cadets help CSA drive Sigel out of Valley.

Battle of New Market

Battle which drove the Confederates out of Missouri. Union led by Samuel Curtis, Confederates by Van Dorn. Union won despite being outnumbered for only time in war.

Battle of Pea Ridge

9 June 1862, the most costly battle fought by Jackson's Army of the Valley during its campaign. Forced Union armies to retreat, allowing Stonewall Jackson to reinforce Lee outside Richmond for the seven days battles.

Battle of Port Republic

Another battle of Atlanta Campaign that was inconclusive but resulted in Confederate retreat.

Battle of Resaca

Battle in George during Atlanta Campaign. Sherman forced Johnston to retreat with flanking movement.

Battle of Rocky Face Ridge

Joseph Johnston attacked McClellan and found to a draw. This convinced McClellan that he was out number and caused him to move south and retreat. Johnston was severly wounded and this allowed Robert E. Lee to take command of the Army of Northern Virginia until the end of the war.

Battle of Seven Pines/Fair Oaks

aka Battle of Boonsboro Gap. Three pitched battles were fought for possession of three South Mountain passes: Crampton's, Turner's, and Fox's Gaps. Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, commanding the Union Army of the Potomac, needed to pass through these gaps in his pursuit of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Despite being significantly outnumbered, Lee's army delayed McClellan's advance for a day before withdrawing.

Battle of South Mountain

In the end, the battle was tactically inconclusive, but with almost 32,000 casualties on both sides, it was the costliest battle of the Overland campaign. This is the battle which Grant after the war considers his greatest error

Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse

Union sieged the city on the mississippi river and caused 30000 Confederate troops to surrender on 4 July, the day after Gettysburg

Battle of Vicksburg

Battle near Springfield Missouri where Nathaniel Lyon attacked pro confedereate militia and Confederate troops. Union lost!

Battle of Wilson's Creek

Inconclusive Union defeat because trees. Led directly into spotsylvania courthouse

Battle of the Wilderness

Most known for commanding divisions at Shiloh and Perryville. Often suspected of being a Confederate sympathizer. Defeated at Perryville by an inferior force, and was afterwards removed from command.

Don Carlos Buell

Site of an intense Union defense against Confederate attacks at Antietam.

Dunkard Church

It formed a primary defensive position for the Union Army during the battle of Gettysburg, roughly the center of what is popularly known as the "fish-hook" line. The Confederate army launched attacks on the Union positions on the second and third days of the battle, but were driven back both times.

Cemetery Ridge

Union General involved in the battle of Ball's Bluff, investigated by Congress for misconduct and believed to be disloyal to the Union although the allegations were never proven.

Charles Stone

Commander of the USS San Jacinto which arrested Mason and Slidell during the Trent affair.

Charles Wilkes

Important river during the Atlanta Campaign

Chattahoochee River

Marked the end of Union offensive in SE Tenn and NW Georgia.

Chickamauga

Noted for his defeats at Pea Ridge and Corinth, the Confederate General was murdered in 1863.

Earl Van Dorn

Refused to attack Jackson which prevented Longstreet from being bale to envelope and destroy the Army of the Potomac

Fitz John Porter

On February 17, 1865, in the last months of the Civil War, much of Columbia was destroyed by fire while being occupied by Union troops under the command of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Currently the capital of South Carolina. Columbia's First Baptist Church hosted the South Carolina Secession Convention on December 17, 1860. The delegates drafted a resolution in favor of secession. Columbia's location made it an ideal location for other conventions and meetings within the Confederacy.

Columbia

The process by which men were drafted into the army on either side.

Conscription

Peace democrats, with a misleading name.

Copperheads

The supply line Grant established in order to provision his beseiged men and animals in Chattanooga

Cracker Line

No relation to A. P. Hill. Stonewall Jackson's brother in law, served in Army of Northern Virginia.

D.H. Hill

Moved his Corp off the ridge into the open to make a name for himself, was nearly destroyed by Confederates until 1st Minnesota came to save them. Had he been defeated the Confederates would have captured little round top, won Gettysburg, and won the war.

Daniel Sickles

Union Naval officer in the Civil War. Instrumental in the capture of Vicksburg with Gen. Grant, and also fought in the Red River Campaign.

David Dixon Porter

Admiral that seized Mobile Bay in August 1864. "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!"

David Farragut

Ordered slaves to be freed in three southern states (immediately overturned)

David Hunter

Fought on April 1, 1865, southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, around Five Forks, Virginia, during the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War. The battle, sometimes referred to as the "Waterloo of the Confederacy", pitted Union Maj. Gen. Sheridan against Confederate Maj. Gen. Pickett. Pickett's loss at Five Forks triggered Lee's decision to abandon his entrenchments around Petersburg and begin the retreat that led to his surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 9.

Five Forks

Attacked by Grant immediately after Fort Henry. Union naval attacks on the Fort were turned back by cannon-fire. After being surrounded, the Confederates attempted to fight their way out, but despite an initial success surrendered to Grant.

Fort Donelson

Site of Grant's first important victory in the Western Theater. The fort surrendered to Union naval forces before Grant arrived.

Fort Henry

The fort that protected Washington from Confederate attack. Due to Grant and Lee facing off in Virginia, Fort Stevens had only around 9,000 men left to protect Washington, and of these 9,000 men many were poorly trained. Confederate General Jubal Early was sent to take advantage of this weak force around Washington. Lincoln went to observe what was going on at Fort Stevens and was shot at by Confederate soldiers. A Union captain had to order him to get down.

Fort Stevens

Arguably the best Confederate General in the Civil War. Nicknamed "Ol Pete," He was the First Corps Commander of Lee's Army of Virginia. After the war, he was blamed for Gettysburg, and alienated by the South.

James Longstreet

Involved in Trent Affair. Confederate envoy to Britain and France.

James M. Mason

Second Highest Ranking Officer Killed in the War.

James McPherson

Last commander of the Army of Northern Virginia in the war.

John B. Gordon

Confederate General. Arguably one of the best brigade and division commanders in the Confederate States Army, he became increasingly ineffective as he was promoted to lead larger, independent commands late in the war, and his career was marred by his decisive defeats leading an army in the Atlanta Campaign and the Franklin-Nashville Campaign. Was decisively defeated at the Battle of Nashville by his former West Point instructor, Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, after which he was relieved of command.

John Bell Hood

Expelled from Senate after joining confederate running. appointed confederate secretary of war.

John Breckenridge

Arriving at the small town of Gettysburg before the Confederate army was concentrated for battle, he was quick to recognize the importance of the high ground south of the town, and conducted delaying actions against superior infantry attacks until Union infantry units arrived to take up the fight and establish defensive positions on that ground.

John Buford

Initial commander at Fort Donelson who turned command over to Pillow.

John Floyd

Used acting jobs to convince McClellan he was outnumbered and thus had to siege Yorktown.

John Magruder

Union general, not friends with Grant, was relieved of command at Vicksburg due to his contacts with the press.

John McClernand

Confederate General who ceded the city of Vicksburg to Grant

John Pemberton

Union General who commanded during 2nd Bull Run. Led the campaign to capture Island no. 10, and was generally successful in the Western Theater, but failed in the East.

John Pope

Was shot and killed by a Confederate sniper.His men had breech loaders which has a higher rate of fire than the Confederate soldiers. After his death Abner Doubleday took command of his corp

John Reynolds

Recieved Medal of Honor for actions in Battle of Wilson's Creek. Commander of Army of the Frontier

John Schofield

Killed by sharpshooter at Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.

John Sedgwick

Represented the CSA in France during war. Involved in Trent Affair. Negotiated a $15000000 loan from French capitalists for Confederacy.

John Slidell

Confederate Commander of the Western theatre

Joseph E. Johnston

Union general, excellent aggressive corps and division commander. Got command of the Army of the Potomac after Fredericksburg, but got wrecked by Lee and Jackson at Chancellorsville. Was relieved from command before Gettysburg, but later served with distinction in the Western Theater

Joseph Hooker

For his gallantry at Gettysburg, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. He was given the honor of commanding the Union troops at the surrender ceremony for the infantry of Robert E. Lee's Army at Appomattox, Virginia.

Joshua Chamberlain

He was the Confederate commander in key battles of the Valley Campaigns of 1864, including a daring raid to the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

Jubal Early

Confederate General known as the Fighting Bishop

Leonidas Polk

He was a Union general who was sent to take on Confederate General Jubal Early. Resulted in the

Lew Wallace

One of the conspirators in Lincoln's death. Failed to kill Secretary of State Seward. Hanged for his crime.

Lewis Powell

It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left flank on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Little Roundtop

Captured by Hooker's men during battle of Chattanooga, somewhat against orders.

Lookout Mountain

Abortive attempt at a winter offensive in January 1863 by Union Army Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside in the American Civil War. This was supposed to involve feints at the fords upstream of Fredericksburg to distract the Confederates while he took the bulk of the army across the Rappahanock seven miles south of town, to flank around and attack F-burg from the rear. Burnside was literally defeated by mud. How embarrassing.

Mud March

A Confederate position at the Battle of Spotsylvania... It was essentially a U-shaped Confederate line, so that when the Union troops assaulted the Mule Shoe position, they would be fired upon by three different directions: from the front, and from both flanks.

Mule Shoe

Innovative Confederate cavalry leader during the war. Accussed of war crimes at the Battle of Fort Pillow where his men massacred Black troops. First Grand Dragon of the KKK after the war.

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Political general in charge of the Red River Campaign. Took over for Benjamin Butler as head of the Department of the Gulf.

Nathaniel Banks

First Union general to die in The Civil War. Was responsible for Camp Jackson affair and Died at Wilson's Creek while tryng to rally the outnumbered Union troops

Nathaniel Lyon

Commander of the Army of the Tennessee who fought at Chancellorsville. Leader of Freedman's Bureau after war.

Oliver Howard

A Confederate general. He achieved fame as a senior commander under Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee and fought effectively through much of the war, but his legacy has been clouded by controversies over his actions at the Battle of Gettysburg and at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.

Richard Ewell

Hood's first attack after toaking command of the army of Tennessee. Failed Confederate breakthrough

Peachtree Creek

Led by McClellan with the hopes of capturing Richmond. Generally known as a Union failure because of McClellan's cautiousness.

Peninsula Campaign

City besieged by Grant late in the war.

Petersburg

Leader of the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac under Grant

Philip Sheridan

Brutally repressed Confederate Charge.

Pickett's Charge

strongly opposed slavery during ht war and after the war distrusted ex-confeds, demanding harsh policies for the former rebels. opposed by moderates and conservative factions led by lincoln.

Radical Republicans

Series of battles fought in Louisiana. Union led by Nathaniel Banks CSA under Richard Taylor

Red River Campaign

Union Political General. Best performance came at the Battle of Pea Ridge. Commander of the Union XI 'German' Corps. Embarased at the Battle of New Market when John C. Breckenridge defeated him with the help of young VMI cadets.

Franz Sigel

Instrumental in admitting the great state of California to the union. Early in the war, served as a senior Union commander in the western theatre. Became the chief of staff for Gen. Grant after Grant was appointed Commannder of the Army of the Potomac.

Henry Halleck

Confederate general. He is generally blamed for accidentally starting the Battle of Gettysburg before Lee was ready. Against orders, he sent forward a reconnaissance force that collided with Union troops and was beaten back. He insisted that he had wanted to capture a local shoe-factory, to equip Lee's barefoot army, but historians doubt this claim.

Henry Heth

Hill at the battle of Bull Run where fighting surged back and forth for two hours.

Henry House Hill

Site of Rebel raid on Union supply depot.

Holly Springs

the final campaign in the Western Theater of the Civil War. In January 1865, Sherman advanced north from Savannah, Georgia, through the Carolinas, with the intention of linking up with the Union forces under Grant in Virginia. The defeat of Johnston's army at the Battle of Bentonville in March, and its surrender in April, represented the loss of the final major army of the Confederacy.

Sherman's Carolina Campaign

Battle that occurred at Shiloh Church/Pittsburgh Landing. Confederates under the command of A.S. Johnston attacked Grants forces. The Confederates won Day 1 despite the loss of their commander, A.S. Johnston. P.G.T. Beauregard took command after Johnston's death. During the night grant planned a counter attack and was able to push the Confederates back and caused them to retreat to Corinth.

Shiloh

Commander of Fort Donelson who surrendered to Grant. First Confederate General to surrender an army during the war. Attempted to enforce Kentucky's neutrality at the beginning of the war.

Simon Bolivar Buckner

Incident in which James M. Mason and John Slidell (who were sent to England by Jefferson Davis as envoys for foreign recognition) were pulled off of a British Vessel by the Union ship U.S.S. San Jacinto commanded by Charles Wilkes. Caused huge uproar and strained relationship between Union and England. Mason and Slidell were eventually freed.

Trent Affair

Rosencrans' most significant achievement of war. He outmanuevered Bragg, driving CSA out of middle Tenn threatening Chattanooga.

Tullahoma Campaign

A Union iron-clad warship. Fought in the Naval Battle of Hampton Roads against the CSS Virginia.

USS Monitor

Ship which captured Mason and Slidell during the Trent Affair.

USS San Jacinto

Lincoln appointed him Supreme Union Commander in late 1863.

Ulysses S. Grant

Political party that demanded a more aggressive policy toward the Confederacy and supported the policies of Republican President Abraham Lincoln when the Civil War broke out a few months after his win in the 1860 presidential election.[1]

War Democrats

Union General who was defeated at Battle of Chickamauga as commander of the Army of the Cumberland

William Rosencrans

Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. He was very against the spread of slavery and was a major player in the Republican Party in its early years. He ran against Lincoln for the Republican nomination in 1860. He did an excellent job in foreign affairs during the Civil War and helped keep the peace between the Union and Britain. Purchased Alaska! (Known as "Seward's Folly."

William Seward

Hero of the Northern effort to quash the war of the rebellion. Successfully led Union efforts in the west and annihilated rebel war making ability in his "march to the sea" and march through the Carolinas

William Tecumseh Sherman

Commanding general of the US Army at the beginning of war. Famous for Anaconda Plan.

Winfield Scott

Union corps commander, fought in Wilderness and Spotty

Winfield Scott Hancock

Part of the Overland Campaign. J.E.B. Stuart was mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern and died the next day.

Yellow Tavern

Division that did saved Daniel Sickles at Gettysburg.

1st Minnesota

Ran out of ammo and were told to fix bayonets next time Confederates attacked

20th Maine

Battle of Lookout mountain. Due to the intense fog that descended mid-afternoon, the flashes and explosions occuring on top of the mountain appeared to be in a cloud.

Battle Above the Clouds

Commander of Jackson's "Light Division" who took over Jackson's corps after his death. Killed at the Third Battle of Petersburg.

A.P. Hill

Highest ranking officer killed on either side. Died at the Battle of Shiloh.

Albert Sidney Johnston

As a Union Army general in the American Civil War, he conducted successful campaigns in North Carolina and East Tennessee but was defeated in the disastrous Battle of Fredericksburg and Battle of the Crater. His distinctive style of facial hair became known as sideburns, derived from his last name.

Ambrose Burnside

September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with a combined tally of dead, wounded, and missing at 22,717. Kind of a Union victory, but not really. This is where the Union filled the sunken road with dead confederates by firing down its length with muskets and artillery. Although outnumbered two-to-one, Lee committed his entire force, while McClellan sent in less than three-quarters of his army, enabling Lee to fight the Federals to a standstill. An example of Lee's superior generalship, and McClellan's generally shitty generalship. Was enough of a Union "victory" for Lincoln to make Emancipation Proclamation

Battle of Antietam

Large battle that took place shortly after First Bull Run. Not a very decisive outcome compared to other battles in the War, but it was a victory for the Confederates.

Battle of Ball's Bluff

the first combat of the Northern Virginia Campaign. Union under Nathaniel Banks attacked Jackson. Almost broke his lines, but a fierce counterrattack repelled and routed the Union. Phail.

Battle of Cedar Mountain

It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville.The campaign pitted Union Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's Army of the Potomac against an army less than half its size, Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Chancellorsville is known as Lee's "perfect battle" because his risky decision to divide his army in the presence of a much larger enemy force resulted in a significant Confederate victory. The victory, a product of Lee's audacity and Hooker's timid decision making, was tempered by heavy casualties and the mortal wounding of Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson to friendly fire, a loss that Lee likened to "losing my right arm."

Battle of Chancellorsville

Grant vs Bragg. Grant freed his beseiged union troops at the city and pushed Bragg from Tennessee, allowing Sherman's march to the Sea to begin.

Battle of Chatanooga

Battle between Pemberton and Sherman. Confederate victory frustrated Grant's efforts to take Vicksburg directly.

Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs

One of the wars bloodiest and most lopsided battles. Lee held extremely well fortified positions and mowed down the Union.

Battle of Cold Harbor

Fought and won by Jackson immediately before battle of Port Republic

Battle of Cross Keys

Hood's failed surprise attack during Atlanta Campaign

Battle of Ezra CHurch

Hood's attacks against Schofield.

Battle of Franklin

December 11-15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside. With Union casualties more than twice as heavy as those suffered by the Confederates, the Union finally retreated, ending another failed campaign.

Battle of Fredricksburg

Third of the Seven Days Battles. Largest Confederate attack of the war. Led to the retreat of the Union Army from the area around Richmond.

Battle of Gaines's Mill

July 1-3, 1863. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, ending Lee's invasion of the North.

Battle of Gettysburg

the contraband slaves guy. Dictator of New Orleans

Benjamin Butler

This farmhouse was situated between Confederate Gen. Johnston's headquarters in Greensboro, and Union Gen. Sherman's headquarters in Raleigh. In April 1865, the two commanders met at the Bennett Place, where they signed surrender papers for Southern armies in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. It was the largest troop surrender of the American Civil War.

Bennett Place

The only thing you could call a battle throughout Sherman's campaign to join up with Grant. He was able to bring his two wings together, causing Johnston to retreat.

Bentonville

He was a Confederate General at First Bull Run. He was killed at Bull Run, thus becoming one of the first General officers to be killed in the Civil War. He's the guy said, "There stands Jackson like a stone wall! Rally to the Virginians!"

Bernard Bee

Aforementioned sunken road. See "antietam"

Bloody Lane

Union Army soldier who shot, and killed John Wilkes Booth.

Boston Corbett

confederate General, failed at battle of Stones river, won battle of Chickamauga, but was then wrecked at battle of Chattanooga. Was kind of a dick to everyone.

Braxton Bragg

Ship seized by the Confederates which was known as the USS Merrimack.

CSS Virginia

Established after the defeat at Ball's Bluff to handle the issues surrounding the war. Chaired by Benjamin Wade of Ohio.

Committee on the Conduct of the War

Confederate General sent to get recompense for the destruction of the Shenandoah Valley. Early's main goal was to draw men away from Grant to protect Washington, thus allowing Lee to possibly retreat from the position he was in.

Early's Raid

Republican senator from Oregon and friend of President Lincoln that served as a Colonel in the Union Army. Killed at the battle of Ball's Bluff

Edward Baker

The Confederate officer in charge of the massive artillery bombardment preceding Pickett's Charge, on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, and is also noted for his early use of signals and observation balloons during combat.

Edward Porter Alexander

Lincoln's secretary of war.

Edwin Stanton

A Seneca attorney, engineer, and tribal diplomat. He was commissioned a lieutenant colonel during the American Civil War, when he served as adjutant to General Ulysses S. Grant. He wrote the final draft of the Confederate surrender terms at Appomattox. Later in his career, Parker rose to the rank of Brevet Brigadier General, one of only two Native Americans to earn a general's rank during the war. President Grant appointed him as Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the first Native American to hold that post.

Ely Parker

executive order issued by lincoln. proclaimed the freedom fo slaves in the 10 states in rebellion

Emancipation Proclemation

Union Commander at the Battle of Spotsylvania. Known for leading the attacks against the Confederate "Mule Shoe."

Emory Upton

Major Players: McDowell, Beauregard, Scott, "Stonewall" Jackson. McDowell was instructed to remove Beauregard from the Manassas area. The battle occurred at a rail junction; Lincoln instructed the reluctant McDowell to still fight. He insisted that the Confederates were just as "green."

First Bull Run (Manassas)

Overly cautious Union commander. Known as a popular general umong his troops. Organizer of the Army of the Potomac.

George B. McClellan

a Union general, rising from command of a brigade to the Army of the Potomac. He is best known for defeating Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. He was appointed to command the Army of the Potomac just three days before the Battle of Gettysburg, but was able to organize his forces to fight a successful defensive battle against Robert E. Lee.

George Meade

Leader of the famous charge.

George Pickett

Saved the Union Army at Chickimauga with a bad ass defense, ever after he became known as the "rock of chickamauga,"

George Thomas

Confederate General who led the counter attack at Fort Donelson. Inexplicably called off attack and ordered men back to their trenches. Turned command over to Buckner.

Gideon Pillow

He is best remembered for arranging the last-minute defense of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg and is often referred to as the "Hero of Little Round Top."

Gouverneur Warren

Union Commander at First Bull Run (or First Manassas....whichever floats your boat). Shortly after the Union loss at Bull Run, Lincoln replaced him with McClellan

Irvin McDowell

Island on the Mississippi River which, once captured by the Union, allowed them to continue down the river towards other objectives.

Island no. 10

Owner of the boarding house where the assassination of Lincoln was planned. Hanged for her crime.

Mary Surratt

The site of Confederate defenses during Fredericksburg that the Union sacrificed a ton of soldiers in their failed attempts to take it.

Marye's Heights

Where Thomas's corps attacked and overran, forcing Bragg's retreat @ battle of Chattanooga

Missionary Ridge

Site of Farragut's breakthrough late in war.

Mobile Bay

Man who sold John Wilkes Booth a horse and fixed his broken leg

Samuel Mudd

Fought on April 6, 1865, near Farmville, Virginia, as part of the Appomattox Campaign, in the final days of the American Civil War. It was the last major engagement between the armies of Lee and Grant before the capitulation of Lee's Confederate army at Appomattox Court House three days later.

Sayler's Creek

Series of six major battles where Lee drove McClellan way from Richmond down the Virginia Peninsula.

Seven Days Battles

Grant lost patience with Jubal Early, particularly his burning of Chambersburg, and knew that Washington remained vulnerable if Early was still on the loose. He found a new commander aggressive enough to defeat Early: Philip Sheridan, the cavalry commander of the Army of the Potomac, who was given command of all forces in the area, calling them the Army of the Shenandoah. Sheridan initially started slowly, primarily because the impending presidential election of 1864 demanded a cautious approach, avoiding any disaster that might lead to the defeat of Abraham Lincoln.

Sheridan's Valley Campaign