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Battle of Fort Pillow - ✔✔Lionel Booth v. Nathan Forrest and James Chamers
- Confederate Victory
- All of the African American troops were killed (but debatable whether or not it was actually
a massacre)
Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse - ✔✔- US Grant and Meade v. Lee
- Inconclusive Victory
- "Mule Shoe" and "Bloody Angle"
- Grant not popular at this time because of causalities
Battle of Mobile Bay - ✔✔David Farragut and Gordon Granger v. Franklin Buchanan
- Union victory
- Last important port on the Gulf of Mexico in Confederate possession
Cedar Creek - ✔✔Philip Sheridan v. Jubal Early
- Union victory
- Last major battle
Battle of Arkansas Post - ✔✔- David Porter and John McClernad v. Thomas Churchill
- Union Victory
- Part of the Vicksburg Campaign
- Cost the South 1/4 of its deployed force in that state
Battle of Franklin - ✔✔- John Schofield v. John B. Hood
- Union victory
- Frontal assault
, - "Pickett's Charge of the West"
Battle of the Crater - ✔✔- Siege of Petersburg
- Ambrose Burnside v. Robert Lee and William Mahone
- Confederate victory
- Feds dug a long tunnel cave in a "T" shape and loaded it with explosives
Battle of Yellow Tavern - ✔✔- Sheridan and Custer v. JEB Stuart and Fitzhugh Lee
- Union victory
- Stuart died
Battle of Brandy Station - ✔✔Alfred Pleasanton v. REB Stuart
- Inconclusive
Gettysburg - ✔✔Meade and Reynolds v. Lee
- Union victory
- Lee wants to try the ridges but they are rugged. They fired on the center first, giving the
feds warning.
Battle of Chancellorsville - ✔✔- Hooker v. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
- Confederate victory
- Known as Lee's perfect battle
- Lee splits his men up and Hooker thinks that Lee has more men than he has
- Lee never won a major victory after this
Battle of Cold Harbor - ✔✔- Grant and Meade v. Lee
- Confederate victory
- Grant's low point
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Battle of Fort Pillow - ✔✔Lionel Booth v. Nathan Forrest and James Chamers
- Confederate Victory
- All of the African American troops were killed (but debatable whether or not it was actually
a massacre)
Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse - ✔✔- US Grant and Meade v. Lee
- Inconclusive Victory
- "Mule Shoe" and "Bloody Angle"
- Grant not popular at this time because of causalities
Battle of Mobile Bay - ✔✔David Farragut and Gordon Granger v. Franklin Buchanan
- Union victory
- Last important port on the Gulf of Mexico in Confederate possession
Cedar Creek - ✔✔Philip Sheridan v. Jubal Early
- Union victory
- Last major battle
Battle of Arkansas Post - ✔✔- David Porter and John McClernad v. Thomas Churchill
- Union Victory
- Part of the Vicksburg Campaign
- Cost the South 1/4 of its deployed force in that state
Battle of Franklin - ✔✔- John Schofield v. John B. Hood
- Union victory
- Frontal assault
, - "Pickett's Charge of the West"
Battle of the Crater - ✔✔- Siege of Petersburg
- Ambrose Burnside v. Robert Lee and William Mahone
- Confederate victory
- Feds dug a long tunnel cave in a "T" shape and loaded it with explosives
Battle of Yellow Tavern - ✔✔- Sheridan and Custer v. JEB Stuart and Fitzhugh Lee
- Union victory
- Stuart died
Battle of Brandy Station - ✔✔Alfred Pleasanton v. REB Stuart
- Inconclusive
Gettysburg - ✔✔Meade and Reynolds v. Lee
- Union victory
- Lee wants to try the ridges but they are rugged. They fired on the center first, giving the
feds warning.
Battle of Chancellorsville - ✔✔- Hooker v. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
- Confederate victory
- Known as Lee's perfect battle
- Lee splits his men up and Hooker thinks that Lee has more men than he has
- Lee never won a major victory after this
Battle of Cold Harbor - ✔✔- Grant and Meade v. Lee
- Confederate victory
- Grant's low point
