Civil War Battle Chart BATTLE NAME/LOCATION DATE COMMANDER (C/U) OUTCOME STRENGTH (C/U) CASUALTIES (C/U) SIGNIFICANCE First Bull Run (VA) 7/21/1861 J. Johnston McDowell Confederate win 32,000 28,000 1,982 2,896 Shows that war will be long; planning necessary Mill Springs (KY) 1/19/1862 Crittenden Thomas Union win 6,000 4,000 533 262 First significant Union win Fort Donelson (TN) 2/12/1862 Floyd Grant Union win 21,000 27,000 15,067 2,832 Grant rises to prominence Shiloh (TN) 4/6/1862 A.S. Johnston Grant Union win 40,000 63,000 10,694 13,047 Grant demoted Fair Oaks Seven Pines (VA) 5/31/1862 J. Johnston McClellan Inconclusive 42,000 42,000 6,134 5,031 Marked end of Union offensive Seven Days' Battle (VA) (Oak Grove Beaver Dam Creek
Civil War Battles
Civil War Battle Chart BATTLE NAME/LOCATION DATE COMMANDER (C/U) OUTCOME STRENGTH (C/U) CASUALTIES (C/U) SIGNIFICANCE First Bull Run (VA) 7/21/1861 J. Johnston McDowell Confederate win 32,000 28,000 1,982 2,896 Shows that war will be long; planning necessary Mill Springs (KY) 1/19/1862 Crittenden Thomas Union win 6,000 4,000 533 262 First significant Union win Fort Donelson (TN) 2/12/1862 Floyd Grant Union win 21,000 27,000 15,067 2,832 Grant rises to prominence Shiloh (TN) 4/6/1862 A.S. Johnston Grant Union win 40,000 63,000 10,694 13,047 Grant demoted Fair Oaks Seven Pines (VA) 5/31/1862 J. Johnston McClellan Inconclusive 42,000 42,000 6,134 5,031 Marked end of Union offensive Seven Days' Battle (VA) (Oak Grove Beaver Dam Creek
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