War In The East

Name	Date	Contestants	Cause	Course	Consequences
1st Manasses (1st Battle of Bull Run)	July 21, 1861	Union: Gen. Irvin McDowell Confederate: Joseph Johnston & Beauregard	Northern newspapers pressured Lincoln to bring a quick end to the rebellion.	Virginia	Thomas J. Jackson earned the nom de guerre “Stonewall.” By July 22, the shattered Union army reached the safety of Washington.
Vicksburg Campaign (Pennisular)	January 29, 1861	Union: Gen.  George B. McClellan Confederate: Joseph E. Johnston	Union want after the Vicksburg, Mississippi fortress, the last Confederate controlled section of the Mississippi River.	Vicksburg	His success in the West boosted his reputation leading to his appointment as General-In-Chief of the Union armies
2nd Manasses (2nd Battle of Bull Run)	Spring of 1862	Union: John Pope Confederate: Robert E. Lee	Capture of the Union supply depot at Manassas Junction.	Virginia
Ironclads	March 8, 1862	Union: USS Cumberland Confederate: Merrimac	One of the Norths first acts was to force the confederacy into submission by blockading its ports.
Antietam (Southern Name: Battle of Sharpsburg)	September 17, 1862	Union: George B. McClellan Confederate: Gen. Robert E. Lee	Following the Confederate victory at the 2nd bull run, Robert E. Lee led his troops across the Potomac River into Union territory.	Maryland	revealed the limitations of both the Union and Confederate Armies.
Fredericksburg	December 13, 1862	Union: Ambrose E. Burnside Confederate: Gen. Robert E. Lee	Go towards the Confederate capital Richmond before Gen. Lee could catch up.	Burnside	Thomas. R.R. Cobb and Maxey Gregg were killed
Chancellorsville	May 1, 1863	Union: Joseph Hooker Confederate: Gen. Robert E. Lee Gen. Stonewall Jackson	Union raid against Lee's supply line.	Rappahannock fords	Widely to be convinced as his best known battle
Gettysburg	September 19, 1863	Union: George E. Meade John F. Reynolds Confederate: Gen. Robert E. Lee	Confederate infantry was in need of clothes and other supplies. Headed North towards Pennsylvania to retrieve those items.	Gettysburg Pennsylvania	Lee attacked the Union center in Cemetery Ridge and was repulsed with heavy losses in what is known as Pickett’s Charge.

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