Battles of the Civil War
Jonathan Oliveira
Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. 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.
Chikamauga :
Battle of Chikamauga was the end of the Union offencive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia called the Chickamauga Campaign.
Chikamauga :
Battle of Chikamauga was the end of the Union offencive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia called the Chickamauga Campaign.
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Abraham Lincoln
He was the president during the civil wars.
John Wilkis Booth
He killed Lincoln.
Jefferson Davis
He was the head of state and head of government of the Confederate States of America.
Top 10 bloodiest wars
- Gettysburg--51,000 casualties
- Chickamauga--34,624 casualties
- Spotsylvania--30,000 casualties
- The Wilderness--29,800 casualties
- Chancellorsville--24,000 casualties
- Shiloh--23,746 casualties
- Stones River--23,515 casualties
- Antietam--22,717 casualties
- Second Manassas--22,180 casualties
- Vicksburg--19,233 casualties