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Maps - US MILITARY HISTORY USMA, West Point
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Date | State | Leading Union Commanders |
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No. of Union Troops Engaged | No. of Confederate Troops Engaged |
| First Manassas also called First Bull Run | July 21, 1861 | Virginia | Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell | Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston & Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard | 35,000 (18,500 engaged) | 32,000 (18,000 engaged) |
| Merrimack an Monitor | March 9, 1862 | Hampton Roads, Virginia | Flag Officer L. M. Goldsborough commanding the fleet; Lt. John L. Worden commanding MONITOR | Flag Officer Franklin Buchanan wounded Mar. 8; Lt. Catesby ap R. Jones assumed command | Ship's comlement; 56 | Ship's complement:300 |
| Shiloh | April 6-7, 1862 | Tennessee | Maj.Gen. Ulysses S. Grant; Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell | Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston killed on the first day; Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard assumed command | 37,000 | 40,000 |
| The Seven Days | June 25- July 1, 1862 | Virginia | Maj. Gen. Geo B. McClellan | Gen. Robert E. Lee | 100,000 | 85,000 |
| Second Manasses also called Second Bull Run | Aug. 29-30, 1862 | Virginia | Maj. Gen. John Pope | Gen. Robert E. Lee | 70,000 (63,000 engaged) | 54,000 |
| Antietam also called Sharpsburg | Sept. 17, 1862 | Maryland | Maj. Gen. Geo. B. McClellan | Gen. Robert E. Lee | 70,000 (46,000 engaged) | 40,000 |
| Perryville | Oct. 8, 1862 | Kentucky | Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell | Gen. Braxton Bragg | 40,000 (25,000 engaged) | 16,000 |
| Fredericksburg | Dec. 13, 1862 | Virginia | Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside | Gen. Robert E. Lee | 120,000 | 78,000 |
| Murfreesboro also called Stones River | Dec. 31, 1862- Jan. 2, 1863 | Tennessee | Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans | Gen. Braxton Bragg | 45,000 | 38,000 |
| Chancellorsville | May 1-4, 1863 | Virginia | Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker | Gen. Robert E. Lee | 134,000 (105,000 engaged) | 60,000 |
| Vicksburg | May 19-July 4, 1863 | Mississippi | Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant; Rear Adm. David D. Porter | Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton | 50,000 reinforced to 70,000 | 31,000 |
| Gettysburg | July 1-3, 1863 | Pennsylvania | Maj. Gen. George G. Meade | Gen. Robert E. Lee | 85,000 | From 70,000 to 75,000 |
| Chickamauga | Sept.19-20, 1863 | Georgia | Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans | Gen. Braxton Bragg | 60,000 | 66,000 |
| Chattanooga (incl. Lookout Mt. And Missionary Ridge) | Nov. 23-25, 1863 | Tennessee | Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant | Gen. Braxton Bragg | 60,000 | 40,000 |
| The Wilderness And Spotsylvania | May 5-19, 1864 | Virginia | Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant; Maj. Gen. George G. Meade | Gen. Robert E. Lee | 110,000 | 62,000 |
| Atlanta | July 22, 1864 | Georgia | Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman | Gen. John B. Hood | 100,000 (31,000 engaged) | 50,000 (37,000 engaged) |
| Mobile Bay | Aug. 5, 1864 | Alabama | Rear Adm. David G. Farragut | Adm. Franklin Buchanan | 4 monitors; 14 wooden ships | 1 ironclad; 3 sidewheeler gunboats |
| Cedar Creek | Oct. 19, 1864 | Virginia | Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan | Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early | 31,000 | 19,000 |
| Nashville | Dec. 15-16, 1864 | Tennessee | Mar. Gen. George H. Thomas | Gen. John B. Hood | 50,000 | 23,000 |
| Petersburg | June 15, 1864- April 2, 1865 | Virginia | Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant; Maj. Gen. George G. Meade | Gen. Robert E. Lee | From 110,000 to 125,000 | From 50,000 to 55,000 |