United States - Civil War, Battles, Union

United States - Civil War, Battles, Union: Following the capture of Fort Sumter, both sides quickly began raising and organizing armies. On July 21, 1861, some 30,000 Union troops marching toward the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, were stopped at Bull Run (Manassas) and then driven back to Washington, D.C., by Confederates under Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson and Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. The shock of defeat galvanized the Union, which called for 500,000 more recruits. Gen. George B. McClellan was given the job of training the Union’s Army of the Potomac. The first major campaign of the war began in February 1862, when the Union general Ulysses

9 Most Important Civil War Battles

Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1863 - Wikipedia

American Civil War - Battles, Union, Confederacy

Battles Won by the Union timeline

The Civil War Smithsonian's History Explorer

History of the Civil War in 10 Battles, Part 1: Background to the Civil War - History

Ulysses S. Grant: A Map of Key Civil War Battles, HISTORY

American Civil War - Kids, Britannica Kids

Collections - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service)

American Civil War - Battles, Union, Confederacy

Battle of Shiloh

American Civil War Teaching Collection

The Union in the American Civil War, States & History - Video & Lesson Transcript