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Confederate victories

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Top 10 Confederate Victories

These are the top ten Confederate Victories for the Civil War. These battles include The bull run, battle of seven pines, battle of chattanooga, battle of fredericksburg, second battle of bull run, sevens day battle, battle of wilson's creek, battle of antietam, battle of chancellorsville and finally the battle of galveston. All of these battles are very intersting and all have one outcome, the Confederates won all of these battles.

Bull Run Bridge

1: Battle of the Bull run

Over 60% of the soldiers inn this war were under the age of 25.

Fought on: Manassas Junction, Virginia, July 21

Confederate troops: 35,000

Union troops: 37,000

Union casualties: 2,896

Confederate casualties: 1,982

Confederate general: P.G.T. Beauregard

Union general: George McDowell

2: Battle of seven pines

This battle was won by the confederates and was fought 5 miles east of Richmond. Confederates built a defensive line or ditch along the area they were defending.

Confederate casualties: 6,100

Union casualties:5,000

Confederate general: Robert E. Lee

Union general: George B. McCleblan

3: Battle of Chattanooga

Union Troops: 56,000

Fought on: Chattanooga, Tennessee November 23-25

Confederate Troops: 46,000

Union casualties: 5,800

Confederate casualties: 6,700

Union General: George Thomas

Confederate General: Braxton Bragg

4: Battle of Fredericksburg

Lee had anticipated the attack from the Union

and was able to defend themselfs

Fought on: Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13

Union troops: 120,000

Confederate Troops: 75,000

Union casualties: 12,500

Confederate casualties: 5,300

Union General: Ambrose Burnside

Confederate General: Robert E. Lee

5: Second Battle of Bull Run

This battle was a Confederate

victory fought in Virginia

Peninsula on June 25-August 1.

Union troops:75,000

Confederate troops:48,500

Union casualties:16,000

Confederate casualties:9,100

Fought in 1862

6: Sevens day battle

People described the battle field as one third of the men

were dead or were going to die. Also there were enough

men left alive that the field looked like it was crawling.

Fought on: June 25- August 1

Union troops: 115,000

Confederate Troops: 92,000

Union casualties: 15,800

Confederate casualties: 20,100

Union general: George B. McClellan

Confederate general: Robert E. Lee

7:Battle of Wilson's Creek

This battle lasted less then six hours long

Fought in: Missouri, August 10

Union troops: 5,400

Confederate troops: 11,000

Union casualties: 1,131

Confederate casualties: 1,130

Union general: Nathaniel Lyon

8: The battle of Antietam was on sep.17, 1862.

Was one day long and was fought in north Maryland along Antietam creak.

Federal Casualties: 12,400

Confederate Casualties: 10,300

Confederate General: Robert E.Lee

Union General: George B. McClellan

9: Battle of Chancellorsville

Battled in north Virginia

Date: May 1 to May 4, 1863

Confederate casualties: 12,821

Union casualties: 17,278

Confederate General: Robert E. Lee

Union General: Joseph Hooker

10: Battle of Galveston

Fought at Galveston, Texas

Date: Jan. 1, 1863

Confederate casualties: 50

Union casualties: 600

Confederate General: John B. Magruder

Union general: Issac S. Burrel and W.B. Renshaw

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Questions 1 Who was the confederate general in the battle of Chancellorsville?

2 How many confederate casualties were there in the battle of seven pines?

3 Who was the union general for the Battle of Antietam?

4 How many union casualties were there in the battle of Seven Pines?

5 What was the name of the battle in the number 5 spot?

Work cited

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"Central Design Lab." American Civil War. 1997. US Government Serves . 12 May 2009 http://americancivilwar.com/fberg.html.

Woodworth, Steven E. "Chattanooga, Battle of." World Book Student. 2009. [Place of access.] 12 May 2009

Battles of the Cival War. 12 May 2009 http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/netscape/battles/.

Woodworth, Steven E. "Chancellorsville, Battle of." World Book Student. 2009. [Place of access.] 20 May 2009 http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar105860.