The Four Major Battles Of The Civil War

The American Civil War was a brutal four year conflict between the Union Army and Confederate States of America with an estimate of 700,000 total casualties that took place on April 12, 1861 until April 9, 1865. There were many causes that ultimately led to the war, but the immediate cause that was recognized by both the North and South was slavery. A compromise between the free and slave states did not exist, and their views were just too different. This eventually led to the Civil War, and more than 10,000 battles were fought, but throughout this essay, I’ll instead go over four particular major battles that occurred during the Civil War. Starting off with the Battle of Chancellorsville that took place in Spotsylvania County, Virginia on April 30th from May 6th, 1853. It was led by Joseph Hooker from the Union with 97,382
When the Union won the Battle of Antietam, it showed us that the Union could stand up against the South and also give President Abraham Lincoln the confidence to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation at a moment of strength. The battle began on September 17, 1862, on a cornfield when Joseph Hooker’s Union corps were able to land a powerful attack on Lee’s left flank. The Union also kept repeating attacks and blocked the Confederate counter attacks across the Miller’s cornfield and West Woods; however, the cornfield was quite difficult to move in because of its uneven terrain and dense vegetation. The soldiers would also have to worry about their surroundings to make sure the crops would not get damaged or even destroyed in the battle. Despite the Union having an advantage in the numbers of soldiers, Hooker saw thousands of his soldiers drop dead to the ground in the corn rows. At the same time, another fight was taking place at the Sunken