Battles of the Blue and the Gray
BY
MONICA A.C. SCHWARTZ
First Battle of Bull Run - July 21, 1861
Five Fun Facts
❖ Number of Union soldiers engaged:
Roughly 18,000
❖ Number of Confederate soldiers
engaged: Roughly 18,000
❖ Estimated Union casualties: 2,896
(killed, wounded and missing/
captured)
❖ Estimated Confederate casualties:
1,982 (killed, wounded and missing/
captured)
❖ Result: Confederate victory
1861
April
May
June
July
August
1st Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Shiloh - April 6-7, 1862
Five Fun Facts
❖ Number of Union soldiers engaged:
Roughly 66,000
❖ Number of Confederate soldiers
engaged: Roughly 45,000
❖ Estimated Union casualties: 13,000
(killed, wounded and missing/
captured)
❖ Estimated Confederate casualties:
10,000 (killed, wounded and missing/
captured)
❖ Result: Union victory
1862
September
October
November
December
January
Second Battle of Bull Run - August 28-30, 1862
Five Fun Facts Union General
Ambrose Burnside
❖ Number of Union soldiers engaged:
Roughly 70,000
❖ Number of Confederate soldiers
engaged: Roughly 55,000
❖ Estimated Union casualties: 14,452
casualties (killed, wounded and
missing/ captured)
❖ Estimated Confederate casualties:
9,474 casualties (killed, wounded and
missing/ captured)
❖ Result: Confederate victory
1862 February
March
April
May
June
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Fredericksburg - December 11-15, 1862
Union General Five Fun Facts
Joseph Hooker
❖ Number of Union soldiers engaged:
Roughly 120,000
❖ Number of Confederate soldiers
engaged: Roughly 85,000
❖ Estimated Union casualties: 12,653
(killed, wounded and missing/
captured)
❖ Estimated Confederate casualties:
5,377 (killed, wounded and missing/
captured)
❖ Result: Confederate victory
July 1862
August
September
October
November
2nd Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Chancellorsville- April 30 to May 6, 1863
Five Fun Facts Confederate General Thomas
Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson
❖ Number of Union soldiers engaged:
Roughly 97,382
❖ Number of Confederate soldiers
engaged: Roughly 57,352
❖ Estimated Union casualties: 17,197
(killed, wounded and missing/
captured)
❖ Estimated Confederate casualties:
13,303 casualties (killed, wounded and
missing/ captured)
❖ Result: Confederate victory
1862 December 1863
January Battle of Chancellorsville
February
March
April
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Gettysburg - July 1-3, 1863
Five Fun Facts
❖ Number of Union Soldiers Engaged:
Roughly 90,000
❖ Number of Confederate Soldiers
Engaged: Roughly 75,000
❖ Estimated Union Casualties: 30,000
(killed, wounded and missing/
captured)
❖ Estimated Confederate Casualties:
27,000 (killed, wounded and missing/
captured)
❖ Result: Union victory
May 1863
June
July
August
September
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Monocacy- July 9, 1864 Union General
Lewis Wallace
Five Fun Facts
1864
❖ Number of Union soldiers engaged:
Roughly 5,800
❖ Number of Confederate soldiers
engaged: Roughly 14,000
❖ Estimated Union casualties: 1,294
(killed, wounded and missing/
captured)
❖ Estimated Confederate casualties: 700
– 900 (killed, wounded and missing/
captured)
❖ Result: Confederate victory
1863
October
November
December
January
February
Confederate General Battle of Franklin - November 30, 1864
John Bell Hood
Five Fun Facts
❖ Number of Union soldiers engaged:
Roughly 27,000
❖ Number of Confederate soldiers
engaged: Roughly 27,000
❖ Estimated Union casualties: 2,300
(killed, wounded and missing/
captured)
❖ Estimated Confederate casualties:
6,200 (killed, wounded and missing/
captured)
❖ Result: Union victory
March 1864
April
May
June
July
Battle of Monocacy
Battle of Nashville- December 15-16, 1864
Five Fun Facts
❖ Number of Union soldiers engaged:
Roughly 55,000
❖ Number of Confederate soldiers
engaged: Roughly 30,000
❖ Estimated Union casualties: 3,061
(killed, wounded and missing/
captured)
❖ Estimated Confederate casualties:
6,000 (killed, wounded and missing/
captured)
❖ Result: Union victory
1864
August
September
October
November
December
Battle of Franklin Battle of Nashville
Battle of Appomattox Court House - April 9, 1865
Union General Five Fun Facts
Ulysses S. Grant
❖ Number of Union soldiers engaged:
Confederate General Roughly 63,285
Robert E. Lee
❖ Number of Confederate soldiers
engaged: Roughly 26,000
❖ Estimated Union casualties: 152
(killed, wounded and missing/
captured)
❖ Estimated Confederate casualties: 500
(killed, wounded and missing/
captured)
❖ Result: Union victory
January 1865
February
March
April
May
Battle of Appomattox Court House
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