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Union
Military Failures of 1861-62
Date |
Battle
Name |
Location |
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Commanders |
Result |
Union |
Confederacy |
21 July 1861 |
First Battle of Bull Run
(AKA Battle of First Manassas) |
Manassas
Creek, VA |
k: 460
w: 1,124
c/m: 1,312
TOTAL: 2,896 |
k: 387
w: 1,582,
c/m: 13
TOTAL: 1,982 |
Union:
Gen. Irvin McDowell
Confed:
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston/
Gen. Pierre G T Beauregard |
Union Army of Potomac routed |
6 Apr. 1862 |
Battle of Shiloh |
Pittsburg
Landing, TN |
TOTAL: 13,000 |
TOTAL: 10,700 |
Union:
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Confed:
Gen. Albert S. Johnston |
Draw |
25 June-
1 July 1862 |
Seven Days Battles |
Seven Pines, VA |
k: 1,734
w: 8,062
c/m: 6,053
TOTAL: 15,849 |
k: 3,286
w: 15,909
c/m: 940
TOTAL: 20,135 |
Union:
Gen. George B. McClellan
Confed:
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston/
Gen. Robert E. Lee |
Union defeat |
29-30 Aug. 1862 |
Second Bull Run (AKA Second Battle of Manassas) |
Manassas
Creek, VA |
k: 1,747
w: 8,452
c/m: 4,263
TOTAL: 14,462 |
k: 1,553
w: 7,812
m: 109
TOTAL: 9,474 |
Union:
Gen. George B. McClellan/
Maj. Gen. John Pope
Confed:
Gen. Robert E. Lee/
Gen. T.J. 'Stonewall' Jackson/
Gen. James Longstreet |
Union defeat |
17 Sept. 1862 |
Battle of Antietam |
near Sharpsburg, MD |
k: 2,108
TOTAL: 12,000[2] |
k: min. 1,500
TOTAL: 12,700[2] |
Union:
Gen. George B. McClellan
Confed:
Gen. Robert E. Lee |
Union victory |
13 Dec. 1862 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
Fredericksburg, VA |
k: 1,284
w: 9,600
c/m: 1,769
TOTAL: 12,653 |
k: 595
w: 4,061
c/m: 653
TOTAL: 5,309 |
Union:
Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside
Confed:
Gen. Robert E. Lee |
Union defeat |
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Notes
1. Killed, wounded, captured/missing
2. Approximate
k = killed, w = wounded, c/m = captured/missing
Sources
Kutler, S. I., ed. Dictionary of American History,
3rd ed. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003.
Moore, J. H., ed. Encyclopedia of Race and Racism,
vol. 1. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2008. |
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