The Confederate's Victory In The Civil War

Occurred on July 21, 1861, also known as Battle of Manassas.

The Union General is Irvin McDowell.

The Confederate General involved were P.G.T. Beauregard and Joseph E. Johnston.

The Confederate won the war, which was the first battle in the Civil War.

The Battle Of Antietam was one of the most bloodiest fights with casualties over 23,000 with both sides combined. The Union had around 75,000 mens while the Confederate had 37,000.

The Confederate sent General Jackson to capture Harper’s Ferry while General Lee invaded Maryland so he could protect Virginia’s harvest, gain Maryland volunteers, win, demoralise the North and persuade Britain to help them in the war.

However, things didn’t go as planned and the Confederate lost. General Lee lost his operational orders which had fallen into the hands of McClellan meaning he knows what they are going to do and Lee had lost soldiers, decreasing

his army size.
The Battle of Antietam was considered three separate battles, but during those three battles, the Union had all been partially successful.
As the result of the battle, Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation and reduced the chances of British help to the Confederate.

But since McClellan victory was partially successful, he was relieved of his role, being replaced by General Burnside.

The Union won the Battle of Antietam won due to the size of the Union army and the disarray the Confederate had since they weren’t organized.

The Battle of Chancellorsville is widely considered by Historians to be Robert E. Lee’s greatest victory during the American Civil War. Lee successfully defeated an enemy force nearly twice the size of his own. Hooker had the numerical superiority but did not use the advantage to his benefit.

Fought in the Wilderness region of Virginia, Chancellorsville was General Robert E. Lee’s greatest defensive victory, Lee was outnumbered 60,000 men to 80,000 men behind them due to Joseph Hooke’s well executed march and river crossing, but Hooker proceeded to completely waste his advantage by not raising defenses near the Chancellor Farm. Lee arrived and proceeded to plan his own flank

movement.
Early on May 2, Jackson and 30,000 of his men followed a route leading to General Hooker’s weak right flank. They began their attack that ended up destroying half of Hooker’s line; their complete victory stopped by nightfall. However, the victory came at a great cost, Jackson, scouting in the dark, was mortally wounded by friendly fire. On May 3rd, Lee took the offensive and took his victory which would lead him north to Gettysburg in a few week’s time.
The Battle of Gettysburg is considered by many to be the most important engagement of the American Civil War. After Lee’s decisive victory over Union Forces at Chancellorsville, Lee marched his army into Pennsylvania in late June.
On July 1st, the marching Confederates clashed with the Union’s Army of the Potomac, commanded by Union General George G. Meade at the crossroads town of Gettysburg.
The next day, Confederates attacked the Federals from left and right sides, and on July 3rd, Lee ordered an attack by a little less than 15,000 troops on the enemy’s center at Cemetery Ridge, which is known as Pickett’s Charge. Union Infantry opened fire on the advancing rebels from behind stone walls, and catching the Confederates from both sides, this charge ended up causing the Confederate side thousands of rebel casualties.
Because of his staggering losses, Lee was forced to withdraw his heavily damaged army towards Virginia on July 4th. Lee hoped for a Union counterattack that never came. He withdrew towards Virginia, demoralized by his defeat, the Battle at Gettysburg ultimately turned the tide of the war in the Union's Favor.