Civil War Lesson 3

First Battle of Bull Run​ or Manassas (Virginia)

Battle of Vicksburg (Mississippi)

​Battle of Gettysburg (Pennsylvania)

​Appomattox Courthouse (Virginia)

• ​The First Battle of Bull Run is considered to be the FIRST BATTLE OF THE US CIVIL WAR.

• ​The battle took place near the Bull Run River and the Town of Manassas, Virginia.

• ​The result was a Confederate victory.

• ​This was a confidence boost to the Confederacy.

• ​The Goal of the Union was to cut of Confederate supply route by taking control of the mississippi river.

• ​The Union was successful

• ​The result was the south was cut off from their supply route on the mississippi river.

• ​Gettysburg was considered one of the most important battles in the US Civil War.

• ​The goal was to sto General Robert E. Lee and Confederate invasion of the north.

• ​The result was the union victory and the retreat of the confederate forces.

• ​This is the ending of the Civil War

• ​The Union General Ulysses s. Grant was able to catch Robert e. Lee and his army off-guard

• Robert E. Lee formally surrendered to the union general Ulysses s. Grant

• This ended the war

​The battles in Texas took place in order for Confederate forces to hold different boundary lines and prevent Union invasions.

• ​Battle of Galveston

• ​Battle of Sabine Pass

• ​Battle of Palmito Ranch

There were two separate battles to control Galveston.

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1. ​July 1861 - The Union Navy blocked Texas ports and TOOK GALVESTON

2. 1863 John G. Magruder led Confederate troops who turned steamboats into gunships called COTTONCLADS and took back Galveston.

September 18, 1863

​The Union planned to invade Texas from the East with 5,000 troops to attack Houston.

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​Lieutenant Richard Dowling and his Davis guards defended Fort Griffin for a confederate victory.

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​Careful fortification, control of gunboats, and artillery practice Helped to Win this battle.

May 1865

​The Union moved to capture brownsville. The union forces fought confederate troops led by John s. Ford.

​Confederate troops captured 100 union soldiers for a confederate victory

The battle of palmito ranch is famous because it shows just how slow communication had become, because the battle was fought a month after the war had ended.

• ​John Bell Hood - Leader of the Confederate "HOOD's BRIGADE." Fort Hood is named after him.

• ​Francis Lubbock - Governor of Texas after Sam Houston was removed from office.

• John B. Magruder - Commander of the Confederate forces in Texas​.

• ​Thomas Green - Led the gunboat battle when the South regained control of Galveston.

• Lawrence Sullivan "Sul"​ Ross - Confederate Army General and a texas ranger, the 19th Governor of Texas, and Former President of What is now known as Texas A&M University.

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