please tell me 3 key/main battles of the american civil war.?

Question

please tell me who won

Answer 1

Usually I vote for EF N W or JS as they know what they are talking about but I disagree with him on this one. Vicksburg (union opened the Mississippi and split the Confederacy); Franklin (union destroyed The Army of Tennessee); the Battle of Atlanta (union destroyed the the will to fight and the supply route to the Army of Northern Virginia).

I have to mention two more battles Fredericksburg and Chancerville both Confederate victories which are still studied by people around the world.

God Bless You and Our Southron People.

Answer 2

You've got good answers from everyone so far. One point to remember there are typically two names for every battle out there. The confederate name and the union name. Example: the battle of bull run is also the battle of manassas.

As a civil war reenactor I feel 3 key battles are: Gettysburg-union victory, Turning point of the war. The union gets the upper hand at this 3 day battle. The battle of Antietam, tactically inconclusive, however a strategic union victory. And while this is not a true battle I would say Sherman's march to the sea as being a key event as it broke the back of the confederacy and finalized the Union's Victory.

Answer 3

First Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861 Confederate Victory

Had General P.G.T. Beauregard followed up immediately on his victory, Washington would have fallen to the Confederacy
and the North would have lost the will to fight, resulting in an end to the war, before it had really begun in its first year. People will argue that this was not a practical possibility, however one must remember that at this stage of the war, logistically the South were at worst in parity with the North, and in terms of its officer cadre, superior to the opposition. The North at this time had not swung its military industrial strength and man power advantage into action. A big opportunity missed by the South!

Gettysburg July 1 - 14, 1863 Union Victory

Arguably a draw, however in reality a Union victory in that the Northern Army held the field, preventing General Robert E. Lee from continuing his advance into the North and forcing him to retreat towards Virginia. Probably, together with Vicksburg, the turning point of the war.

The Siege of Vicksburg January - July 1863 Union Victory

In the words of Col. Josiah Gorgas, one of the most able of Southern leaders, "One brief month ago we were apparently at the point of success. Lee was in Pennsylvania threatening Harrisburgh, and even Philadelphia. Vicksburg seemed to laugh all Grant's efforts to scorn. . . . All looked bright. Now the picture is just as somber as it was bright then. Lee failed at Gettysburg. . . . Vicksburg and Port Hudson capitulated, surrendering thirty-five thousand men and forty-five thousand arms. It seems incredible that human power could effect such a change in so brief a space. Yesterday we rode on the pinnacle of success—today absolute ruin seems to be our portion." Says it all really. The capitulation of the South at Vicksburg released the Union Western Armies to launch their columns deep into the Confederacy's vitals.

The great objective of the war in the West—the opening of the Mississippi River and the severing of the Confederacy—had been realized with the fall of Vicksburg.

Answer 4

First Battle of Bull Run: Won by the south. Showed the U.S. the war wasn't going to be easy or short lived/fought

Vicksburg: Last major confederate strong hold of Mississippi river. The victory gave union Control of the Mississippi

Gettysburg: Union victory and last time the Confederate armies came north of the Patomic River

many other key battles and you asked for just three of them...

Just a note Antietam was a draw but it is a moral victory for the North and it stopped Lees drive north for almost a year

Answer 5

Ok, here we go:

Antietam-- September 1862-- Technically it was a draw, neither side got the decisive victory there, but strategically it was Lee's.

Gettysburg-- July 2-4, 1863-- The Union won.

1st Battle of Manasses-- 1861- Confederacy won (showed that the CSA was not going to just "flee the field" in terror at the sight of the Union Army, as some thought).

Cheers!!

Answer 6

Gettysburg. The furthest north the south would get.
Vicksburg. Opened up the Mississippi to the North.
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Try watching the Civil War series on the History Channel. I never tire of it

Answer 7

First Bull Run . . . gave the South hope
Vicksburg ... split the South in twain
Gettysburg ... the beginning of the end for the South after this failed invasion of the North

Answer 8

First Bull Run/First Manassas - Confederate

Chancellorsville - Confederate

Palmito Ranch - Confederate

Answer 9

antietam -- bloodiest battle there was,
gettysburg, (abe lincoln dedicated this place as a cemetary for those in michigan who died in the war -- it was a LOT)
and vicksburg, when the union got the mississippi river

Answer 10

Antietam, Gettysburg and Shiloh