| A | B |
| Seven Days Battle | Lee led a series of attacks on McClellan's army that led McClennan to retreat |
| Battle of Shiloh | led newspapers to demand that Lincoln fire Ulysses s. Grant |
| Second Battle of Bull Run | battle withing 20 miles of Washington in which Lee's army forced the north to retreat |
| Vicksburg | taken by siege by Union forces under Grant |
| First Battle of Bull Run | battle where Stonewall Jackson got his nickname |
| New Orleans | won by the Union because of a daring move by the commander, David G. Farragut |
| Battle of Antietam | the result of this battle convinced Lincoln that the time had come to end slavery in the South |
| Battle of Gettysburg | Lee lost more than a third of his entire force |
| march to the Sea | made Southern civilians understand the horrors of war |
| appomattox Courthouse | Lee surrendered to Grant |