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Battles of the Civil War: Crash Course US History #19

From: U.S. History by Crash Course

In this episode of Crash Course US History, John Green lists a whole lot of the battles of the US Civil War. We get a lot of requests for military history, so we offer a list of battle names, with some commentary about outcomes, and lots of really interesting pictures. Disclaimer: this video is pretty different from our usual format!

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Battles of the Civil War Crash Course US History 19

speaker01 00:00:00

Hi I'm John Green, this is Crash Course us history starting next week we're going to be talking about the Civil War. And as you may have noticed Crash Course doesn't usually focus on military history because we're more interested in causes and defects and that kind of stuff, but because we know that some in our audience are likely to insist that a series on American history has to include the battles of the Civil War, I am now going to tell you about every single fight of the war. Wait, Stan, this says there were 8000 .

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incidents of violence between the union in the Confederate states of America between 1861 and 1865. Can that be right? All right, major plans. I am going to tell you about every major battle of the Civil War.

speaker01 00:44:00

The shooting started in 1861. In April, the first shots of the war were fired at the Battle of Fort Sumter. South Carolina, which the South 1. Next was the Battle of Rich Mountain, which went to the north. First Bull Run happened in Manassas, Virginia in July. The South 1 General Jackson got the nickname, and the North realized that this war was going to be serious business. The South had another victory at Wilson's Creek in August, but lost to the Union at Carnival Ferry in September. The North got another win at the Battle of Cheap Mountain, but the South finished the year strong with wins at Balls Bluff.

speaker01 01:14:00

The North came roaring back in 1862 with wins at the battles of Mills Spring Fort Henry, Roanoke Island, and Fort Donaldson, where the Confederate general was named Simone Bolivar Buckner.

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What there was also fighting in the West. The Union won at P Ridge, Arkansas, then won at New Madrid, Missouri, The Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia, in March was a draw and featured the first fight between two ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. The Union won the Battle of Bern in the first Battle of Kearns Town, and then there were draws at Gloria to pass New Mexico and Yorktown. The Union won the Battle of Shiloh, where future Ben, her author Lew Wallace was accused of incompetence and cowardice. The Union also won the battle of Fort poasi and the Battle of Forts Jackson and St Philip, which gave the North control of New Orleans. The North then won the Siege of Corinth and Union General McClellan, one of the most indecisive battles he would be involved in at Williamsburg, Virginia, which is really saying something because he was pretty indecisive. Then Stonewall Jackson had a great run winin in battles at McDowell Fort Royal and Winchester Union Forces captured Memphis, Tennessee in May, then lost a couple more battles to Jackson at Cross Keys and Port Republic in Virginia. That June.

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Robert E E Lee and George McClellan fought a series of six battles in seven days, which were called the Seven Day Battles because historians are so good at naming things, There was a draw Oak Grove Union victory at Beaver Dam Creek, a win for we at Gaines Mill Ties at garnetts and Golding's Farms, the Battle of Savages stations, and the Battle for Glendale. Then the Union finally won the seven days at Malvern Hill, but McLellan withdrew after the battle, allowing Lee and the remaining Confederates to escape, and then in July 1862, one of the least consequential battles of the war took place in Stan's home town of Newburg, Indiana, a force of 35 Confederate irregulars built some fake cannons out of stove pipes that they called Quake guns, crossed the Ohio River, captured some weapons, and a hospital full of wounded Union soldiers, and then abandoned the town Later that same day. Later that summer came the battles of Baton Rouge Cedar Mountain Manassas Station, the second battle of Bull Run Chantilly, and Harper's Ferry, all of which the Confederates won the Union, then won at South Mountain, but at Mu forville on September 17, 1862, McClellan ended Lee's Invasion of the North at Antietam, Maryland, this was the bloodiest single day of the war, with 22717 dead, wounded or missing of 18000 hundred and 62 saw the Battles of Perryville, Fredericksburg and Chickasaw Bayou by the way, if this is starting to sound like Baseball Box scores, Maybe you're getting a glimpse of why we don't usually do the military history, right, but back to the Civil War 18 and 63 started in Tennessee with a union victory at the Battle of Stone, but also with a simultaneous Confederate victory at Galveston, Texas, there were lots of smallish skirmishes during the winter and early spring until the Battle of Chancellorsville in May, where Lee defeated Hooker, but Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded, Jackson lost his left arm and then Lee said I have lost my right arm. Jackson then famously proceeded to say .

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cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees and then died eight days later his arm by the way is buried with its own headstone near Chancellorsville.

speaker01 04:06:00

The North then won a bunch of battles in Mississippi at raymonds in Champion Hill and finally Vicksburg that victory along with the victory for Hudson, effectively ended the Confederates ability to use the Mississippi River fighting in June 18 and 63 in Virginia was inconclusive, with draws at Brandy Station Aldi and upperville, and then July brought the Battle of Gettysburg, a major Union victory, this battle Pickett's famous charge. It was the end of Lee's second invasion of the North. It was the costliest battle of the war in terms of casualties, and it led to, surprisingly, the Gettysburg Address. The rest of that summer brought split results to Confederate victories at Fort Wagner. South Carolina at Fort Sumter, again holding the fort against Heavy Union bombardment, and they perpetrated a massacre of civilians in wars. Kansas, the rest of 1863 saw battles at Bayou for Arkansas, a major Confederate win at Chickamauga, the battles of Bristow Station wahai Rappahannock Station, Chattanooga, again, Ringgold Gap Fort and Mossy Creek.

speaker01 05:01:00

And are you making some of these place names up? A creek cannot be mossy. Oh my gosh, we're only 1000 and 860 two-four we got to get moving stand. Can you just indicate who won these on the screen? Awesome, the spring saww battles at Mansfield Pleasant Hill, Louisiana and Fort Pillow, Tennessee then was about of the Wilderness Spotsylvania Courthouse, new market, North Anna Old Church and the Battle of the Cold Harbor all in Virginia. Summer brothel battles of Marietta, Georgia and Petersburg were all fought in Virginia as well, and there was Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, Monocacy, Maryland, and Fort Stevens in the District of Columbia. By the way, Abraham Lincoln himself went to observe that battle, and the guy standing next to him got shot. Then there were the battles of Peach treee Creek, Georgia, and Atlanta, Georgia, a major Union victory won by General Sherman, also fought with the battles of Ezra Church, Georgia, the Battle of the Crater in Virginia, Virginia, the battles of Mobile Bay, Alabama, Deep Bottom Globe Tavern, and Jonesboro, Georgia, which solidified union control of Atlanta.

speaker01 05:49:00

OK, autumn 1864, we are really in the home stretch, the battles of Opaque and Fisher Hill chafin's Farm and Cedar Creek were off on in Virginia, Johnsonville, Tennessee, the Sand Creek Massacre, the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee Fort McAllister, Georgia and Nashville, Tennessee finished out the year.

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All right, 1865, here we go, the battles of Fort Fisher North Carolina Hatchers run Virginia benville North Carolina Fort edgmon Virginia 5 Fors Virginia The third battle of Petersburg, Virginia Fort lakely Alabama staward Creek, Virginia abaat of Station, Virginia and finally the decisive battle at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia on April 8, 1865, which resulted in Lee's surrender to Grant. There were a few more minor skirmishes, but the war was over.

speaker02 06:34:00

So there you have it, an episode of Crash Course entirely about battles. What did we learn? Very little in the end, and I know I missed many battles of the war, but I also didn't miss many. There's no big finish today because I am exhausted from all of those battles and all of that fighting and Death week Crash Course produced and muer scripts meredith-owned is Danica Johnson written?