Birzer Civil War Study Guide, Spring 2017

Battles to Know/Army of the Potomac Leaders (No naval battles listed)

1861

Battle of First Bull Run

Battles of Wilson’s Creek/Lexington (Missouri)

Battle of Ball’s Bluff

1862

Battle of Forts Henry and Donelson

Battle of Shiloh

New Mexico/Southwest Campaign

The Peninsular Campaign

Antietam Campaign

Battle of Fredericksburg

1863

Gettysburg Campaign

Vicksburg Campaign

Battle of Fort Wagner (54^th Mass.)

Chattanooga Campaign

1864

Atlanta Campaign

Wilderness Campaign

1865

Siege at Petersburg

Army of the Potomac (Main Union army, eastern theater) Leaders

• Irvin McDowell, 1861
• George McClellan, 1861-1862
• Ambrose Burnside, 1862-1863
• Joseph Hooker, 1863
• George Meade, 1863-1865
• U.S. Grant (though, Meade still technically in charge), 1864-1865

William T. Sherman, Army of the West, 1864-1865