Battle 7: Vicksburg

The Battle of Vicksburg!

Date: May 18-July 4, 1863

Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi

Geographical Features: Deep Ravines

Personnel: Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant [US]; Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton [CS]

Leaders:  Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant [US]; Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton [CS]

Technology: Mechanical Arms

Outcome: Union victory; 19,233 total casualties (US 10,142; CS 9,091)

Impact: It isolated all Confederates to the West of the river till the end of the war.

Battle 8: Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg!

Date: July 1st-3rd, 1863

Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Geographic features: High Ground

Personnel: Maj. Gen. George G. Meade [US]; Gen. Robert E. Lee [CS]

Leaders: Maj. Gen. George G. Meade [US]; Gen. Robert E. Lee [CS]

Technology: Mechanical Arms

Outcome: Union victory; 51,000 total casualties (US 23,000; CS 28,000)

Impact: Deciding factor of the Civil War

Battle 9: Fort Wagner/Morris Island

The Battle of Fort Wagner/Morris Island!

Date: July 18-September 7, 1863

Location: Fort Wagner / Morris Island, South Carolina

Geographic features: Beachhead

Personnel: Major General Quincy Gillmore  [US]

 General P.G.T. Beauregard [CS] 

Leaders:  Major General Quincy Gillmore  [US]

 General P.G.T. Beauregard [CS] 

Technology: Mechanical Arms

Outcome: Confederate Victory; 1689 casualties of which 1515 were Union soldiers

Impact: The Federals began to siege operations involving the fort

Battle 10: Appomattox Court House

The Battle of Appomattox Court House!

Date: April 9, 1865

Location: Appomattox County

Geographic features: Rolling hills

Personnel:  Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant [US]; Gen. Robert E. Lee [CS] 

Leaders: Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant [US]; Gen. Robert E. Lee [CS] 

Technology: Modern Railway

Outcome: Union won; 700 total casualties 

Impact: This was the final engagement of the war in Virginia.