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Civil War Desk Reference

The conflict that from 1861 to 1865 took 620,000 lives, laid waste to large sections of the South, and decided the future course of the nation.

American Civil War

Battle Statistics

Commanders and Casualties


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BATTLE DATE COMMANDER STRENGTH CASUALTIES
Mill Springs 1/19/1862 Crittenden
Thomas
6,000
4,000
533
262
Fort Donelson 2/12/1862 Floyd
Grant
21,000
27,000
15,067
2,832
Shiloh 4/6/1862 A.S. Johnston
Grant
40,000
63,000
10,694
13,047
Fair Oaks
Seven Pines
5/31/1862 Joesph Johnston
McClellan
42,000
42,000
6,134
5,031
Seven Days' Battle
Oak Grove
Beaver Dam Creek
Gaine's Mill
Savage's Station
Glendale
Malvern Hill
6/25/1862
to
7/1/1862
Lee
McClellan
95,000
91,000
20,614
15,849
Second Manassas 8/28/1862
8/30/1862
Lee
Pope
49,000
76,000
9,197
16,054
South Mountain 9/14/1862 Lee
McClellan
18,000
28,000
2,685
1,813
Antietam 9/16/1862
9/18/1862
Lee
McClellan
52,000
75,000
13,724
12,410
Perryville 10/7/1862
10/8/1862
Bragg
Buell
16,000
37,000
3,396
4,211
Fredericksburg 12/11/1862 Lee
Burnside
72,000
114,000
5,309
12,653
Murfreesboro 12/31/1862 Bragg
Rosecrans
37,000
43,000
9,865
11,577
Chancellorsville 5/1/1863 Lee
Hooker
57,000
105,000
12,764
16,792
Champions Hill 5/16/1863 Pemberton
Grant
20,000
29,000
3,851
2,441
Vicksburg Campaign 5/18/1863 Pemberton
Grant
22,000
46,000
31,275
4,550
Tullahoma 6/24/1863 Bragg
Rosecrans
34,000
65,000
1,634
560
Gettysburg 7/1/1863 Lee
Meade
75,000
83,000
28,063
23,049
Chickamauga 9/19/1863 Bragg
Rosecrans
68,000
58,000
18,454
16,179
Chattanooga 11/23/1863 Bragg
Grant
46,000
56,000
6,667
5,824
Wilderness 5/5/1864 Lee
Grant
61,000
102,000
11,400
18,400
Spotsylvania 5/12/1864 Lee
Hancock
52,000
100,000
12,000
18,000
Cold Harbor 6/1/1864 Lee
Grant
62,000
108,000
2,500
12,000
Petersburg 6/15/1864 Beauregard
Grant
42,000
64,000
2,970
8,150
Peach Tree Creek 7/20/1864 Hood
Thomas
19,000
20,000
2,500
1,600
Atlanta
Hoods Attack
7/22/1864 Hood
Sherman
37,000
30,000
8,000
3,722
Deep Bottom 8/14/1864 Lee
Hancock
20,000
28,000
1,700
2,901
Cedar Creek 10/19/1864 Early
Sheridan
18,000
31,000
2,910
5,665
Franklin 11/30/1864 Hood
Schofield
27,000
28,000
6,252
2,326
Nashville 12/15/1864 Hood
Thomas
23,000
50,000
4,462
3,061
Appomattox
Campaign
3/29/1865 Lee
Grant
50,000
113,000

10,780

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American Civil War DVD Titles

Lincoln and Lee at Antietam: The Cost of Freedom
Lincoln and Lee at Antietam covers the entire struggle of the Antietam Campaign. The political concept about why Lincoln needed a Union victory and Lee's need to take the war north were covered as well as the battle.

Gettysburg and Stories of Valor - Civil War Minutes III DVD Box Set
This 3-hour documentary captures the scenic beauty of the Gettysburg battlefield, examines rare Civil War artifacts and tells the personal stories of the men who fought in the war.

Shiloh: The War is Civil No More

Civil War: A Concise History
The best collection of Civil War visuals ever assembled in one 75-minute program. A breathtaking and first-hand account of the war. Great DVD Bonuses
Stones River Tennessee
Stones River National Battlefield
Stones River was one of the hardest fought battles of the Civil War with casualties of 27 percent on the Confederate side and 29 percent on the Union side

Battle of Stones River
The Fight for Murfreesboro

At dawn on December 31, 1862 the two armies clashed in a deadly struggle along the banks of Stones River.
Chickamauga Civil War DVD
The Battle of Chickamauga
Special Widescreen Edition

Chickamauga one of the fiercest engagements of the American Civil War. Over a period of two days, more than 100,000 men struggled for control of the south's transportation hub, Chattanooga.

Struggle For Vicksburg
Photography of the park with authentic battlefield illustrations and life-like paintings. Vicksburg's wartime role in the bloody and brutal conflict.

PCN Tours Gettysburg Battlewalks: Pickett's Charge - Pettigrew's Perspective
The legendary exploits of the Union and Confederate armies come to life with these informative tours of Gettysburg National Park

PCN Tours Gettysburg Battlewalks: General Meade After Pickett's Charge
Did Meade want to fight at Gettysburg? Did Meade want to retreat on the evening of July 2nd? Why didn't Meade counter-assault the Army of Northern Virginia after the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble charge? National Park Service addresses these questions

The Last Days of the Civil War - April 1865: The Month That Saved America, Civil War Combat:
The Tragedy At Cold Harbor
The remarkable succession of events leading from the fall of Richmond to Appomattox.

The Last Days of the Civil War - Biography: Abraham Lincoln & Robert E. Lee, Civil War Journal: Jefferson Davis
In-depth profiles that series--illuminate the personalities at the heart of the conflict: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and Robert E. Lee

In Search Of History - Quantrill's Raiders

Long Road Back to Kentucky:
The 1862 Confederate Invasion

The often-overlooked Western campaign of the war with a specific emphasis on Kentucky's involvement in the American Civil War.

History's Mysteries: Family Feud:
The Hatfields And McCoys

Millions of dollars worth of timber and coal rich land were at stake, the courts were involved and once the national press got wind of what was happening, the backwoods folk found that their fight was being followed nationwide

The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns
Here is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one

Rebel Sabres / The Battle of Brandy Station 1863
Through dramatic reconstructions and eye-witness accounts, this documentary explores the 1863 Battle Of Brandy Station.

Women And The Civil War
The many contributions of women in both the North and South are presented in this program describing their roles on and near the momentous battles of the American Civil War

Biography - Abraham Lincoln
Preserving the Union

Abe Lincoln's presidency in detail. The emotional tragedy and the humorus side of the man. His thoughts on the early commanders and dicussions with Historians. Pictures and details hard to find in other historical documentaries.

American Experience - Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
Abraham Lincoln's legacy as the Great Emancipator reshaped the nation while his tragic death left Mary reclusive and forgotten.

Gore Vidal's Lincoln
This a very personal view of President Lincoln and his relationship with his wife Mary.

Abraham Lincoln
Journey though the life of America's heroic President. The story begins at Lincoln's birth. The history of what led this man to the White House, his freeing of the slaves, and the Civil War; This story delves into his personal life, including Lincoln's affair with Ann Ruthledge and courtship of Mary Todd. Lincoln struggles through his debates with Douglas and in the end is assassinated

Lincoln
The History Channel

Lincoln was able to employ his powerful wit and innate charm to transform his inner demons. A devastating and moving chronicle of a president's last moments, Lincoln captures the dark soul that fueled one of history's brightest lights

Unsolved History ~ Plots to Kill Lincoln
Discovery Channel

Before John Wilkes Booth fired that fatal shot in the balcony of Ford's Theater, President Lincoln was the target of at least five other assassination conspiracies.

Uncle Toms Cabin
DVD also features a detailed and informative essay by historian David Pierce, an extensive collection of stills, promotional materials, and music cue sheets, and details of cuts made to the film, including two deleted scenes that are among the best moments the film has to offer

Still Standing: The Stonewall Jackson Story
The life of Stonewall Jackson from his orphaned childhood, to the Sunday School class he taught for African Americans that has resulted in a lasting impact today, to the pivotal role he played as a General in the Civil War.

Stonewall Jackson - Biography
He earned his nickname for bravery at Bull Run. He met his fate in a tragic accident at Chancellorsville. Stonewall Jackson is widely regarded as one of the greatest of the Confederate commanders of the Civil War. An outstanding leader and brilliant tactician he led some of the most stunning campaigns of the war and earned a place in military history.

Horses of Gettysburg
Civil War Minutes

Filmed in high definition with charging horses, battlefield panoramas and no "talking heads," this cinematic documentary tells the story of the estimated 72,000 horses and mules that fought at the Battle of Gettysburg and uncovers the strategies employed to ensure that the millions of animals in service with the North and South remained healthy and well-trained for action.

Gettysburg / Gods and Generals
The tide of the war changes during three fierce days of combat at Gettysburg [Disc 1] the gripping saga of the tactics command errors and sacrifices behind the bloodiest battle ever fought on U.S. soil. Gods and Generals [Disc 2] reveals the spirited allegiances and fierce combat of earlier Civil War struggles

Ulysses S. Grant - Warrior President
Grant pushed for the annexation of Hispaniola, not to relocate blacks, but to give them the option to leave, thus impressing upon white southerners the importance of black people in their labor force and encouraging them to pay better wages and treat their employees better

THE GREAT COMMANDERS
Ulysses S. Grant

Lee was determined to confront Grant's numerically-superior Union Army in the dense Spotsylvania wilderness. For Lee it was imperative to fight here, his army was massively outnumbered, with 61,000 men to Grant's 101,000

Manassas 1861



 
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