Match the battle with each description
group of answer choices
first bull run

battles

1 fort henry and donelson

2 peninsular campaign

3 battle of antietam

4 fredricksburg

5 chancellorsville

6 shiloh

7 battle of vicksburg

8 appomattox

descriptions

a) a union thrust against the confederate army of kentucky and tennesse that ended with a confederate army of 12k
b) a protracted battle in northern mississippi in which union forces under ulysses grant besieged the last major confederate
c)another robert lee victory. he split his army and suprised the union army smashing its flank and forcing it to retreat
d)initially it appears as if it would be a great confederate victory but grant held on and forced the confederates to retreat
e) throughout the spring of 1865 general grants army kept pushing and battling lees army. lee would later surrender
f)deadly confederate victory.
g)a turning point battle 25k soldiers dead or wounded. union forced held a confederate invasion
h)mcclellan moved his huge army of 122k men with the goal of capturing the confederate capital