Where was the earliest significant union victories in the civil war won?

Answer 1

Major battles won by the Union included those at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Nashville, New Orleans and Petersburg,

The battles of Antietam and Stones River were not decisive, but counted as Union victories, since they occupied the field.

Answer 2

With the fall of Confederate Fort Henry, Southern General Albert Sidney Johnston believed that he had to defend Nashville at Fort Donelson. He sent reinforcements to the fort.

The Battle of Fort Donelson, in February, 1862 was the first major victory for the Union in the US Civil War.

Under the leadership of General Grant, he marched approximately 15,000 troops to within seven miles of Fort Donelson.

In the meantime, Union Admiral Andrew Foote sent ironclad gunboats to help Grant against Fort Donelson.

As Grant approached the fort, he paused as he believed that the reinforced Confederates were too strong.

Union regiments under the command of McClernand and Smith launched unauthorized attacks on the defenses of the fort but were repulsed.

The Union gunboats, led by Foote, were ineffective against the heavy cannons of the fort.

Ultimately Grant was reinforced and his assaults were successful, the fort surrendered.

This battle, as was first indicated by an expert answer, was the first major Union victory of the war. The battle incurred approximately 17,500 casualties.

The fall of Donelson was a disaster and almost without remedy, as historians have quoted Confederate General Johnston.

The Union victory exposed Nashville and opened up the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers to Union passage, placing a good deal of the West under pressure.

Thus long before Antietam, the Battle for Fort Donelson was the first major Union victory of the war.

A reading of US Grant's own accounts of the Battle for Fort Donelson clearly indicates that this battle was the first major victory for the Union. He only "mentions" Fort Henry almost as an aside due to the size of the conflict. Compared to Donelson, Fort Henry cannot compare.

Answer 3

The first major victory of the Union in the US Civil War was the battle for Confederate Fort Donelson in February of 1862. The fort was located on the Cumberland River. US Grant was the Union hero there. The entire Confederate army at the fort surrendered and Grant was promoted by Lincoln to the rank of major general. It is here that Grant earns the nickname of "unconditional Surrender". Antietam was not the first major Union victory.

Answer 4

the unions first victory was at fort donelson

otherwise known as the battle of Shiloh or the battle of Pittsburgh landing

Answer 5

The first Confederate victory of the Civil War was the Battle of Fort Sumter, from April 12-April 14, 1861. This was also the first battle and the start of the Civil War.

Answer 6

In Tennessee, where Grant first came to notice.

Fort Henry. Fort Donelson. Shiloh.

Answer 7

First Bull Run/Manassas