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Battle of Fort Sumter. The Confederacy won
First battle of Civil War. Fought in Charleston Harbor. No casualties on either side raised false hopes
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Civil War
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Battle of Fort Henry. The union won
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Battle of Shiloh. The Union won
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Battle of Antietem. The Union won
One of only two major battles fought in the North and the bloodiest day of the war. Robert E. Lee had
invaded Maryland and hope the state would defect to the South. This failed to happen and Lee was
pinned down at Antietam Creek by Gen. McLellan. The Union victory forced Lee back to the South.
It also gave Lincoln the good news he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation which freed all
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Battle of Perryville
Confederate General Braxton Bragg lead his army into Kentucky in an attempt to regain control of
eastern Tennessee and possibly bring Kentucky into the Confederacy. Fought to a draw by the Union
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First day of Gettysburg
The turning point of the war. After his successes at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville Lee invaded
the North again. After trying to break the Union lines for two days he tries a frontal assault on the
entrenched Union forces. “Pickett’s Charge” as this is known fails and Lee retreats back to Virginia.
Never again would the South have a chance to win the war or threaten the North. -
Battle of Vicksburgh
The union Won -
Appomattox, VA
Lee’s surrender to Grant. The final chapter of the Civil War. By the time he surrendered he had less
than 10,000 soldiers left.