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Confederate forces fire upon Fort Sumter
Hostilities began when Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter. -
Bull Run (Manassas) 1st battle
General McDowell leads 30,000 men agaisnt General Johnston's 22,000 men. -
Ft. Henry and Ft. Donelson
General Grant captures two forts on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers. -
Confederate river navy is destroyed
By the summer of 1862 the union destroyed the Confederate river navy, much of their western armies, and also seized New Orleans. -
Bull Run (manassas) 2nd battle
General McClellan is replaces by General Pope. Lee -
Antietam
General Lee's troops are outnumbered and face General McClellan in fighting. Over 23,000 casualties. -
Vicksburg
Vicksburg surrenders to Grant after a long seige. Mississippi River is now in Union Control. -
Gettysburg
Over 165,000 soldiers participate in the largest battle of the western hemipshere. -
Chattanooga
General Grant is able to push Southern troops back and prepare for assault. -
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Petersburg
General Grant focuses on important railroad junction and communication outside Richmond -
General Lee surrenders
General Lee surrenders to General Grant refusing to see his troops suffer any longer.