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Fort Sumter
Confederate forces attaciked Fort Sumter. Charleston Harbor, opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter. At 2:30pm on April 13 Major Robert Anderson, garrison commander, surrendered the fort and was evacuated the next day. -
Bull Run
The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as First Manassas (the name used by Confederate forces), was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the city of Manassas, not far from the city of Washington, D.C. It was the first major battle of the American Civil War. -
New Orleans
The naval Battle of New Orleans around St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana was fought on April 24, 1862 to May 1, 1862. The Union warships were led by Admiral David G. Farragut and Commander Benjamin Butler. The Confederate naval forces and the command of Fort Jackson & Fort St. Philip were led by Major General Mansfield Lovell. The capture of New Orleans was a great victory for the Union, which gained the North military, tactical, economic and political control of the of the lower Mississippi River. -
Antietam
General George McClellan was fired not long after the battle, despite the victory. President Lincoln was unhappy that McClellan let the overmatched Confederates retreat back to Virginia rather than destroying the army completely. Union troops marched to Antietam from Washington, D.C. to stop Lee's Army of the Potomac. -
Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnside. -
Chancecellorville
The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign. It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville.l
