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The First Battle of the Bull Run
On July 1861, the Confederacy and the Union had their first major battle. Also the Cenfederates won the balttle by General Thomas J. Jackson rallying them and they them had reinforcments. -
Fall of Fort Henry and Donelson
On Feb. 1862 Grant led a army into Tennessee in hope to capture Fort Henry and Donelson. Also on Feb. 6 Grant captured Fort Henry and then 10 dats later he catpured Fort Donelson. -
The Battle of Shiloh
On April 6, 1862 the Battle of Shiloh was started by the Confederates who caught General Grant by suprise. Union reienforcements arrived at the night of the battle. -
Back to Virginia
Lincoln sent forces back to Virginia to catpure Richmond under the command of General George B. McClellan in the spring of 1862. -
Control of Tennessee and Cumberland
The Union controlled the key stretches of Tennessee and Cumberland by the spring of 1862. Thye also controlled some rivers and Southern railroads. -
Crossing into Maryland
Lee's army was crossing into Maryland on Sept. 4 1862 but they were starving and exhausted. -
The Battle of Antietam
On Sept. 17, 1862 the Battle of Antietam begun. At rhe end of the war 13,700 Confederate soilders died and 12,500 Union soilders died. -
Different Way to Vicksburg
General Grant went to a different way to take Vicksburg in 1863. He went from the Mississippi River and moved into Jackson, Mississippi. -
The Battle of the Gettysburg
On July 1, 1863 was the first day of the Battle of the Gettysburg. The Confederates forced the Union back to Cemetery Ridge. -
Grant's series of battles with Lee
In 1864 Grant marched into eastern Virginia where Lee and him fought a set of battles. They fought at Wilderness, Spotsylvvania, and Cold Harbor.
