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Bttle of Fort Sumter
-Took place at Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina
-Started the Civil War
-Union(North) surrendered to the Confederates(South) -
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Blockade of Galveston Island
-Union(North) won
-Near Galveston Island, Texas -
First Battle of Bull Run
-Took place in Fair Fax County and Prince William County
-First major land battle of the Civil War
-Confederates(South) won because Union(North) retreated -
Battle of Sabine Pass
-Union(North) won
-Took place near Sabine Pass, Texas
-Town of Sabine Pass surrendered to the Union -
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Battle of Glorieta Pass
-Union(North) won because Confederates(South) retreated
-Fought at Glorieta Pass in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in what is now New Mexico
-Considered the Gettysburg of the West by some historians -
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Battle of Shiloh
-Confederates(South) achieved considerable success on the first day but were ultimately defeated on the second day
-Fought on the Tennessee River in Tennessee
-Union(North) won since they let the Confederates(Confederates) retreat -
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Second Battle of Bull Run
-Took place in Fair Fax County and Prince William County
-Confederates(South) won -
Battle of Antietam
-Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg
-Near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek
-First major battle of the Civil War on Northern soil
-It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American History
-Union(North) won because Confederate(South) began to retreat -
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Battle of Fredricksburg
-Took place at Fredricksburg, Virginia
-Confederates(South) won -
Battle of Galveston Island
-Union(North) won
-Confederates(South) retreated
-Took place near Galveston Island, Texas -
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Siege of Vicksburg
-Took place at Vicksburg, Mississippi
-Union(North) gained control of the Mississippi River
-Confederates(South) surrendered after 40 days -
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Battle of Gettysburg
-Union(North) won
-Fought in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
-Battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War
-Is often described as the war's turning point
-Union(North) won because General Lee retreated
-In November President Lincoln used the dedication ceremony for the Gettysburg National Cemetery to honor the fallen and, in his historic Gettysburg Address, redefine the purpose of the war -
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Siege of Atlanta
-Union(North) won
-Confederates(South) retreated
-Took place in and near Atlanta, Georgia -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
-The Confederates(South) surrendered to, and fought, the Union
-The Union(North) won the war
-Took place in Appomattox, Virginia -
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Battle of Palmito Ranch
-Fought on the banks of the Rio Grande about 12 miles east of Brownsville, Texas
-Confederates(South) won
