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Confederate troops fired shots on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor -
Federal forces under General Irvin McDowell attempted to flank Confederate positions. -
A crucial win for the Union this was the bloodiest battle in American History until the battle Antietam -
This was a decisive victory for the rebels, as Lee had managed a strategic offensive against the enemy force -
the single bloodiest day in history of the United States. R.E. Lee's first invasion of the North ended as he retreated back into Virginia on the night of Sep 17 -
A crushing defeat for the Union, whose soldiers fought courageously and well but fell victim to mismanagement by their generals, including confused orders from Burnside to Franklin -
The 47 day siege of Vicksburg eventually gave control of the Mississippi River- a critical supply line- to the Union -
A confederate victory that stopped an attempted flanking movement by maj. -
This was a victory for the Union. Gettysburg ended confederate general Robert E. Lee's ambitious second quest to invade the North and bring the Civil War to a swift end.
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A confederate army secured a decisive victory at Chickamauga and after 2 days of fierce fighting the Rebels broke through union lines and forced the Federals into a siege at Chattanooga. -
This confederate victory prevented Federal Forces from destroying a vital railroad bridge. -
this was an engagement in Tennessee between combined Confederate Cavalry and infantry and this was a Confederate.