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Fort Sumter
Lead: Gen. Pierre Beauregard
Location: Charleston, SC
First Battle4:30am Confederates open fire with 50 cannons
Civil War begins
Win: South
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First Bull Run
Lead: Gen. Irvin McDowell (U), Gen. Thomas J. Jackson (S)
Location: 25 miles SW of WashingtonNorth retreated, Lincoln realized war would be long
Lincoln replaced McDowell with George B. McClellan
Win: South
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Shiloh
Lead: Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (U),
Location: Tennesse RiverConfederate surprise attack
13,000 Union and 10,000 Confederate killed & wounded
President pressured to releave Grant but resists
Win: South
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Second Bull Run
Lead: Gen. John Pope (U), Gen. Stonewall Jackson & Gen. James Longstreet (S)
Location:75,000 Federals defeated by 55,000 Confederates
Again Union retreated to Washington
President relieves Pope
Win: South
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Antietam
Lead: Gen. Robert E. Lee (S), McClellan (U)
Location: MarylandBloodiest day in U.S. military history
26,000 men dead, wounded, or missing by night
Lee withdrew into Virginia
Win: North
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Vicksburg
Lead: General Ulysses S. Grant (U), Lt. General John C. Pemberton (S)
Location:“broke the back” of Confederates
Win: North
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Gettysburg
Lead: Gen. Robert E. Lee (S), Gen. George G. Meade (U)
Location: Pennsylvania
Turning PointSouth came upon North only in search of shoes
Gen. RS Ewell hesitated on one attac, gave Federals chance to regroup
Win: North
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/battle.htm
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Wilderness
Lead: General Ulysses S. Grant & General Robert E. Lee
Location: Central Virginia (Wilderness Tavern)1st battle in Grant's overland campaign; designed to engage Lee's army whenever possible & wear them down
Great start to weakening Lee's army & aiding the Union in the war
Win: Unclear
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Spotsylvania Court House
Lead: Gen. Robert E. Lee (S), Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (U)
Location: Spotsylvania County, Virginiaby delaying Grant for 2 weeks, Lee permitted Confederate forces to resist Union efforts at Richmond and Shenandoah
Win: Unclear
http://www.civilwarhome.com/spotsylvania.htm
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Cold Harbor
Lead: Gen. Robert E. Lee (S), Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (U)
Location: Virginia7,000 Union casualties in 20 minutes as result of Grant's mistake; many Union soldiers had predicted outcome
Win: South
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March to the Sea
Lead: Sherman (U)
Location: Georgiabegins after destroying railroad facilities in Atlanta
in process, Confederate Army of Tennesse ceases to be effective
reaches Savannah leaving behind 300 mile path of destruction 60 miles wide
Win: North
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Appomattox Court House
Lead: Gen. Robert E. Lee (S), Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (U)
Location: VirginiaLee surrenders his army to Grant
Win: North
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/#lee_surr
