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30,000 Union troops commanded by General Irvin McDowell attacked a smaller Confederate force led by General P.G.T. Beauregard.
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The Virginia ironclad attacked Union ships on the Chesapeake Bay. The went on to attack the Monitor
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Generals Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard led Confederate forces in a surprise attack. The battle lasted for two days, but losses were enormous.
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Union naval forces under David Farragut captured New Orleans
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The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, led by General Robert E. Lee, defeated the Union's Major General John Pope and his Army of Virginia.
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Union and Confederates met at Antietam, Union won, Deadliest single day of fighting in the
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President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation
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Robert E. Lee attacked Union forces marching to Richmond
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Lee and his forces met Joseph Hooker and his forces here.
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President Lincoln put General Grant in charge of all the Union armies
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Trail of destruction led by Sherman
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Richmond Falls
