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Won the presidency although it was pretty close.
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It was the first battle of the civil war south said to surrender North said no and they get fired on for 36 hours.
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First major battle in the war the Union was winning at first but the Confederacy counter-attacked and won.
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The battle of Shiloh lasted 2 days. The south had 55,000 men and attacked an unsuspecting Grant. Grant had about 44,000 men. The south won.
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It was the bloodiest day of the civil war. It was fought in Washington country, North was wining at the beginning but the south counter attacks and wins.
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The Union Army under Gen. Hooker is decisively defeated by Lee's much smaller forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia as a result of Lee's tactics. Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson is mortally wounded by his own soldier, and later dies.
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The tide of war turns against the South as the Confederates are defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
