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General Beauregard of the Confederacy vs Major Anderson of the Union. The Confederacy won after the Union surrenderred on April 14. A horse died of a heart attack. This battle marked the start of the civil war.
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In manassas VIrginia
General Irvin McDowell vs General PT Beauregard AND Stonewall Jackson.
First Major Battle of the war
Realized war would be longer than they thought
Confeds won decisively -
Mississippi
General Ulysses Grant and WIlliam Sherman vs General Beauregard
Union won and Union gained control of Corinth and Memphis. -
Mississippi River
Naval Battle
Captain David Farragut against some confed troops, who promptly lost
Completed Union Control of the Mississippi River -
General Hooker vs Generals Lee and Jackson
Confed won
Union was surrounded by two forces and surrenderred
ruined union plan of attacking Richmond -
Maryland
Union George McClellan, Confed General E Lee
Neither side wins
Sparks the Emancipation Proclamation
Bloodiest Day in American History -
At Virginia
General Burnside vs General Lee
Union lost, General Lee dug trenches and shot down at them from a hill
First example of Trench Warfare -
The Emancipation Proclamation frees all slaves in rebel territory.
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Pennsylvania
General Meade vs Generals Lee and Pickett
Union won
Ended hope of help from france
The day the South Died -
Ulysses S Grant vs EVERYONE
Union won
Confed split in half and lost control of the mississippi river -
General Ulysses S Grant vs General Lee
In the woods
Neither side won
bloodiest battle of the war -
David Farragut vs Franklin Buchanan
Union won
Helped Lincolns reelection -
Sherman destroyed everything and lowered the South's morale.
Living off the land, new concept which allowed them to not have supply lines -
Surrender was not unconditional! rebels got to keep their weapons and horses. Nobody was to disturb the soldiers on their way home and 25000 rations were distributed.