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This battle was fought in North Carolina and lasted 3 days ending in a Confederate victory on the 14th of April. The leaders were Anderson(North) and Beauregard(South). This battle was considered the Lexington and Concord of the Civil War. This attack officially started the war.
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The first battle of Bull run was fought between generals Mcdowel(North) and Beauregard(South). The battle was faught in Virginia, and ended up in a Confederate victory. The biggest effect that came from this battle is the Union reorganized their army.
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This battle was fought off the coast of Louisiana and ended in a Union victory to establish the blockade.
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Battle of Shiloh lasted 2 days and ended on the 7th with a Union victory. On the Northern side Grant was the general, and on the Southern side Johnston was general. The battle was fought in Tennessee and gave the Union control of the Tennessee River.
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This battle lasted 2 days and ended the 30th with a Confederate victory. The leaders in this battle were Pope(North) and Jackson(South). This battle was fought in Virginia and the biggest result of this battle was the confederates regained Virginia.
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The Battle of Antietam was fought in Maryland and ended as a political victory for the Union. The leaders were McClellan(North) and Lee(South). The biggest result of this battle was it led to the Emancipation Proclamation.
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This battle was fought in Virginia and ended in a Confederate victory. The leaders in this battle were Burnside(North) and Lee(South). The most important outcome of this battle was it stopped the final Union advance of that year.
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The Emancipation Proclamtion was a document that declared all of the slaves free. It was considered to be too little too late because it wasn't follwed in the South. The biggest outcome from it was the slaves in the North were freed, and the southern slaves ran away to the North.
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This battle lasted for 3 days and ended on the fourth with a Confederate victory. The leaders were Hooker(North) and Lee(South). This battle was fought in Virginia, and the mosst important outcome was that it was considered a turning point in the war for the South.
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This battlewas fought in Mississippi, and lasted about two and a half months and ended on the 4th of July with a Union victory. The leaders were Grant(North) and Pemberton(South). the biggest outcome of this battle was the Union gained the Mississippi river.
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This battle was fought in Virginia and lasted 3 days until the 3rd when it endede in a Union victory. The leaders were Meade(North) and Lee(South). This battle is considered another turning point because the South never invaded the North again.
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This battlewas fought in Georgia and lasted approximately 2 weeks and ended on September second with a Union victory. The leaders in this battle were Sherman(North) and Houd(South). The most important outcome of this battle was that the Union captured the "Heart of the South" and launched the "March to the Sea."
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Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant and the Union army. This surrender ended the war.
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Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed by John Wilkes Boothe. He was attending a play at the time that this happened.
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The Thirteenth Amendment declared that all slaves were freed and that slavery was outlawed in all of the United States.
