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Charleston Harbor, South Carolina: Fort Sumtar is the Official start of the civil war, it was the bombardment of ships and the ultimate surrender of the fort
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Virginia: the Skirmish of Big Bethal was the first land battle of the civil war and was a potent to what was to come. What was so significant about this battle was that the confederate forces were out numbered 3:1 with a force of only 1,400 men up against 3,600. The confederate forces only had 8 casualties.
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Manassas,Virginia: Bull run, also known as Manassas (used by the confederacy), was the first major battle in the civil war
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Santa Rosa Island, Florida: This was a failed attempt by confederate forces to invade a Union held Fort Picket
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First battle between the ironclad warships; often called the battle between the Monitor & the Merrimack
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The town of Winchester, Virginia’s strategic location makes it the site of numerous Civil War engagements
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The Seven Days Battle was a series of battles in the Peninsula Campaign consisting of a Confederate counter-offensive which drove the Union Army away from the Confederate capitol of Richmond down the Virginia Peninsula
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The Second Battle of Bull Run, also called Second Manassas, resulted in a second defeat for Union troops in the area of First Bull Run (First Manassas), though it was not a complete rout like the first battle was
