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Fort Sumter was the first battle of the Civil War. it was a Confederate victory, one of the easiest battles won in the entire war. It made the Confederates think that the war would be over and won by Christmas.
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The first battle of Bull Run was the first major battle in Virginia. It was won by the Confederacy, and it convinced the North that the war would indeed be a long and costly affair.
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The Battle of Shiloh--a Union victory--was the bloodiest battle in history at the time,
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The Second battle of Bull Run, or Second Manassas was won by the South, who took the oportunity and made it;s way into Maryland for the first excursion into the North.
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The battle in Antietam was a Confederate retreat that ended all of Lee's efforts to take Northern states.
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The battle of Fredricksburg was a Confederate victory and the first major opposed river crossing of the war. Many died, and it seemed as though the South would win the war.
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This Confederate victory resulted in the mortal wounding of general Stonewall Jackson. It is often confidered to be the Confederacy's greatest victory in the war.
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This Union victory led to an effective split in the Confederate troops and ultimately the South's surrender.
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The Union victory in Gettysburg was a bloody and major turning point in the Civil War effort.
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This Union victory frightened Georgia civilians away from the Confederacy.
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The Union victory at Appomattox led to Robert E. Lee's surrender and the end of the Civil War.