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The Battle of Fort Sumter ended on April 14, 1861. It took place in Charleston, South Carolina. The Confederates won this battle. The leader of the Union was Major Robert Anderson. The Conferdate leader was General Beauregard.
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This battle took place in Manassas, Virginia. The Union was led by McDowell and The Confederacy was led by Beauregard. The South won and Richmond was saved.
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This battle was part of the Confederate attempt to break the Union blockade, and created a new naval warefare (ironclad warships). The Union was under the command of John Worden. The Confederates were under the command of Franklin Buchanan. Both sides claimed their victory.
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This battle took place in Corinth, Tennessee. It ended on April 7, 1862. The Union was headed by Grant and the Confederates were headed by Albert Johnston. The North won and gained control over the Mississippi River.
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This battle took place in Chancellorsville, Virginia. It ended on December 4, 1862. The Union army was led by Joseph Hooker and the Confederate army was led by Robert E. Lee. The Confederates won and they killed half of the Union army alone in this battle.
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This battle took place inManassas, Virginia. It ended on August 30, 1862. The Union army was headed by Pope and the Confederate amry was headed by Jackson. The Confederates won and they regained most of the control in Virginia.
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This battle took place in Sharpsburg, Maryland. The Union won, McClellan was fired afterwards, and Lee retreated.
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This battle took place in Fredricksburg, Viirginia. The Union army leader was Ambrose Burnside and the Confederate army leader was Robert. E. Lee. The South won and Burnside was fired. This battle stopped Union advance.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was an order to abolish slavery in all parts of the Confederacy. It left out all of the boarder states. The Emancipation Proclamation failed in its attempt to abolish slavery, but it changed the character of the war.
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This battle took place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It ended on July 3, 1863. The Union arm was led by Geaorge Meade. The Confederate army was led by Robert E. Lee. The Union won and the South would never invade the north again.
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This battle took place in Vicksburg, Mississippi. It ended on July 4, 1864. The Union was under the command of Grant and the Confederacy was under the command of Pemberton. The Union had victory.
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Robert E. Lee Surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia after the Union soldiers cut off all supplies sent to the South. This ended the Civil War.
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Lincoln was shot in Ford Theatre by John Wilkes Booth. He died on April 15, 1865 at 7:22 a.m.
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The 13th Amendment was the official end to slavery. It was ratified 8 months after the war.
