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AKA The Battle of Monassas
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General Beauregard opens fire on Fort Sumter and Major Robert Anderson surrenders the day after.
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General Sidney Johnston launches a surprise attack on General Grant's army
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Known as the bloodiest battle of the war, General Lee splits his army in two, while General George McClellan deciding a head-on attack on the South which ended in 22,000 casualties and McClellan was removed as general.
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Fought over a year after the first battle of Bull Run, Lee splits up his army and attacks the Federal supply base in Monassas.
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This battle was a major win for General Lee, but also at the cost of "Stonewall" Jackson's mortal wound which ended in his fatality.
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Known as the "turning point" of the war for the North, Lee launches an attack known as Pickett's Charge which utterly fails and is considered the reason for the Confederate defeat.
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General Grant surrounds the Confederates and besieges the city. Confederates hold out for 40 days, then finally surrender to Grant.
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Union army attacks Atlanta with the intentions of gaining control of the important rail and supply of Atlanta.
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Lee officially surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House, marking the end of the Civil War.
