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Attack on Fort Sumter
The confederates attack Fort Sumter and force the United States Army to surrender -
First battle of the Bull Run
was the first major battle of the civil war fought in prince William county Virginia, It was a victory for the Confederates -
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The Seven Days Battle
the seven days battle was a series of battles in peninsula campaign consisting of a confederate counter-offensive which drove the union away from the confederate capitol of Richmond -
Second Battle of Bull Run
same area as in the first bull run as well as the same result for the union they lost again -
Battle of Antietam
Sharpsburg, Maryland
The bloodiest single day in American history this battle turned back Robert E. Lee's invasion of the north -
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Battle of Gettysburg
The largest battle ever fought on the North American Continent, Gettysburg marked the end of Robert E. Lee's Second invasion of the North and was a turning point in the Civil War -
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Was the last battle fought by Robert E. Lee's Army of northern Virginia after his attempt to break out of a closing trap Lee met up with Ulysses S. Grant to surrender his army