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The First Battle of Bull Run was a battle that was a major battle in Prince William County, Virginia. The battle was fought on July 21 of 1861. This was was very important because this was the turning point of the American civil war. The battle was between the Union and the Confederate Soldiers and the Confederate Soldiers won.
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The Battle of Shiloh was a one day battle and it is also known as one of the first battle’s in the Western Theater. This was in Southwestern Tennessee. The Union won again by a smart strategy.
|FUN FACT| |There was 23,000 people dead from the battle| -
The battle of Antietam also called the Battle of Sharpsburg occured in the more Southern parts of America. The battle was between the Union and the Confederate states. But unfortunately the Union won the battle and issued Emancipation Proclamation 5 days later after the battle.
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The battle of Fredericksburg was fought in December of 1862 and it was also fought in the Eastern Theater and around Virginia. The battle was between Confederate states and the Army of North Virginia, but the Confederate states made a flawless victory against the Army of North Virginia.
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The battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle that played a huge role of the Civil war and also for Chancellorsville campaign. This battle was a long battle fought in Spotsylvania which is a County in Virginia near Chancellorsville. The Military and the Confederate states fought in this war and the Confederate states won.
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The Siege of Vicksburg was the grand finale of Major Military action in the Vicksburg campaign. This war was very important to the Civil War because it was the victory of the Union and it gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union.
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In April of 1865, O'Sullivan was at the Appomattox Court house for Lee’s surrender at the end of the war in Virginia. This was not the end of the Civil War itself but Johnston’s Army was still being chased after by the Union. Lee had abandoned the Confederate capital of Richmond and the city of Petersburg.
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President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on the evening of April 14,1865 at Ford’s theater. Abraham Lincoln was known to heal the wounds of the nation and that was very important to America.
