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Throughout July of 1861 Confederate troops held off Union troops from Virginia.
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All of the Union soliders wagons were burned with their clothing and provisions.
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It was a costly battle for both sides
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It was a turning point - Lee was on the defensive for the rest of the war.
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General Robert E. Lee's army clashed with a Union force in Maryland
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Galveston was vital to th Confederacy
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It stated that slaves were free in those areas rebelling against the United States
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They used it to cut off southern seaports and prevent the Confederacy from importing war supplies
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When the town surrendered the Confederacy was split in two
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It helped restore southern confidence. The rest of the Union ships turned back but not before the guards captured more than 300Union soliders
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Taybrin intercepted Banks at Sabine cross roads near Mansfield, Louisiana
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Union forces surrounded Lee's army near the town of Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia - with few options left Lee met with Grant on April 9 and agreed to the Union's terms of surrender
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The last land battle of the Civil War was a Confederate victory but the South had already lost the war