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First Battle of Bull Run
Throughout July of 1861 Confederate troops held off Union troops from Virginia. -
Battle of Glorieta Pass
All of the Union soliders wagons were burned with their clothing and provisions. -
Battle of Shiloh
It was a costly battle for both sides -
Battle of Gettysburg
It was a turning point - Lee was on the defensive for the rest of the war. -
Battle of Antietam
General Robert E. Lee's army clashed with a Union force in Maryland -
Battle of Galveston
Galveston was vital to th Confederacy -
Emancipation Proclamation
It stated that slaves were free in those areas rebelling against the United States -
Union Blockade
They used it to cut off southern seaports and prevent the Confederacy from importing war supplies -
Seige of Vicksburg
When the town surrendered the Confederacy was split in two -
battle of Sabine Pass
It helped restore southern confidence. The rest of the Union ships turned back but not before the guards captured more than 300Union soliders -
Red River Campaign
Taybrin intercepted Banks at Sabine cross roads near Mansfield, Louisiana -
Lee's Surrender
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 -
Battle of Palmito Ranch
The last land battle of the Civil War was a Confederate victory but the South had already lost the war