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Confederates bombard Fort Sumter outside of Charleston, SC. Union surrenders the fort. THis was the first battle of the Civil War.
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Confederate victory at Manasses, VA. The first major land battle of the Civil War.
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General Grant acheives a Union victory in Tennesee
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Stonewall Jackson and Longstreet force another Union retreat.
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The bloodiest battle of the war, the Union is victorious, but at the cost of 23,000 casualties.
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General Burnside is unable to break the defenses of Jackson and Longstreet. Confederate position holds.
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Union army surrounds Vicksburg, Mississippi for nearly two months. City surrendurs.
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Perhaps the most famous battle of the war, the Union wins a major victory, repelling Lee's advance into the North.
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Union General William Tecumsah Sherman leads a devastating trail of "total war," throughout major Southern populations.
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Confederacy officially surrenders. War ends
