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President Lincoln was the first republican to become President. His election was seen as an act of war to the South.
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South Carolina, Dec. 20, 1860
Mississippi, Jan. 9, 1861
Florida, Jan 10, 1861
Alabama, Jan. 11, 1861
Georgia, Jan. 19, 1861
Louisiana, Jan. 26, 1861
Texas, Feb. 1, 1861
Virginia, Apr. 17, 1861
Arkansas, May 6, 1861
North Carolina, May 20, 1861
Tennessee, May 7, 1861
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The Attack of Fort Sumter was the First battle of the Civil War, General PTG Beaurgard defeated Maj. Gen. Robert Anderson's force of 85 assorted troops.
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The Attack on Fort Sumter was the first battle of the Civil War, surprisingly, no one died in the battle.
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Fort Sumter was surrendered to the Confederacy after two days of being under seige. No one was killed on either side during the seige.
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The Battle of the Ironclads was a naval battle between two iron-coated warships. This was one of the most important naval battles in the Civil War.
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The Battle of the Ironclads was one of the most important naval battles of the Civil War. The battle was between the Union Monitor, and the Confederate Merrimack, Ironclad warships
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For the Union, there were 13,047 casualties and losses. For the Union, there were 10,699 casualties and losses. This battle occured in one day.
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The Battle of Shiloh was a major battle fought in Southwestern Tennessee. Union Maj. General Ulysses S. Grant's army fought Generals Albert Sydney Johnson And PTG Beaurgard's army. The Confederates were trying to drive the Union Army away from Owl Creek. The Union won this battle
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The Capture of the Seaport of New Orleans was an important victory for the Union in the Civil War. The capture of the Seaport of New Orleans gave the Union a vital Seaport they needed to help defeat the Confederacy
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The Battle of Anietam was the first major battle fought on Union soil. The outcome was a victory for the Union.
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The Battle of Antienam was the first major battle fought on Union soil. It was fought in Sharpsburg Maryland. Maj. Gen. George B. Mcclellan launched attacks on Gen.Robert E. Lee's forces after pursuing them. This resulted in a Union victory.
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This is the preliminary Emancipation Proclimation that freed most of the Slaves in the South.
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The battle of Fredricksburg was a battle fought in Fredricksburg Virginia, with Gen. Robert E. Lee's forces battling the Army of the Potomac.
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This battle was between the Union Army of the Potomac, and Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate forces. One of the most lopsided battles in Civil War history
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This battle is remembered as one of the most lopsided battles in the Civil War, with more than twice the Union casualties as compared to Confederate casualties.
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The Battle of Chancellorsville was one of the most important battles of the Chancellorsville campaign. The Union's Army of the Potomac faced Gen. Robert E. Lee's forces of almost half the size. The Confederacy still won, however.
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This was a major battle of the Civil War. It was the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville campaign.The Union's Army of the Potomac was pitted against Gen. Robert E. Lee's army of less than half its size. The Confederacy still managed to win, though.
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The Confederacy managed to win, even though the Union forces outnumbered them more than 2 to 1.
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Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of Tennessee battled the Confederate Army of MIssissippi. This was a Union victory
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This was the final major military action of the Vicksburg campaign. This was a victory for the Union.
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Even though the Battle of Gettysburg only lasted two days, it involved the most casualties of any battle in the Civil War. This is often called the "turning point of the Civil War," The Union emerged victorious
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This was the Bloodiest battles of the Civil War, and a major turning point for the Union's eventual defeat of the Confederacy.
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The Fall of Vicksburg was a major victory for the Union. About 33,000 Confederate soldiers lost their lives, while only 5,000 or so Union troops lost their lives
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The first batle of Bull Run was the first Major battleof the Civil War. It was fought near Washington D.C. near the City of Manassas. It was one of the Bloodiest battles up to that point.
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The Battle of Spotsylvania was a battle fought at the Spotsylvania Courthouse for a critical crossroads
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This was the second major battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign. It was fought at the spot of the critical crossroads of Spotsylvania courthouse, in Virginia.
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After 18 days of fighting, the !00,000 Union soldiers couldn't defeat the 52,000 Confederate troops. The result of this battle is inconclusive.
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This battle was the first battle of Union Gen. Grant's Virginia Overland Campaign. There were 17,666 Union casualties and losses, but only 11,033 Confederate losses. The result of this battle was inconclusive, with the Union still continuing to attack.
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The Battle of the Wilderness was the first battle of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Virginia Overland Campaign. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, but no one won the battle.
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This battle was one of the final battles of Gen. Grant's Overland Campaign.The Union forces almost doubled those of the Confederates
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The Battle at Cold Harbor was one of the most lopsided battles in the Civil War. The Union was attacking fortified positions of the Confederacy. As you can amagine, the Confederacy won.
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The Battle At Petersburg was a hard-fought victory for the Union. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant got a hard-fought victory for the Union over Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate forces.
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The Battle of Petersburg was a Union Victory that took a long time to happen. Ulysses S. Grant's forces formed trenches after not being able to defeat the Confederate forces quickly.
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This was one of the Most lopsided battles in Civil War history. The Confederacy easily won. Afterwards, Gen. Grant said he regretted the late assault at Cold Harbor, because no advantadge would have been gained doing it.
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The Battle of Petersburg was a long-fought victory in the trenches for the Union. The Union's doubled forces of the Confederate finally defeated the Weaker Confederates
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