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The confederacy wanted to take the Union-helt Fort Sumter for its own scence it was in South Carolina which was a Confederate state. This was when the civil war began between the Union (north) and the Confederacy (South). Robert E. Lee was the commander of the Conferderate armies and Ulysses S. Grant was the commander of the Union armies.
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One of the biggest early victories for the south.
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Ulysses S. Grant (the Union) had won the battle and demonstrated President Lincoln was serious about maitaining the Union .
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The bloodiest single day of the battle of the entire war. Robert E. Lee of the South was forced to retreat back to Confederate territory.
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Was the turning point of the war. This was the beginning of the Confederacy's fall. There were more than 50,000 deaths, this was a catastrophe for the south but a great victory for the north.
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General Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomatox Court House in Virginia and the war was over.
