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Battle of Philippi
The Battle of Philippi formed part of the Western Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War, and was fought in and around Philippi, Virginia. Resulted in a Union victory -
First Battle of Bull Run
The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas, Also it was the first major battle of the American Civil War -
First battle between ironclad warships, Monitor & Merrimack
Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack, also called Battle of Hampton Roads, in the American Civil War. First duel between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of naval warfare. -
second battle of Bull Run
It was a stunning Confederate victory over the Union Army of Virginia. Over 20,000 men fell as casualties at this fight. -
Battle of Gettysburg
in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point -
Battle of Fishers hill
part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. -
Battle of Chattanooga
Union forces routed Confederate troops in Tennessee at the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge -
Battle of Nashville
was a two-day battle in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign that represented the end of large-scale fighting west of the coastal states in the American Civil War. -
Appattox campaign
The Appomattox Campaign was a series of American Civil War battles -
Robert E. Lee surrenders
Surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox court house in Virginia -
Governor George C. Wallace stands in a doorway at the University of Alabama to block two black students from registering. The standoff continues until President John F. Kennedy sends the National Guard to the campus.
