8.63 Battles & Leaders of the Civil War

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First major conflict of the Civil War and Confederate victory that showed both sides it would not be quick or easy conflict.

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First Bull Run

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Union victory which gave them control of the Mississippi River and cut the Confederacy in half.

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Vicksburg

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Union victory in southwest Tennessee that was the first battle with huge casualties.

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Shiloh

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Bloodiest battle of the war, this Union victory ended the second Confederate invasion of the North.

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Gettysburg

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Included the bloodiest single day in the war, this inconclusive Union victory ended the first Confederate invasion of the North.

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Antietam

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The last major battle of the war where the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia surrendered.

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Appomattox Court House

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A months long campaign through Georgia destroying Confederate infrastructure and will to fight.

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Sherman's March to the Sea

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Union victory under Ulysses S. Grant in Mississippi.

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Vicksburg

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Union victory under Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia: Appomattox Court House, Antietam, Shiloh, Sherman's March to the Sea, First Bull Run

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Appomattox Court House

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Union victory under Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee.

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Shiloh