Civil War Key Events and Locations

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Civil War start year

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1861

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Location of Appomattox Court House

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Virginia

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Gettysburg state

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Pennsylvania

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First battle of Civil War

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Sumter

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Surrender at Appomattox

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major fighting in Civil War

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Importance of Gettysburg

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point for the Union

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Fort Sumter’s significance

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the Civil War

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Comparing Gettysburg and Appomattox

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was a battle; Appomattox was surrender

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Reason for surrender at Appomattox

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army was surrounded and outnumbered

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How Gettysburg affected the war’s outcome

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Confederate advance, boosted Union morale