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Located in Charleston,
SC, April 1861
Confederate forces
bombarded Fort
Sumter for 33 hours
until the Union finally
surrendered.
This battles marks the
beginning of the Civil
War.
http://www.nps.gov/fosu/photosmultimedia/Fort
-Sumter-Today-Gallery.htm
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Near Manassas
Junction, VA, July1861
First major battle and
win for Confederacy
Proved the war would
not be quick or
bloodless
North would need a
large, well-trained
army to defeat the
South
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September 1862
Bloodiest one day battle
Union did not break
Confederate lines, but
McClellan inflicted so
many casualties that Lee
decided to retreat
Crucial victory for Union
Britain was ready to
intervene, but decided to
wait
Convinced Lincoln to end
slavery in the South
www.civilwaracademy.com
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Mississippi
July 1863
Union victory
This battle cut the
Confederacy into two
Union gained control
of the Mississippi River
Vicksburg Campaign- www.civilwar.org
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July, 1863
Pennsylvania
Turning point of the war
Union victory
Strengthened Republicans
Ensured that Britain would
not recognize the
Confederacy
For the rest of the war,
Lee’s forces remained on
the defensive, slowly losing
ground to the Union
www.gettysburgfoundation.org
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August 1864
Georgia
Union occupied
Sherman’s “March to
the Sea”- NovemberDecember 1864; then
went to SC
Sherman’s troops burning a railroad
station.
www.sonofthesouth.net
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After capturing and burning Atlanta,
Sherman’s Union army of 70,000 men
marched from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia
destroying everything in its path. Became
known as the “ burnt country “ in Georgia. He
captured Savannah in December,1864 and
gave it to Lincoln as a Christmas gift.
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On April 7, 1865, Robert E. Lee asked for a
meeting with Union General US Grant. Facing
a hopeless situation, Lee surrendered his
Confederate army to Grant.
This for all practical purposes ended the
American Civil War
A week later Abraham Lincoln was
assassinated in Washington.