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| Fort Sumter | Opening battle of the Civil War. Confederate siege of Union fort. Confederate victory. |
| First Bull Run/First Manassas | First land battle of the war. Union routed back to Washington DC. |
| Hampton Roads | First battle between ironclads. Confederate attempt to break Union blockade. |
| Shiloh/Pittsburgh Landing | Confederate attack in an attempt to prevent Union attack of Mississippi. Union victory. |
| Penninsular Campaign | First major campaign in the Eastern Theatre. The Union attack was stalled and beaten back by Lee. |
| Second Bull Run/Second Manassas | Resounding victory for the Confederates. Union pushed back to Washington DC. |
| Antietam/Sharpsburg | Single bloodiest day of the war. Lee forced back across the Potomac. |
| Fredericksburg/Marye's Heights | Union forces completely routed after attempting to dislodge entrenched Confederates with a frontal charge up a hill. |
| Vicksburg | Union siege resulted in loss of control of the Mississippi for the Confederates. Combined with Gettysburg considered the turning point of the war. |
| Chancellorsville | Confederate victory despite the Union army having twice the numbers of the Confederates. |
| Gettysburg | Turning point of the war. Bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Massive losses for the Confederate army. |
| Chattanooga and Chickamauga | Union victory that opened the path for Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign. |
| Wilderness Campaign | The Union took massive losses and suffered several defeats, but forced the Confederates to retreat to Petersburg. |
| Petersburg | Siege that set up the final defeat of the Confederate army. Ended with Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. |
