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| Fort Sumter | Opening shots of the war were fired here on April 12, 1861 |
| First Battle of Bull Run | Confederate victory, proved that the war would be long and bloody |
| Fort Henry and Fort Donelson | First Union vicotories in the western theater of the war |
| Shiloh | Two day battle in southern Tennesse that was a costly Union victory |
| Gettysburg | A major Union victory that marked a significant turning point in the war |
| Vicksburg | Fell on July 4, 1863 it was the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River |
| Chancellorsville | Although the battle was a victory for the Confederates, the loss of Stonewall Jackson impacted the war |
| Sherman's March to the Sea | A campaign that left a 300 mile path of destruction between Atlanta and Savanah Georgia. |
| Antietam | Bloodiest single day of fighting during the Civil War |
