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| First Manassas (1861) | Also called Bull Run, this first Confederate victory resulted in the "Great Skedaddle" of Union troops back to Washington, D.C. |
| Antietam (1862) | Also called Sharpsburg, this battle was fought in a corn field, along a sunken road and across a stone bridge over Antietam Creek. It was declared a victory by the Union which held the field at day's end. |
| Gettysburg (1863) | The turning point of the war was fought July 1-3 in Pennsylvania. It marked the high-water point for the Confederacy. |
| Sherman's March to the Sea (1964) | Union Army under Wm. T. Sherman laid waste a 60 mile swath from Atlanta to the Atlantic seacoast. |
| Bummers | Union soldiers under Sherman's command who lived off the land on the March to the Sea. |
| Appomattox Courthouse (1865) | Site of Gen. Lee's surrender to Gen. Grant |
| Shiloh (1862) | A bloody battle in Tennessee, fought in a peach orchard and near a pacifist church |
| Wilderness (1864) | A fierce battle in Virginia where wounded soldiers were burned to death as the woods caught fire |
| Battle of the Ironclads (1862) | Fought between the Monitor and Merrimac off Hampton Roads Virginia |
| Chancellorsville (1863) | Brilliant victory for Lee's army combined with the bitter loss of Stonewall Jackson |
| Fredericksburg (1862) | Terrible Union defeat when Gen. Burnside ordered his men to suicidally attack uphill at Marye's Heights |
| New Orleans and Mobile Bay | Stunning naval victories for Union Admiral David Farragut |
| Seige of Vicksburg (1863) | Major victory for Gen. Grant after a prolonged seige opened the Mississippi River to the Union. |
| Seige of Petersburg (1864-5) | When this fortified Confederate postion fell, the road to Richmond was finally open to the Union Army |
| Ft. Wagner, S.C. | The Massachusetts 54th Colored Regiment proved the bravery of Negro Troops with their lives |
| "Seeing the elephant" | Being in a real battle |
