Battles of the Civil War

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Battles of the Civil War

• Greig Spuhler

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Fort Sumter

• April 12-14 1861
• Charleston Country
• Confederate Victory
• First Battle of the Civil War
• There were no causalities

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Battle of Vicksburg

• May 8, 1863-July 4, 1863
• Warren County
• Union Victory
• One of the most brilliant military campaigns of
  the war.
• This victory split the confederates in half.

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Nashville

• December 15-16, 1864
• Davison County
• Union Victory
• Desperate attempt to get Major General Sherman
  out of Georgia

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First Battle of Fredericksburg

• Spotsylvania County
• December 11-15, 1862
• Confederate Victory
• The Union left flank, briefly penetrated
  Jacksons line but was driven back by a
  counterattack

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Second Battle of Fredericksburg

• Fredericksburg
• May 3, 1863
• Union victory
• The outnumbered Confederates withdrew and
  regrouped west and southeast of town.

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Battle of Bull Run

• Fairfax County
• July 21, 1861
• Confederate victory
• This was the first major land battle of the
  armies in Virginia.
• Thomas J. Jackson earned the nom de guerre
  Stonewall.

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Second Battle of Bull Run

• Prince William County
• August 28-30, 1862
• Confederate victory
• The Union left flank was crushed and the army
  driven back to Bull Run.
• This was one of the only decisive battle of the
  Northern Virginia Campaign.

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Gettysburg

• Adams County
• July 1-3, 1863
• Union victory
• Considered the turning point of the Civil War
• Was fought backwards, the north defended the
  south and the south defended the north