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The Vicksburg campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a fortress city that dominated the last Confederate-controlled section of the Mississippi River. The Union Army of the Tennessee under Major General Ulysses S.

3 Facts:
_At the start of the Battle of Vicksburg the United States had around 77,000 troops and the Confederate States had around 33,000 troops
_The Battle of Vicksburg resulted in a total of 8,037 casualties.
_The United States had 4,835 casualties, 766 killed, 3,793 wounded and 276 captured or missing.

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The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.

3 Facts:
_Gettysburg ended the Confederacy’s last full-scale invasion of the North
_The battle proved that the seemingly invincible Lee could be defeated

_Gettysburg stunted possible Confederate peace overture

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23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

3 Facts:
_Union victory at Antietam provided President Abraham Lincoln the opportunity he had wanted to announce the Emancipation Proclamation
_The Battle of Antietam remains the bloodiest single day in American history
_The battle left 23,000 men killed or wounded in the fields, woods, and dirt roads, and it changed the course of the Civil War.

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Hardin County, TN | Apr 6 - 7, 1862. The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, allowed Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior. The carnage was unprecedented, with the human toll being the greatest of any war on the American continent up to that date.

3 Facts:
_ It allowed Grant to begin a massive operation in the Mississippi Valley later that year.
_ One of Shiloh's most controversial generals went on to later fame as the author of “Ben Hur.”

_The loss of General Albert Sidney Johnston struck a severe blow to the Confederate cause.

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The First Battle of Bull Run (called First Manassas in the South) cost some 3,000 Union casualties, compared with 1,750 for the Confederates. Its outcome sent northerners who had expected a quick, decisive victory reeling, and gave rejoicing southerners a false hope that they themselves could pull off a swift victory.

3 Facts:
_The battle took place in Fairfax County And Prince William County, Virginia.
_Civil War Campaign: The First Battle of Bull Run was part of the Manassas Campaign of 1861.
_The Confederate States of America won the First Battle of Bull Run

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https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/bull-run

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/shiloh

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/antietam

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/gettysburg

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/vicksburg

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First Manassas (Bull Run) page with maps, photos, history articles, and preservation news