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South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas

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Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, Nevada, and Oregon.

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Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia

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4 Confederate States that joined after the attack on Fort Sumter

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4 Confederate States that joined after the attack on Fort Sumter

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Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas

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The Battle of Shiloh (also known as the Battle of Pittsburgh Landing) was a crucial victory for the Union during the Civil War. On April 7, 1862, the Civil War's Battle of Shiloh ended with a United States (Union) victory over Confederate forces in Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. The battle began when the Confederate Army launched a surprise attack on Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85) in southwestern Tennessee. After initial successes, the Confederates were unable to hold their positions and were forced back, resulting in a Union victory.

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Antietam, the deadliest one-day battle in American military history, showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army in the Eastern theater. It also gave President Abraham Lincoln the confidence to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation at a moment of strength rather than desperation. Union Claims Victory. Military historians consider the Battle of Antietam a stalemate. Even so, the Union claimed victory. And keeping Confederates in their southern box enabled President Lincoln to finally release his Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862.

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Appomattox Court House, Morton Lane, Appomattox, VA, USA

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Appomattox Court House, Morton Lane, Appomattox, VA, USA

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Appomattox Court House, Morton Lane, Appomattox, VA, USA

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The Battle of Appomattox Court House was fought on April 9, 1865, near the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, and led to Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender of his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. It's the final battle of the Civil War and Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865. The Appomattox County Court House after the surrender in 1865.

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Battle Of Chancellorsville Summary: The Battle of Chancellorsville, April 30–May 6, 1863, resulted in a Confederate victory that stopped an attempted flanking movement by Maj. Gen. Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker's Army of the Potomac against the left of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. This was a huge victory for the Confederacy and General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War, though it is also famous for being the battle in which Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was mortally wounded. The reason why the union lost the battle was Joe Hooker lost the Battle of Chancellorsville because of his own arrogance and errors. Joe Hooker lost Chancellorsville because he was no match for the Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia. Fighting Joe Hooker lost Chancellorsville simply because Fighting Joe Hooker lost confidence in himself.

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Savannah Campaign. Sherman's March to the Sea (also known as the Savannah campaign or simply Sherman's March) was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864, by William Tecumseh Sherman, major general of the Union Army.Significance of the Battle of Savannah: The significance of the conflict was that it was the beginning of the British push in the South. The British won, and remained in control of Savannah, a city of economic importance. The following picture represents some of the early designs of the American flag.

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The Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, involved nearly 200,000 combatants, the largest concentration of troops in any Civil War battle. On both ends, Lee's rebel defenders turned back the Union assault with heavy casualties (nearly 13,000), particularly from their high position atop Marye's Heights.The Battle of Fredericksburg was a major defeat for the Union Army.This battle signaled the low-point of the war for the Union. The South celebrated their victory while President Lincoln came under increasing political pressure for not ending the war quickly.

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The Battle of Richmond was fought on August 29 & 30, 1862, and pitted experienced Confederate soldiers under Major General Edmund Kirby Smith against raw, inexperienced recruits under Union Major General William “Bull” Nelson., resulting in an overwhelmingly Confederate victory.

Richmond, Virginia, was the capital of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861–1865).Besides being the political home of the Confederacy, Richmond was a center of rail and industry, military hospitals, and prisoner-of-war camps and prisons, including Belle Isle and Libby Prison.

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COUNTRY OVEN, Hoover Road, Warren, MI, USA

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Seige of Vicksburg COUNTRY OVEN, Hoover Road, Warren, MI, USA

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Seige of Vicksburg COUNTRY OVEN, Hoover Road, Warren, MI, USA

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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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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Lafayette Road, Fort Oglethorpe, GA, USA

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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Lafayette Road, Fort Oglethorpe, GA, USA

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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Lafayette Road, Fort Oglethorpe, GA, USA

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The battle of Chickamauga (September 19-20, 1863) developed from the struggle to control the strategic railroad town of Chattanooga, the gateway to the Deep South, the seizure of which President Abraham Lincoln viewed as comparable to the capture of Richmond.

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The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Manassas, marked the first major land battle of the American Civil War.The engagement began when about 35,000 Union troops marched from the federal capital in Washington, D.C. to strike a Confederate force of 20,000 along a small river known as Bull Run. Southerners called it the Battle of Manassas, after the closest town. Northerners called it Bull Run, after a stream running through the battlefield. After a Confederate artillery fired on Fort Sumter in April, members of Congress complained about the Union army's inactivity.The end result of the battle was a Confederate victory and Federal forces retreated to the defenses of Washington, DC. One week later, General George McClellan was appointed head of the Army of the Potomac. The three maps cited below all use the name “Bull Run” to identify the battle.

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Battle of New Orleans, (April 24–25, 1862), naval action by Union forces seeking to capture the city during the American Civil War. Farragut entered the lower Mississippi near New Orleans and soon breached the heavy chain cables that were stretched across the river as a prime defense.

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Harpers Ferry Raid, (October 16–18, 1859), assault by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown on the federal armoury located at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now in West Virginia). It was a main precipitating incident to the American Civil War. And Sporadic fighting took place around the arsenal for two days. As the result, Confederate won the battle of Harpers Ferry.

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Baltimore was the site of the first blood spilled during the Civil War. Even before massed Union and Confederate armies met on the field of battle, the first casualties of the war occurred in Baltimore.

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Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina, USA

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Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina, USA

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Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina, USA

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Battle of Fort Sumter happen at April 12, 1861 to April 13, 1861. On April 12, 1861, forces from the Confederate States of America attacked the United States military garrison at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Less than two days later, the fort surrendered. No one was killed. The battle, however, started the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history. And in this battle, there's two major generael get's involved. Each is Robert Anderson from Union and P.G.T Beauregard from Confederate. As the result of this war, Confederate startes of America won this battle.

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Union victory. Gettysburg ended Confederate general Robert E. Lee's ambitious second quest to invade the North and bring the Civil War to a swift end. The loss there dashed the hopes of the Confederate States of America to become an independent nation.

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Battle of the Chesapeake, also called Battle of the Virginia Capes, (September 5, 1781), in the American Revolution, French naval victory over a British fleet that took place outside Chesapeake Bay. The outcome of the battle was indispensable to the successful Franco-American Siege of Yorktown from August to October.

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During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Potomac traced the border between the Union and the Confederacy and lent its name to the most important Union army, the Army of the Potomac. Throughout the war, the river functioned largely as it always had—as an avenue for transport.

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James Montgomery (December 22, 1814 – December 6, 1871) was a Jayhawker during the Bleeding Kansas era and a controversial Union colonel during the American Civil War. Montgomery was a staunch supporter of abolitionist principles and individual liberty and used extreme measures against pro-slavery populations.

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When the state first voted on secession in February 1861, Tennesseeans rejected leaving the Union. By mid-1862 the Union Army occupied much of Middle and West Tennessee, while the Confederates held on to most of East Tennessee.

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During the American Civil War, due to the river's acting as a barrier to north-south troop movements, it effectively functioned as the boundary of the eastern theater of the war, between the "North" (the Union) and the "South" (the Confederate States of America).

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Kentucky was a border state of key importance in the American Civil War. It officially declared its neutrality at the beginning of the war, but after a failed attempt by Confederate General Leonidas Polk to take the state of Kentucky for the Confederacy, the legislature petitioned the Union Army for assistance. After early 1862 Kentucky came largely under Union control.

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The Battle of Buffington Island was the largest Civil War engagement fought in the State of Ohio and in the East North Central states of the U.S. On July 8, 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan, a Confederate cavalry leader, led approximately 2,100 soldiers across the Ohio River into southern Indiana.

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Washington, D.C., was the Union capital during the Civil War. It was home to the United States Government and served as a base of operations for the Union Army throughout the war.

Battle fought July 11–12, 1864 in what is now Northwest Washington, DC, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 between forces under Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early and Union Major General Alexander McDowell McCook.

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James River battle start at Janauray 23,1865 and end at April 9, 1865. And the benifit of having James River is that James River and Kanawha Canal system, boats moved materials such as pig iron and coal from Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and Piedmont regions to the capital. After the loss of Norfolk, Richmond became the state’s major port, naval base, and shipbuilding facility. South and east of Richmond the James saw significant combat, including actions between the Confederate and Union navies. In addition, the river aided large-scale movement of Union troops and military supplies.

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General Ulysses S. Grant is the general that won the Mississippi River. Mississippi River war happen in 1862 and ended in 1863, the result was the union gained control of this area.

Control of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War was an economic and psychological factor for both the North and the South. For many years, the river had served as a vital waterway for midwestern farmers shipping their goods to the eastern states by way of the Gulf of Mexico.