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On April 12, 1861, forces from the Confederate States of America took place in Charleston Harbor, SC. South Carolina seceded from the United States where six more shortly followed. This event marked the official beginning of the American Civil War

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On Mar 23, 1862 in Frederick County, VA Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson maneuvered his 3,800-man division in the lower Shenandoah Valley, tying up a larger Union force sent there to contain him. Set the stage for Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson's successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862 during the American Civil War, While a tactical defeat for the Confederates, and Jackson's only loss, the battle nevertheless was an important strategic victory.

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On Aug 29 - 30, 1862 in Madison County, KY was fought between Major General Edmund Kirby Smith against Union major general William "Bull" Nelson's forces. In August 1862,  Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith’s Army of Kentucky with 6,500 Confederates moved through eastern Kentucky in support of Gen. It was a part of the Confederacy's most concerted effort to capture the Commonwealth of Kentucky, its men and much needed material, for the Southern cause. This lead to a Confederate Victory. After a running fight, the battle ended when Confederate forces overran the Federal's last position in the city of Richmond. Hundreds of Federals were captured, and only a few escaped, including the wounded Gen.

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On September 17th 1862 in Washington county, this was the most deadly one day battle with 23,000 casualties and was lead by General Robert E. Lee and union general George McClellan. This was important because during this time the emancipation Proclamation was declared by President Lincoln.

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On Dec 11 - 15, 1862 in Stafford and Spotsylvania, VA the war was fought between Union forces under Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. With nearly 200,000 combatants—the greatest number of any Civil War engagement—Fredericksburg was one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War. It featured the first opposed river crossing in American military history as well as the Civil War’s first instance of urban combat. with a Confederate victory. The Union Army of the Potomac suffered more than 12,500 casualties. Lee’s Confederate army counted approximately 6,000 losses.

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On January 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation granted freedom to the slaves in the Confederate States if the States did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863. In addition, under this proclamation, freedom would only come to the slaves if the Union won the war.

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On July 1st 1863 the battle was led by George G and Robert E on this war had caused the most deaths out of any battle during the Civil War This took place in Gettysburg Pennsylvania.

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On May 5 - 7, 1864 in Spotsylvania and Orange Counties, VA Union General Ulysses S. Grant's "Overland Campaign," a relentless drive to defeat once and for all Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia no side could claim victory, marked the first stage of a major Union offensive toward the Confederate capital of Richmond, ordered by the newly named Union general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant in the spring of 1864 and this battle lead to an Inconclusive end.

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On Jul 22, 1864 in Fulton County, GA General William Tecumseh Sherman and fellow Union General James B. McPherson led Federal troops against the forces of Confederate General John B. Hood southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. The Union victory in the largest battle of the Atlanta Campaign led to the capture of that critical Confederate city. This lead to a Union victory. Confederate Lt. Gen. John B. Hood’s attack on Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s troops at Atlanta was repulsed with heavy losses.

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On Apr 9, 1865 trapped by the Federals near Appomattox Court House, Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union general Ulysses S. Grant, precipitating the capitulation of other Confederate forces and leading to the end of the bloodiest conflict in American history. Lee’s formal surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, brought the war in Virginia to an end.