Civil War Battles Flashcards
1
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Fort Sumter
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First Battle of the civil war
2
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Bull Run
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First Battle with casualties, after Lincoln called 75,000 volunteer army.
3
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Fort Donaldson
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Made Ulysses S Grant famous
4
Q
New Orleans
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Capturing meant the union controlled mouth of the Mississippi
5
Q
Antietam
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Bloodiest DAY in American history
6
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Gettysburg
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Bloodiest BATTLE in american history
7
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Atlanta
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Capture of major Confederate city and made way for Sherman’s march to sea.
8
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Vicksburg
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After capturing, union controlled the Mississippi and cut the confederacy in half.
9
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Shiloh
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Aloud the union to continue toward Mississippi and ended confederacy hope of defending it.
10
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Chancellorsville
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Robert E Lees greatest victory
11
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Fort Wagner
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First battle the 54th Massachusetts (and all black regiment) fought in
