Civil war battles Flashcards

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Bull Run/Manassas

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This was the first official battle of the war. He north attacked the south and the south I beat the north.

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Antietam

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The bloodiest single day of the civil war. Antietam is in Maryland. The battle lasted one day and 25000 wounded or dead. The confederates attacked the unions and the unions won.

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Vicksburg

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The people who controlled Vicks he got control d the Mississippi river. The union had already conquered northern and southern tip so of the river

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Fort sumpter

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Fort sumpter is a union fort in S.C. The south attacked because they thought that it was their land. It happened in 1861. Only one person died at fort sumpter because of a cannon explosion.

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Gettysburg

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The south was walking though Gettysburg because they needed to find shoes. They happened to run into the Northern troops and started fighting on day one without any generals. On the second day soldiers defended mountain range and one of themountains was called Little round top. On the third day union shoulders hidden behind a wall and waited until the south attack when they killed off most of the people

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