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Civil War Battles(:
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Started civil war, confederate victory | Fort Sumter |
| First battle of civil war, confederate victory | Bull Run |
| Captures of these forts was the first step towards the control of the Mississippi river | Fort Henry & Donelson |
| Union captures the south's largest city and center of cotton trade | New Orleans |
| Union victory at Pittsburgh Landing in western theatre, "hornets nest" | Shiloh |
| Forced the union retreat of the peninsula, saved Richmond | Seven Days Battle |
| Bloodiest single day of the war, union victory | Antietam |
| Ended slavery in the confederacy, war became about slavery, south received no foreign aid | Emancipation Proclamation |
| horrible losses for union, burnside is remover from leader of the army of the potomac. confederate victory | Fredricksburg |
| Confederate victory, Stonewall Jackson killed, Union led by Joe Hooker. | Chancellorville |