Academic Team - Major - Wars - American Civil War Battles

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People from Washington watched as they picnicked

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First Bull Run

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Union commander was McDowell and he ordered General Patterson to attack Johnston who was in Shenandoah Valley

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First Bull Run

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Stone Bridge was destroyed

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First Bull Run

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Captured railway junction

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First Bull Run

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Crossed Sudley Ford

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First Bull Run

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McDowell replaced by McClellan after his failure

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First Bull Run

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Jackson kept the Union from invading Piedmont

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Peninsular Campaign

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Lee took control and crushed the Union at the first of the Seven Day's Battle

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Peninsular Campaign

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Campaign launched at McClellan to get James River

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Peninsular Campaign

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Johnston wounded at seven pines; Lee replaced him

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Peninsular Campaign

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Retreat to Harrison Landing

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Peninsular Campaign

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Longstreet is badly executed

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Peninsular Campaign

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Army of Rappahannock : McDowell's troops, detached from army of Potomac

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Peninsular Campaign

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Win for Lee and Jackson; pushed Union forces to Washington D.C.;

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Second Bull Run

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Lincoln replaces McClellan with Pope

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Second Bull Run

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Pope never able to combine with Halleck (Potomac)

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Second Bull Run

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Halleck lands at Aquia

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Second Bull Run

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George Taylor Rebellion destroyed Union bridge

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Second Bull Run

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Stony Ridge : Stripley and Kearny under Jackson

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Second Bull Run

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Union troops unable to take Centreville; union forces were trying to retreat to Chantilly

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Second Bull Run

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Started when Hooker's Corps mounted an assault on Lee

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Antietam

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Miller's cornfield and Dunker's church were where the battle took place

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Antietam

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Assault against the sunken road hurt the confederates

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Antietam

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Burnside crossed namesake battle creek; A.P. Hill arrived from Harper's Ferry and saved confederate army

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Antietam

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Halted Confederate advance on Washington following Second Bull Run

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Antietam

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Single bloodiest day of the war

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Antietam

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Battle plans discovered in a cigar box

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Antietam

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The Bloody Lane; Potomac retreat; let Lincoln issue Emancipation Proclamation

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Antietam

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Ambrose Burnside replaced McClellan; tried to cross Rappahannock River

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Fredericksburg

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The Mud March took place in this battle

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Fredericksburg

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There was a lack of pontoon boats in this battle

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Fredericksburg

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Took place on Prospect Hill

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Fredericksburg

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Lee is not ready because he has split his troops; Lee watched from Telegraph Hill

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Fredericksburg

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Meade and Burnside are defeated

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Fredericksburg

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Stonewall Jackson loses his life

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Chancellorsville

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Jackson went around Hooker, but his men shot him

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Chancellorsville

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Jackson died of pneumonia after this battle

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Chancellorsville

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A cannonball hit the Chancellor house knocking Hooker unconscious; Sedgwick retreated

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Chancellorsville

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This battle took place near Zoan Church

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Chancellorsville

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Decimation of 11th crops under Howard, Jubal Early

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Chancellorsville

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Sedgwick stopped at Salem Church

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Chancellorsville

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Lee challenged crossing of Kelly's Ford by Hooker

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Chancellorsville

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Sickle's attack toward Catherine Furnace

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Chancellorsville

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The battle took place in Hazel Grove and Fairview

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Chancellorsville

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Battle plan under George Stoneman to raid opponents supply and communication lines

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Chancellorsville

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Darius Couch fought in this battle as Hooker's second in command

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Chancellorsville

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Intersection of Orange Plank Road and Orange Turnpike

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Chancellorsville

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Farthest north of confederate advance

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Gettysburg

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Lee, Hill, And Ewell fought in this battle

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Gettysburg

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JEB Stuart went so far away that it took him a day to come back

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Gettysburg

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Meade replaced Hooker

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Gettysburg

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Pickett's charge through open field where he was decimated

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Gettysburg

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Failure of Ewell's second corps to storm the Union on first fight

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Gettysburg

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Pettigrew's North Carolina brigade encountered Federal cavalry, Meade failed to follow

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Gettysburg

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Custer's cavalry forces on Cress ridge, mortal wounding of Barksdale when Harry Heth stumbled on Buford's army

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Gettysburg

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Peach Orchard, Longstreet's delaying, Chamberlain's victory at Joshua Hill, 3 day battle

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Gettysburg

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First clash between Grant and Lee

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Petersburg Appomattox

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Battle of the Crater

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Petersburg Appomattox

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Battle of Fort Stedham

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Petersburg Appomattox

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Coal minors detonated four tons of powder; ran out of supplies

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Petersburg Appomattox

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Beauregard was hero of early assaults, Meade and Grant go over 20 miles of trenches

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Petersburg Appomattox

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Named after a church at Pittsburgh Landing

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Shiloh

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Grant had just captured Fort Donelson; Hornet's Nest

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Shiloh

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Johnston died; Buell and Wallace brought reinforcements; 23k people died

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Shiloh

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Seized Memphis and Charleston railroads, Owl Creek Swamps

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Shiloh

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Sarah Bell's peace orchard

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Shiloh

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Sunken Road; Forrest came in and started Fallen Timbers

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Shiloh

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Led by Grant to take Mississippi River; Union win at Champion's Hill

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Vicksburg

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Grant to brink of starvation

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Vicksburg

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Grierson's raid to confuse rebels

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Vicksburg

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Port Gibson, Raymond, Big Black River Bridge, and Jackson were battle sites

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Vicksburg

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4th of July not celebrated for over 80 years; surrender split confederacy in two

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Vicksburg

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Rosecrans crossed the Tennessee river

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Chickamauga

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There was a race to Chattanooga

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Chickamauga

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George Thomas defended in this battle

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Chickamauga

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Deas forced retreat of Carlin from La Fayette road

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Chickamauga

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Battle took place in Little Hill, Snodgrass Hill, and Glass Mill

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Chickamauga

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Rosecrans forced Bragg out of the city; Hooker took Lookout Mountain in the Battle Above the Clouds; Thomas got Missionary Ridge

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Chattanooga Campaign

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Craven House retreat

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Chattanooga Campaign

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Artillery of the opponents was really bad; Took place in Tunnel Hill

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Chattanooga Campaign