Civil War Battles (12 apr 1861 anni – 9 apr 1865 anni)

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BATTLES:

Battle of Bull Run (July 1861)
- proved a long war
- south wins

Anaconda Plan
- Scott's plan to use US Navy to blockade
Confederate ports and take control of the
Mississippi River

Battle of Antietam (Sept. 1862)
- south loses battle and chance at foreign
support (Eman. Proc.)

Ulysses S. Grant

Gettysburg
- Lee hoped to win on Union soil (lost)
- Gettysburg Address:
- to honor dead
- to compare northern fight to that of the
Founding Fathers

Vicksburg
- Grant wins control of Mississippi River in the
west

Sherman's March to the Sea
- William Tecumseh Sherman leads a march to
destroy throughout the south (total war)

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