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April 2, 1861: the opening shots of the war
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Attack on Fort Sumter
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July 21, 1861: Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson acquires his nickname
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First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)
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February 11-16, 1862: Ulysses Grant captures a second Confederate fort overlooking the Tennessee River and acquires the nickname "Unconditional Surrender"
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Capture of Fort Donelson
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March 9, 1862: the Monitor and the Merrimack do battle
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Battle of Hampton Roads
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April 6-7, 1862: when the press blamed Grant for the Union victory, Abraham Lincoln said "I can't spare this man; he fights."
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Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing)
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September 17, 1862: George McClellan defeats Robert E. Lee in the bloodiest single day of the war, giving Lincoln the opportunity to announce the Emancipation Proclamation
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Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)
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December 13, 1862: Lee routs Ambrose Burnside, inflicting twice as many casualties on the Union forces as his troops suffered, leading Lincoln to say "If there is a worse place than hell, I am in it."
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Battle of Fredericksburg
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April 30 – May 6, 1863: the Confederates win the battle but lose Stonewall Jackson
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Battle of Chancellorsville
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July 1-3, 1863: Lee gambles and loses in the turning point of the war
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Battle of Gettysburg
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July 4, 1863: Grant takes the last major Confederate fort on the Mississippi, which Lincoln celebrated by announcing that "The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea."
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Siege of Vicksburg
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July 18, 1863: not the first battle in which African-American Union soldiers played a major role, but the most famous one
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Attack on Fort Wagner
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September 19, 1863: Confederate troops defeat Gen. William Rosecrans in the second-bloodiest battle of the war
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Battle of Chickamauga
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November 25, 1863: in an attack made by mistake, Union troops under Gen. George Thomas succeed in driving Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate armies out of Tennessee
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Assault on Missionary Ridge
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May 31 - June 12, 1864: Lee's final victory over Grant in direct combat
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Battle of Cold Harbor
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August 2–23, 1864: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."
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Battle of Mobile Bay
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April 2, 1865: Grant finally prevails over Lee in his siege of Richmond
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Third Battle of Petersburg
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April 9, 1865: Grant defeats Lee, who surrenders
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Battle of Appomattox Court House
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