Appomattox Courthouse - General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union general Ulysses S. Grant, Battle of Antietam - single bloodiest day of the Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg - bloodiest battle of the Civil War; Union victory; turning point of the war, Battle of Vicksburg - Union victory which split the Confederacy in half and gave Union control of the Mississippi River, Emancipation Proclamation - order issued by Lincoln that freed slaves in the rebelling states, Fort Sumter - 1st battle of the Civil War, Gettysburg Address - Lincoln stressed that the purpose of the war was to "preserve a government of the people and by the people",

Battles and Events of the Civil War

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