Antietam: bloodiest single-day battle in US History. Confederate Army retreated. Bull Run: routed Union forces, tired confederates failed to pursue, Lincoln called for 1 million more men. Shiloh: Confederates launched devastating surprise attack, Grant called for re-supply and counterattacked, Confederates retreated. Gettysburg: Confederate troops in search of food met by Union cavalry, reinforcements arrive and Confederates take town. Many Confederates surrender. Vicksburg: starving and beaten Confederates surrendered and Union finally gained control of the Mississippi River and cut the Confederacy in two.

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