Important Civil War Battles

Bloodiest battle in history to that point;helped gain control of rivers and railroads

Union victory on the Mississippi River that helped to complete the Anaconda Plan

1st shots of the Civil War

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Winfield Scott plan to blockade Southern ports and the Mississippi River; "squeeze" the South

1st major battle of the Civil War; It was a Confederate victory and Union retreat.

1st Union victory that helped gain control of the Tennessee River - Our Backyard Battle

Union gained control of the Cumberland River - Backyard Battle

Turning point of the Civil War

Bloodiest single day battle in American military history 

The Union gained control of the Tennessee capital and caused the end of the Army of Tennessee

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The most significant defeat in the Western theater and 2nd most casualties after Gettysburg

Worst military disaster of the Confederacy during the Civil War