Battles Of The Civil War
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Battle Of Antietam
~ also known as the battle of sharpsburg
~ took place on the south
~ fought near sharpsburg , Maryland , and Antietam creek
~ union army won the battle
Battle Of Gettysburg
~ this battle was fought on july 1-3 1863
~ the war was between union and confederate forces
~ the war was involved in the largest number of casualities
~ the union army won
Battle Of Chickamauga
~ this war was fought on September 19-20 1863
~ this battle was the most significant union defeated in the west
~ this war marked the end of a union offensive in the southern eastern Tennessee and northwest Georgia
~ confederate states won the war
Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
The Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles fought in the Western Theatre of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864. Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman invaded Georgia from the vicinity of Chattanooga, Tennessee beginning in May 1864, opposed by the Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston