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  Fort Henry and Donelsen Campaign 4–14 February 1862

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  Fort Henry and Donelsen Campaign 4–14 February 1862

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  After successfully laying siege to Fort Henry, which surrendered to the Union forces on 6 February, General Ulysses S. Grant pushed advanced elements of his army within 7 miles (11 km) of Fort Donelson. Fort Donelson, along with Fort Henry, was in a key defensive position and guarded the Cumberland... More
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  Fort Sumter December 1860–April 1861

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  Fort Sumter December 1860–April 1861

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  Fort Sumter, a coastal garrison in North Carolina, is where the first shots of the American Civil War were fired. Abraham Lincoln’s Republican victory in 1860 alarmed many slaveholders in the South, who knew he was against the extension of slavery into new territories in the West, and South Carolina... More
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  Fort Wagner 10 July–6 September 1863

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  Fort Wagner 10 July–6 September 1863

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  After their Ironclad assault in April had been repulsed by massive bombardment from Charleston’s fortifications, the Union returned in July 1863, determined to reduce those fortifications. The primary obstacle, Fort Wagner, commanded the mouth of the harbour. Two attempted amphibious assaults, on 11 and 18 July, were repulsed with heavy... More
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  Fort Wagner, South Carolina, 18 July 1863

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  Fort Wagner, South Carolina, 18 July 1863

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  Fort Wagner guarded the southern approach to the key Confederate port of Charleston. Bridging Morris Island, its flanks were protected by the swampy Vincent’s Creek to landward, and the Atlantic Ocean. A water-filled trench, palisades of sharpened palmetto stakes and landmines further protected its approaches. One Union assault had already... More
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  Forts Clark and Hatteras 27–29 August 1861

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  Forts Clark and Hatteras 27–29 August 1861

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  Flag Officer Silas Stringham had almost 50 years naval experience before the Civil War, having fought the Barbary pirates of Algiers in his youth. He was now summoned to end a new piracy, of Confederate privateers, sheltering in the protected waters of the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. When signalled by... More
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  Fredericksburg 13 December 1862

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  Fredericksburg 13 December 1862

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  New Union Commander Ambrose E. Burnside saw the capture of Fredericksburg as the gateway to moving on Richmond, the Confederate capital, but his bold plan was betrayed by poor logistics. Delays in the shipment of pontoons to bridge the Rappahannock River allowed Robert E. Lee to assemble his defending forces... More
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  Gettysburg 2 July 1863

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  Gettysburg 2 July 1863

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  Overnight on 1–2 July, the remaining infantry of both the Union and Confederate armies reached the embattled troops at Gettysburg. The Union lines were now arrayed in a ‘fish hook’ formation on high ground to the south of Gettysburg, running from Culp’s Hill to Cemetery Ridge. The Confederate attack commenced... More
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  Gettysburg 3 July 1863

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  Gettysburg 3 July 1863

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  The fulcrum of the Battle of Gettysburg was the Confederate infantry assault on the Union left flank on the afternoon of 3 July. It was preceded by an artillery bombardment on the Union lines, but the Confederates were by now short of munitions, and Union gunnery was not significantly degraded.... More
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  Gettysburg I July 1863

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  Gettysburg I July 1863

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  In June 1863, General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army of North Virginia, invaded the North through the Shenandoah after defeating Union forces at Chancellorsville. By doing so, he sought to allow war-ravaged Virginia time to recuperate, while his armies foraged in northern territory, striking towards the cities... More
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  Glorieta Pass 26–28 March 1862

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  Glorieta Pass 26–28 March 1862

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  The Battle of Glorieta Pass has been described, hyperbolically, as the ‘Gettysburg of the West’. A Confederate victory would leave their way open to Fort Union, the key federal stronghold, and, even more crucially, the depot for Union stores: Confederate General Sibley badly needed to resupply. On 25 March, an... More
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  Grant’s First Vicksburg Campaign 3 November 1862–11 January 1863

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  Grant’s First Vicksburg Campaign 3 November 1862–11 January 1863

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  By 2 November 1862, Union forces controlled the Mississippi River and used the Mississippi tributaries to transport men and weapons, enabling them to win a series of victories in the west. . Despite repeated Union efforts, however, the stretch around Vicksburg remained firmly in Confederate hands. On 3 November, Ulysses... More
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  Grant’s Second Vicksburg Campaign 20 March–17 May 1863

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  Grant’s Second Vicksburg Campaign 20 March–17 May 1863

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  Vicksburg was described as the ‘Gibraltar of the Confederacy’; built on a heavily fortified bluff overlooking the Mississippi, its approaches comprised a complex maze of swamp and bayou which bemired one Union offensive after another. In spring 1863, Union Commander Grant ordered a passable route built down the western approaches... More