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The Civil War
Title: The Civil War
Category: History
Details: Words: 1080 | Pages: 4.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Civil War
THE CIVIL WAR
FORT SUMTER
Location: Charleston County
Movement: Action in Charleston Harbor (April 1861)
Date: April 12-14, 1861
Principal Commanders: Maj. Robert Anderson [US]; Brig. Gen. P.G.T.
Beauregard [CS]
Description: On April 10, 1861, Brig. Gen. Beauregard, in command of
the Confederate forces at Charleston, South Carolina,
demanded the surrender of the Union garrison of Fort Sumter in
Charleston Harbor. On April 12, Confederate batteries opened fire on the fort, which was unable to reply effectively. At 2:30 pm, …showed first 75 words of 1080 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1080 total…Chattanooga. September 1863, Rosecrans consolidated his forces scattered in Tennessee and Georgia and forced Bragg’s army out of Chattanooga, heading south. The Union retired to Chattanooga.
RESULT:
WILDERNESS
LOCATION: Virginia
DATE: May 5-7, 1864
DESCRIPTION: Crossing the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, Va., early in May, General Ulysses S. Grant advanced with a Union army of 115,000 men. On May 5 he met a Confederate army of 62,000 troops under General Robert E. Lee. Burning brush killed many of the wounded.
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