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9e: Major Battles of the Civil War: Using the list below, explain why each battle or event was
important.

• Lee surrendered to Grant to end the war

• Firing on this fort began the war
• Control of the high ground was important to this Union victory
• Many freed slaves joined the Union Army
• Stopped goods from being shipped into the South
• Gave the North control of the Mississippi River
• Turning point of the war
• Struggle to capture capital cities
• Made “freeing the slaves” the new focus of the war
• Divided the South
• First major battle
• The North repelled (turned back) Lee’s invasion

Fort Sumter

Battle of
Manassas

Emancipation
Proclamation

Battle of
Vicksburg

Battle of
Gettysburg

Appomattox Court
House

Richmond, VA
and Washington,
D.C.
Union blockade of
Savannah,
Charleston and
New Orleans