... event present ever since in the American consciousness. Here are some of the crucial events of the war: the firing of the first shots at Fort Sumter; the battles of Shiloh, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg; Sherman's dramatic march to the sea; the surrender at Appomattox. In fact, Civil War wasn't simply the story of great battles and great generals, it was also ... ...

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... Virginia again. After the agonizing loss at Gettysburg Lee was forced to fight small engagements back at Virginia. The Federal Army got General Ulysses S. Grant as their commanding officer after Reynolds got picked off by a sniper on the first day of Gettysburg. General Lee then found himself with many problems, emotional and physical. Lee lost of many of his reliable officers ... ...

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