Battles of the Civil War

Do you know all of the major battles of the Civil War?

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Hint	Answer
The first shot of the Civil War was fired here	Fort Sumter
First major land battle in Virginia	First Bull Run
The biggest battle in Missouri, and first major battle west of the Mississippi	Wilson's Creek
Two forts captured by Grant in quick succession; earns the nickname "Unconditional Surrender"	Fort Henry and Fort Donelson
Opened up the Mississippi River south of Illinois	Island Number Ten
Ensured Union control over Missouri	Pea Ridge
The first battle between ironclad ships was fought here	Hampton Roads
The "Gettysburg of the West"	Glorieta Pass
At the time, was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War	Shiloh
Four battles fought over the course of two weeks took the pressure off the west flank of Richmond	Shenendoah Valley
A week-long battle between McClellan and Lee; costly Union defeat	Seven Days
Major defeat of the Army of the Potomoc here for the second time	Second Bull Run
The bloodiest single day of the Civil War	Antietam
Major frontal assaults were ordered by Burnside with massive loss of life	Fredericksburg
Bragg vs. Rosecrans; ended Southern hopes of controlling Central Tennessee	Stones River
Cuts the Confederacy in half; gives the Union control of the Mississippi River	Vicksburg
Hooker vs. Lee; Confederate victory, but Jackson dies	Chancellorsville
Turning point of the Civil War	Gettysburg
The end of Rosecrans' military career; George Thomas anointed "The Rock of ____"	Chickamagua
Braxton Bragg defeated by Grant and Thomas	Chattanooga
Grant meets Lee in battle for the first time	Wilderness
Grant vs. Lee, Round Two	Spotsylvania
Lee's last victory in the war; "This is not war, this is murder"	Cold Harbor
Lee stops Grant from entering Richmond's "back door"	Petersburg
Sherman defeats Hood at this city during his march to the sea	Atlanta
Burnside detonates a mine under Lee's lines, but gets his men slaughtered - again	Crater
"Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead!"	Mobile Bay
George Thomas attacks and destroys Hood's Army of Tennessee	Nashville
"For Christmas, Mr. President, I present to you the city of _______"	Savannah
Lee surrenders to Grant, ending the Civil War	Appomattox Court House