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1		Batte of Gettsyburg - Street Scene Union soldiers and band marching through a city street on their way to join the Civil War Created by "Calhoun Show Print, Hartford, Ct. Poster advertising the play, Gettysburg. Caption: Off to the War, '6?	Adams Co., Pennsylvania - The Battle of Gettysburg
2		Batte of Wilson's Creek - Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri Mural of the Battle of Wilson's Creek at Missouri State Capitol
3		Battle of Antietam The Battle of Antietam (also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South), fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history,…
4		Battle of Boyne The Battle of the Boyne (Irish: Cath na Bóinne) was fought in 1690 between two rival claimants of the English, Scottish and Irish thrones - the Catholic King James and the Protestant King William, who had deposed James in 1688. The battle, won by William, was a turning point in James' unsuccessful attempt to regain the crown and ultimately…	County Louth, Leinster Province, Ireland
5		Battle of Chancellorsville The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville and the area from there to the east at Fredericksburg. The battle pitted Union Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's Army of the Potomac against an army half its size,…	Spotsylvania Co., Virginia - Battle of Chancellorsville
6		Battle of Chickamauga - Georgia The Battle of Chickamauga which was fought 19th & 20th of September 1863 marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. Ccalled the Chickamauga Campaign. The battle was the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The battle was fought between the Union Army of…	Georgia - Battle of Chickamauga
7		Battle of Fort Donelson - Tennessee The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought from February 11 to February 16, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The capture of the fort by Union forces opened the Cumberland River as an avenue for the invasion of the South. The success elevated Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant from an obscure and largely unproven leader to the…	Stewart Co., Tennessee - Battle of Fort Donelson
8		Battle of Gettysburg By Currie and Ives
9		Battle of Kenesaw Mountain - Georgia The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was fought on June 27, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. Despite its name, much of the battle was fought to the southwest of Kennesaw Mountain, near Marietta, Georgia. The main participants in the battle were the Union armies under the command of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman and the Army…	Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia - Battle of Kenesaw Mountain
10		Battle of King's Mountain - South Carolina The Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780, was a decisive Patriot victory in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. Frontier militia loyal to the United States overwhelmed the Loyalist American militia led by British Major Patrick Ferguson of the 71st Foot. In The Winning of the West, Theodore Roosevelt wrote of Kings…	Kings Mountain, North Carolina - Battle of King's Mountain
11		Battle of Little Big Horn - Montana "Casters Last Stand" On Sunday, June 25, 1876 General George Armstrong Custer led five companies of The Seventh Cavalry into the valley of unspeakable death and one of the most tragic historical dramas of our time. More than two hundred and sixty soldiers were killed and even though four thousand brave Sioux and Cheyenne warriors experienced a glorious victory, the…	Little Big Horn River, Big Horn Co., Montana - Battle of the Little Big Horn
12		Battle of Memphis I First Battle of Memphis - Naval Battle Fought on the Mississippi
13		Battle of Monmouth - New Jersey The Battle of Monmouth was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on June 28, 1778 in in the modern day Freehold Township, New Jersey. Census Bureau map of Freehold Township, New JerseyCourtesy of: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The main Continental Army under George Washington attacked the rear of the British Army column commanded…	Freehold, New Jersey - Monmouth Battlefield State Park
14		Battle of New Orleans - View of Titled "A Correct view of the battle near the city of New Orleans" by Francisco Scachi.	Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana - Battle of New Orleans
15		Battle of Shiloh - Tennessee	Hardin Co., Tennessee - Battle of Shiloh
16		Battle of Stone River - Tennessee The Battle of Stones River or Second Battle of Murfreesboro (in the South, simply the Battle of Murfreesboro), was fought from December 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863, in Middle Tennessee, as the culmination of the Stones River Campaign in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Of the major battles of the Civil War, Stones River had the…	Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co., Tennessee - Battle of Stones River
17		Battle of Wilson's Creek Mural of the Battle of Wilson's Creek at Missouri State Capitol	Wilson\'s Creek, Green Co., Missouri
18		Battle of Wilson's Creek - Missouri The Battle of Wilson's Creek, also known as the Battle of Oak Hills, was fought on August 10, 1861, near Springfield, Missouri, between Union forces and the Missouri State Guard, early in the American Civil War. It was the first major battle of the war west of the Mississippi River and is sometimes called the "Bull Run of the West." At the…	Wilson's Creek, Green Co., Missouri - Battle of Wilson's Creek Nathaniel Lyon

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