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[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESaQHrOzAV2ZdOXax9Zo9U5q0NThQnNoAsHpJwfmKvWeR_4i0cAk05ThRehsgU1pOvLvRbrAouDDaM-U6Y0I1rzYjkk9OXJHsPO8INuPUohEPmsIXo2gNF7qvwx7TlL4eogoJybnBTbclbOQ)\n* Battle of Antietam (1862): The deadliest one-day battle in American history; it led to the [Emancipation Proclamation](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESaQHrOzAV2ZdOXax9Zo9U5q0NThQnNoAsHpJwfmKvWeR_4i0cAk05ThRehsgU1pOvLvRbrAouDDaM-U6Y0I1rzYjkk9OXJHsPO8INuPUohEPmsIXo2gNF7qvwx7TlL4eogoJybnBTbclbOQ). [1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESaQHrOzAV2ZdOXax9Zo9U5q0NThQnNoAsHpJwfmKvWeR_4i0cAk05ThRehsgU1pOvLvRbrAouDDaM-U6Y0I1rzYjkk9OXJHsPO8INuPUohEPmsIXo2gNF7qvwx7TlL4eogoJybnBTbclbOQ)\n* Battle of Gettysburg (1863): A major turning point that shifted momentum to the Union. 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