The only practical way to tour Civil War sites is geograpically, not in order of the battles. Here is a very brief summary of the sites that we visited in chronological order.
1861: Ft. Sumter, April 12
1st Manassas, July 12
1862: Shiloh, April 6-7
2nd Manassas, August 29-30
Antietam, September 17
1863: Vicksburg, May 18-July 3
Gettysburg, July 1-3
Chickamauga, September 19-20
Chattanooga, November 23-25
1864: Petersburg, siege begins June 9
1865: Petersburg siege ends April 2
Appomattox, April 8-9
Ford's Theater, Wash. D.C., Lincoln shot, April 14
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