Eastern Theater of the Civil War: The Civil War in Four Minutes

What did the battles of Gettysburg, Antietam and First Bull Run have in common? They were all fought in the Eastern Theater. Join Historian Garry Adelman as he describes the progression of the battles in the Eastern Theater including countless encounters between the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac throughout the Civil War.

This video is part of the American Battlefield Trust's In4 video series, which presents short videos on basic Civil War topics.

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Actually the first organized land battle of the Civil War was the battle of Philipi, West Virginia (then Virginia) in the spring of 1861