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No battles were fought in Key West during the Civil War. It was occupied while under construction as the war began by Union troops. Since it was so impregnable, it remained in Union hands throughout the war despite being hundreds of miles behind "enemy" lines. Fort Zachary Taylor in Key West was exceedingly critical in the war due to it being the linchpin between the Gulf and the Atlantic Blockade Squadrons. Over 600 southern blockade runners were captured by the Union blockade patrols and sold at auction at Key West. The success of the blockade clearly cut the length of the war possibly by two years as the South ran out of the means to fight.

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How many battles are there in the American Civil War?

There were 36 battles fought in the civil warNEW RESPONDENTThere were about 8,000 occasions in which hostilities occurred in the American Civil War.


Where did most of the US Civil War battles take place?

Except for the battles in Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) and in Maryland, most of the battles took place in the South. While initially this included attacks in Virginia, later Union expeditions ranged from Texas and Missouri in the West to the cities of the mid-South, including Sherman's "March to the Sea" after burning Atlanta.


Where did the fighting in the Far West take place during the Civil War?

Most of the battles during the Civil War in the West took place in Tennessee, Mississippi and Georgia.


Where did the Civil War occur?

The Civil War was fought throughout much of the United States, but predominantly in the Southern states. Virginia had many battles. There were many engagements along the edges of the Confederacy, many at sea. From Pennsylvania south, there were battles in all of the states. There were even naval engagements all the way to the east close to the coast of Europe.


Where did the battle take place in the Civil War?

There were hundreds of battles during the US Civil War from New Jersey and Pennsylvania onward to the west, north, and south in other states. Only two took place in northern territory., although the South made many raids into the North. The majority of the rest took place in Virginia, but there were also a smattering of actions in the Far West.

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