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In the "first" Battle of Saratoga (September 19, 1777), forces under Colonel Morgan scattered British advance troops in the fields of John Freeman, a Loyalist. This is often referred to as the Battle of Freeman's Farm.
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First Bull Run (or First Manassas) in Virginia. It was a Confederate victory.
The first battle of Robert E. Lee's Maryland Campaign was the battle of Boonsboro, Maryland, September 14, 1862. This battle is remembered in the North as the Battle of South Mountain. The Battle of Sharpsburg is what the Confederates called Antietam and they were both fought in Maryland. See the link below.
What was referred to by the South as The Battle of Murfreesboro, fought from 31 December, 1862, to 2 January, 1863, was known as The Battle of Stones River or The Second Battle of Murfreesboro by the North (The First Battle of Murfreesboro was fought on 13 July, 1862).