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1854
 
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British and French troops land at Sebastopol, to besiege the port, and win a limited victory over the Russians at the river Alma        
1854
 
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An inconclusive battle at Balaklava includes the Charge of the Light Brigade, with British cavalry recklessly led towards Russian guns       
Lord Cardigan charging, Punch 1854
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1854
 
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An inconclusive engagement at Inkerman means that the allies in the Crimea have to dig in for the winter besieging Sebastopol       
1859
 
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French and Piedmontese forces defeat the Austrians decisively at Solferino, in a battle involving appalling casualties     
1861
 
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The first battle of the American Civil War, fought near Manassas and the Bull Run Creek, is a clear Confederate victory       
1862
 
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The Monitor and the Merrimack fight all morning off the Virginia coast, in history's first clash between ironclad ships        
1862
 
    
A two-day engagement at Shiloh is the first Civil War battle to bring massive casualties, with more than 23,000 dead, wounded or missing       
1862
 
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Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee defeat a Union army in the second battle of Bull Run or Manassas        
1862
 
   
The Federal victory at Antietam comes at a cost of more than 22,000 casualties in a single day      
1863
 
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The three-day Battle of Gettysburg, inconclusive but more damaging to the Confederates, brings casualties on both sides of more than 50,000