Gettysburg was the only battle fought in Pennsylvania.
And Antietam (Sharpsburg) was the only significant battle fought in Maryland.
Every other battle of any consquence was in Southern territory.
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Yes. Civil War battles were fought in all 11 Confederate states.
In the Civil War, most of the destruction was suffered by the Confederate States because few battles were fought in Union States.
So few battles were fought on the northern soil because of the defensive strategy carried on by the Confederacy. Furthermore the main objective of the Federal Government were the restoring of the Union and that meant that the Northerners had to defeat and erase the Confederacy, thus compelling them to invade and conquest the Rebel's territory.
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No. Although major battles such as Antietam and Gettysburg took place in Northern states (Maryland, Pennsylvania), the vast majority of battles took place during the invasion of the South by Union forces.