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Fort Sumter
The Confederacy was demanding that he surrender or face an attack -
Bull Run
THis was the first major bloodshed battle. -
Black Soldiers
congress passes law allowing black people to serve. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln frees all slaves behind confederate lines. -
virginia secedes
Virginia unwilling to fight against other southern states seceded a terrivle loss to the union. -
Gettysburg
It was a three day battle. -
Vicksburg
There were two frontal assults and the city fell on july 5th. -
Draft Riots
Nyc 13-16 four days. poor workers riot in protest of drafts and attack rich men, blacks, drafters, and republican. 100 people die. -
The Gettysburg Address
Edward everett was the first speaker who spoke for a while and then a very short speach by Abraham Lincoln. -
Grant Appoints Sherman
Grant appointed Willeam Techumseh Sherman as commander of the military division of the Mississippi. -
Fort Pillow
A Particularly gruesome massacre occurred. -
Grant and Lee in Virgia
Grant's overall strategy was to immobilize Lee's army in virginia. -
Sherman's March
A confederate army tried to circle around him and cut his railroad supply lines. -
The Election of 1864
as the 1864 presidential election approached lincoln faced hevey poopsition. -
The surrender at appomattox
Lee and grant met to arrange a confederate surrender.
