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Fort Sumter
A fort that was located in the south is attacked by the South. The North lost the battle for the fort. -
First battle of Bull Run
The union fought confederate forces in Manassas,Virginia. The Union doesn't win this time -
Antietam
Lincoln fires McClellan as he didn't follow Lee's crippled army. And no one wins the battle and both are crippled. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The emancipation proclamation freed slaves in the confederacy.The border states were still able to have slavery. -
New York City draft riots
The immigrants were angered because they were being drafted into a war that wasn't their problem.This is significant because they showed how the people of the North felt about the drafts. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The battle was a turning point in the war. The Confederate army was given a heavy blow from the Union as they lost 28,000 soldiers -
Defeat of Vicksburg
The battle that helped the Union split the confederacy into two. The battle was significant because it helped the union to be able to continue with the anaconda plan. -
Formation of the 54th Mass.
The African Americans were allowed to fight.They were given the worst jobs. -
Gettysburg Adress
It was the area where Lincoln gave his speech about the soldiers who had died. His speech was short and its importance is that it helped boost moral and he declared that the lives lost weren't for nothing. -
Sherman's March to the sea
Sherman had declared total war. It not only harmed the soldiers moral it also destroyed towns and villages and they made life in the South very hard for them. -
Congress passes the 13th amendment
The 13th amendment was Lincoln's way of stopping slavery everywhere. It nullified the fugitive slave act and the 3/5 compromise. -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
The Confederacy was defeated and the Union had settled it with the Confederacy. The terms given were very generous they were told that they had to stop fighting and go home so that they could be at peace.
