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Succession
South Carolina becomes the first state to declare succession and later formed the Confederacy -
Period: to
Civil War
United States vs Confederate States
United States: Abraham Lincoln
Confederate States: Jefferson Davis -
First Battle of Bull Run
The first major battle of the Civil War
Winner: Confederate South
Place: Prince William County, Virginia -
Battle of Antietam
Place: Near Sharpsburg, Maryland
Winner: Union -
Battle of Gettysburg
Place: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Winner: The North
Significant Battle- "turning point", usually in combination with the fall of Vicksburg the following day.This is based on the fact that, after Gettysburg, Lee's army conducted no more strategic offensives—his army merely reacted to the initiative of Ulysses S. Grant in 1864 and 1865—and by the speculative viewpoint of the Lost Cause writers that a Confederate victory at Gettysburg might have resulted in the end of the war. -
Battles for Chattanooga
Place:Tennessee
Winner: The Union -
Battle Of Cold Harbor
Place: Virgina
Winner: Confederates -
Lee Surrenders
There was no official treaty signed to end the war -
Lincoln Assasinated