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The Civil War started when the south attacked Fort Sumter. Union soldiers were low on supplies and so Lincoln needed to supply the fort. The leaders of the Confederate States of America decided to attack the fort before the ships could arrive.
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Lincoln had ordered an invasion of Virginia in the summer of 1861. On July 21st, the Union forces clashed with Confederate soldiers near Manassas, VA.
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The battle of Antietam was considered the bloodiest single day of the war. The Union forces, led by General McClellan, fought all day, but no one gained ground by nightfall. Lee was forced to withdraw.
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The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in states in rebellion. The Constitution allowed it as a military action and Congrss woul change it into an amendment.
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The formation of the 45th mass was when African-Americans rushed to join the army. By war's end, about 180000 black soldiers were in the Union army. The 54th of Masachusettes was the most famous of all the black regiments. On July 1863, they attakced Fort Wagner in South Carolina.
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More than 50,000 deaths occurred at the Battle of Gettysburg, making it the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. The Union won and stopped Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North.
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After defeating a Confederate force near Jackson, Grant turned back to Vicksburg. On May 16, he defeated a force under General John C. Pemberton at Champion Hill.
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The NYC Draft Riots were when many men were drafted into war. Some did not want to and this created riots.
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The Gettysburg Address was a speech made by Abraham Lincoln. It was to honor the dead and to remind people of the soldiers' sacrifices for freedom and equality.
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General William T. Sherman led 60,000 soldiers on a march. It was from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. The purpose was to frighten civilians about the confederacy.
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The 13th amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. Slavery was only allowed as a punishment for a crime.
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The Freedman's Bureau was created to help the millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War. Many former slaves had no money and nowhere to go, so the Freedman's Bureau was there to help them.
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The surrender happened in a town named Appomattox Courthouse. The battle of Appomattox Courthouse, fought in the morning before the surrender, was one of the last battles of the Civil War.
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Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was watching a play in Washington D.C. when Booth came up and killed him.
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The 14th amendment stated that anyone born in the United States is automatically a citizen. It was created to help former slaves gain citizenship.
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The 15th amendment stated that any person, regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, cannot be denied to vote. This was passed to make sure states didn't deny former slaves the right to vote.
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The reconstruction era was made to help reconstruct the South after the Civil War. It was organized by the Federal Government of the United States.
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Homer Plessy was on a train and refused to sit in the side that was for African Americans. Ferguson got mad and they had a court case on it, and Homer Plessy lost the case.
