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battle at shiloh
Johnston initiated a surprise attack on Grant's camps around Shiloh Church and drove the Federal forces back to Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River.He believed Grant's army was beaten and that Buell's army was miles away. More than 13,000 of Grant's and Buell's 62,000 troops were killed, wounded, captured or missing. -
ft. sumter
confederate forces occupied Fort Sumter and used it to marshal a defense of Charleston Harbor. Fort Sumter allowed the Confederates to create a valuable hole in the Union blockade of the Atlantic seaboard, there were no casualtites. only during the evacuation were one person was killed. -
secession of virginia
the virginia secession convention votes 89-45. On April 15, Abraham Lincoln issues proclamation asking for 75,000 volunteers to put down the rebellion. On May 1861 Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina secede from the Union. 2,108 Union soldiers were killed; 9,549 wounded; 2,700 Confederates were killed and 9,029 wounded. -
battle of bull run
First major land battle of the American Civil War. Began when around 35,000 Union troops marched from the federal capital in Washington, D.C. to strike a Confederate force of 20,000 along a small river known as Bull Run. 3,000 casualties for the Union and 1,750 for the Confederates. -
medicine during the civil war
Anesthesia was used 90 percent of the time during surgeries such as amputations. The two most common types of anesthesia were chloroform and ether. Chloroform was used roughly 75 percent of the time during Civil War surgeries. -
economics of the north and south during the war
The Union's industrial and economic capacity soared during the war as the North continued its rapid industrialization to suppress the rebellion. In the South, a smaller industrial base, fewer rail lines, and an agricultural economy based upon slave labor made mobilization of resources more difficult. -
battle at richmond
Confederate victory by Major General Edmund Kirby Smith against Union major general, William "Bull" Nelson's forces, defending the town. It was the first major battle in the Kentucky Campaign. casualties for both sides were 5,353. -
battle at antietam
Antietam was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history with over 23,000 casualties (men listed as killed, wounded, captured or missing) in roughly 12 hours. The battle ended the Confederate invasion of Maryland in 1862 and resulted in a Union victory. -
battle at gettysburg
was a Union victory that stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North. More than 50,000 men fell as casualties during the 3-day battle, making it the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. -
gettysburg address
The Gettysburg Address is a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the November 19, 1863, dedication of Soldier's National Cemetery, a cemetery for Union soldiers killed at the Battle Of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.Everett spoke for two hours, from memory, before Lincoln took the podium. -
emancipation proclamation
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The declaration reads, 'all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free. -
surrender at appomattox
near the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. But the resulting Battle of Appomattox Court House, which lasted only a few hours, effectively brought the four-year Civil War to an end. -
the assassination of abraham lincoln
John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War.