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Civil war timeline
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Fort Summter
Forty hours of continous shelling before the fort fell to the south soon the commander let the union troops leave safely no one died besides 2 people on accendient -
75,000 milita men
Lincoln calls for 75,000 milita men and or volunteers for the war -
First of the battle of the bull run
This battle took place 30 miles south from washington D.C Many congressmen and there wives watched from behide the battle lines when the north lost it caused panic -
Shiloh
Confedrate troops attacked union forces in shiloh tennesse -
"stonewall" jackson defeats union forces
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2nd manssas
the 2nd manssas was the secound part of the battle of the bull run -
Antietam
the bloodiest day in U.S history as gen.robert lee are stopped at antietam and attacked by union troops 26,00 dead and missing -
Emancipation proclamation
Preisdent lincoln issues the final emancipation proclamation issueing all slaves can enlist in the union army -
Chancelerville
Under the union army leader gen hooker because of lees tactics confeadrate genral jackson stone wall was mortally wounded by one of his own soilders -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg last 3 days or horrible body count of 50,000 dead not including the people missing in action -
West virginia was born
Western counties in virginia didnt want seced with the rest of the state so therefore western virginia was born -
Chickamuga
union army is trapped in cumberland tennsses under siege of the confeadrate -
Chattanooga
The union ran screaming at the Chickmauga chickmauga ammberssed at there loss at that battle. -
March to the sea
After destroying alaintas warehouse they marched to the sea -
Lincolns SHOT
Licon and his wife went to attend are cousin american nd was shot at 10:13 in the head by john wilks booth
