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Fort Sumter
The south opened fire on Fort Sumter Charleston,SC. The union surrendered and the south raised a new flag called "Stars and Bars" -
Antebellum
Civil War battle near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Bloodiest single day battleof the American Civil War. -
Emancipation Proclomation
A document issued by Abraham Lincoln that declared freedom for all slaves in states that were still in rebellion against the Union if they did not surrender. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Most important battles of the civil war.Started on July 1st and ended July 3rd.the confederate lost 28,000 and the union lost 23,000. -
Battle of Chickamauga
This battle was located on the Georgia border and the Tennese border. The Confederates won and stopped the Union from advancing into Georgia -
Andersonville
A prison that could hold 10,000 prisoners. April 1864 over 12,000 prisoners were held there. When the war ended in 1865 over 45,000 prisoners were held there almost 13,000 died