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Lincoln elected
Lincoln was elected president and they called him honest abe -
Fort Sumter
confederates under gen. pierre beauregaurd open fire with 50 canons war begins. the confederates win. -
Lincoln orders blockade of the south
Union Navy had an effort on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the confederate states, made to prevent the passage of good trades, supplies, and weapones too and from confederacy. -
1st Battle of Bull Run
In Prince William county, Virginia. Public clamored for a march against the confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia. Which was expected to bring an early end to the rebellion. -
Battle of Shiloh
40,00 confederate soldiers under the command gen. albert sidney johnston poured out of the nearby woods and struck a line of union soliders occupying ground near pittsburg landing on the tennesse river. -
7 days campaign
General Robert Lee led the invading Union Army of the potomatic away from richmond, virginia and into a retreat down the virginia peninsula. -
2nd battle of bull run
this is almost like a best two of three short war. there were 3 battles in 3 days. the confederates got the W in this one with the least amount of people killed and wounded. -
Antietam
First major battle to take places on Union soil. -
Emancipation Proclomation issued
Orderd issued too all segments of the executive branch of the united states by president abraham lincoln. It proclaimed all those enslaved confederate terriorty to be forever free and ordered the army to treat as free all those enslaved in ten states that were still in rebellion -
Emnaciaption Proclamation takes effect
This ended slavery in the rebellious states. this is important because it could change the numbers of the union army. -
Battle at Chancellorsville
The confederates won this battle. this is important because they had many more deaths than the union. -
Chancellorsville
Gen. Hooker defeated. union wins Gen Lee. -
Battle of Gettysburg
It was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War and is often described as the war's turning point.It ended lee's invasion of the north. -
Siege of vickburg
This the confederates surrender the war. this was important because it cut off the communication with them to the trans-mississippi department. -
Chickamauga
decisive confederate victory union army trapped in tein. -
Chattanooga
Union troops average their previous defeat. -
gettysburg address
States that the nations should have freedom. -
Cold Harbor
Mistake by grant results in 7,000 union causlaitties. -
Re- elected Lincoln
Lincoln was re-elected president, beating Democrat George. Lincoln carried all but three states with 55 percent of the popular vote and 212 of 233 electoral votes. "I earnestly believe that the consequences of this day's work will be to the lasting advantage, if not the very salvation, of the country," lincoln told his followers in the crowds and streets -
Sherman begins march to the sea
began with Sherman's troops leaving the captured city of Atlanta, Georgia, on November 16 and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21. -
Union Army moves in and occupies richmond
Union troops occupy richmond and petersburg, virginia. -
Robert E. Lee surrenders
surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War. Forced to abandon the Confederate capital of Richmond, blocked from joining the surviving Confederate force in North Carolina, and harassed constantly by Union cavalry, Lee had no other option. -
Lincoln shot and killed
The stars and stripes is ceremoniously -
Union Army moves in and occupies Richmond, VA.
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13th amendment passed
finally ended the institution of slavery. "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." With these words, the single greatest change wrought by the Civil War was officially noted in the Constitution.
