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Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle that took place in Charleston, South Carolina
Significance - It finalized that South Carolina was part of the Confederacy
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Lincoln orders blockade of the South
The secretary of state recommended the idea. Then Lincoln thought it would be a good idea to prevent them from importing goods. Significance - It prevented them from importing goods, like weapons.
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1st Battle of Bull Run
The first battle of Bulll Run was in Fairfax County and Prince William County, Virginia.
Significance - It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War.
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Abraham Lincoln Elected President
was the 16th President of the United States
significance - led the US through their greatest constitutional, military, and moral crises—the American Civil War—preserving the Union, abolishing slavery, strengthening the national government and modernizing the economy
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Monitor vs. Virginia naval battle
was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War from the standpoint of the development of navies
significance - it was the first meeting in combat of ironclad warships
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Battle of Shiloh
a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, in southwestern Tennessee
Significance - Shiloh proved that this was not going to be a short war, and that it was going to be very bloody.
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Seven Days Camaign
A seires of 6 major battles over 6 days.
Significance - The battle was to rid the Richmond area of a large union force, threatening from the peninisula near the confluence of the James and York rivers.
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2nd Battle of Bull Run (or 2nd battle of Manassas)
proved to be the deciding battle in the Civil War campaign waged between Union and Confederate armies in northern Virginia
significance - it was the most decisive battle in the Northern Virginia campaign for the Confederates
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Battle of Antietam
A battle part of the Maryland Campaign
Significance - It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with 22,717 dead, wounded and missing on both sides combined -
Emancipation Proclamation takes effect
Lincoln issues the final Emancipation Proclamation
Significance - it freed all slaves in territories held by Confederates and emphasizes the enlisting of black soldiers in the Union Army
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Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in the midst of the Civil War
Significance - it said 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation
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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
Significance - It was a major turning point in the war. Until this battle, the South was actually winning.
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Siege of Vicksburg
the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the Civil War
Significance - gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union
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Gettysburg Address
a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
significance - it said that the Civil War was not only hard for the Union, but also a new birth of freedom that would bring equality to all of Americas' people
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Battle at Chancellorsville
major battle that was engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign, it was fought in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Significance - It was Lee's most brilliant display of his tactics, completely wrong-footing the otherwise-successful Union commander Hooker.
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Battle at Chattanooga
Battle fought in Hamilton County and City of Chattanooga. Union victory.
Significance - Union losses are 17,000 killed, wounded and missing out of 130,000. The Confederates, 13, 000 out of 60,000.
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Ulysses S. Grant takes over the Union Army
He was the most successful Union general
Significance - He led many people into many battles. He had won a lot of those battles. He led the Union to defeat the Confederates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant
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Robert E. Lee surrenders
The Battle of Appomattox Court House caused the Confederates to surrender.
Significance - This ended the war. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House -
Sherman captures Atlanta
A battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia.[
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Abraham Lincoln re-elected
National Union Party
Electoral vote 212
States carried 22
Popular vote 2,218,388
Significance - Abraham Lincoln helped helped abolish slavery. So when he got relalected it was a good thing.
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Sherman begins march to the sea
After destroying Atlanta's warehouses and railroad facilities, Sherman, with 62,000 men begins a March to the Sea.
Significance - President Lincoln on advice from Grant approved the idea. "I can make Georgia howl!" Sherman boasts.
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Savannah, GA falls to the Union
Sherman reaches Savannah in Georgia leaving behind a 300 mile long path of destruction 60 miles wide all the way from Atlanta.
Significance - Now the Union controls Gergia.
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13th Amendment passed
The U.S. Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Significance - This abolished Slavery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution -
Union Army moves in and occupies Richmond, VA.
Richmond was the Capital of the Confederates.
Significance - This would crush the Confederates and would be a key part in defeating the Union -
Abraham Lincoln shot and killed
John Booth assainated President Lincoln.
Signficance - They didn't want black's to have the same rights as white. So they killed Lincoln.
