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Civil War
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Election of Abe Licoln
Licoln was elected in 1860. This cause Southern States to secede. -
Secession of South Carolina
The secession of South carolina was the start of many more seceding Southern states.South Caroline seceded because they wanted slavery in the South. -
Formation of the Confederate States
South Carolina seceded on Dec. 20, 1860. Mississippi secede on Jan. 9, 1861. Florida seceded on Jan. 10, 1861. Alabama
seceded on Jan. 11, 1861. Georgia seceded on Jan.19, 1861
Louisiana seceded on Jan 26, 1861.Texas seceded on
March 2, 1861. Virginia seceded on April 17,1861. Arkansas
seceded on May 6, 1861. North Carolina seceded on
May 20, 1861.Tennessee seceded on June 8, 1861. -
Firing on Fort Sumter
On Apirl 12 the Confederates fired on the fort. On April 13th the Union surredered. -
First Battle of Bull Run
This is the first major battle of the Civil War. The battle began when about 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, Bull Run. -
Battle of Antietam
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War. On September 16, 1862, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his Union Army of the Potomac confronted Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia at Sharpsburg, Maryland. -
Battle of Gettysburg and Vicksburg
The battle of Vicksburg starting on may 18th aand ended on july 4th -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abe Lincoln gave this speech at Gettysburg. "That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, 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; and the executive
government of the United States, including the military and naval
authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such
persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, o -
Gettysburg Address
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. I -
Reelection of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln's chances didn't look good for reelection. But Lincoln won the election of 1864 instead of George McClellan. -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
Lee's troop was surrounded on three sides. Then Lee surrended to Grant.
