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Fort Sumter
April 12–13, 1861) was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. Following declarations of secession by seven Southern states, South Carolina demanded that the U.S. Army abandon its facilities in Charleston Harbor. -
Bull Run
also known as the First Battle of Manassas (the name used by Confederate forces), was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the City of Manassas. It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War. -
Shiloh
also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War in Tennessee. A Union army under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had moved trhough the Tennessee River deep into Tennessee and was encamped principally at Pittsburg Landing on the west bank of the river. -
Antietam
Bloodiest single day of the Civil War. 23,000 casualties. -
Monitor & Merrimack fight
often referred to as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (or Merrimac), was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War from the standpoint of the development of navies. It was fought over two days, March 8–9, 1862, in Hampton Roads, iron clad ships. -
Fredericksburg
in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac. -
Emancipation Proclamatio
n-is an executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War under his war powers. It proclaimed the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's 4 million slaves, and immediately freed 50,000 of them, with the rest freed as Union armies advanced. free slaves in rebellion to the union. -
Stonewall Jackson killed
he was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and probably the best-known Confederate commander after General Robert E. Lee. -
Chancellorsville
was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign.Two related battles were fought nearby on May 3 in the vicinity of Fredericksburg -
West Virginia becomes a state
is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern[4] regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east. -
Gettysburg
in Penns., largest number of casualities in the american civil war. considered the civil wars turning point. -
Battle Of Little Round Top
is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left flank on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.Considered by some historians to be the key point in the Union Army's defensive line that day, Little Round Top was defended successfully by the brigade of Col. Strong Vincent -
Vicksburg
the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. -
Gettysburg Address-
is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and is one of the best-known speeches in United States history.[1] It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the decisive Battle of Gettysburg. -
13th Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. It was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, passed by the House on January 31, 1865, and adopted on December 6, 1865. On December 18,ABLOISHES SLAVERY. 14TH citizenship to slaves and 15th to vote all followed. then in 1866 civil rights was made and prevented black codes from being passed. -
Lincoln gets reelected
In the United States Presidential election of 1864, the incumbent, Abraham Lincoln was re-elected as president. Lincoln ran under the National Union banner against his former top Civil War general, the Democratic candidate, George B. McClellan. McClellan was the "peace candidate" but did not personally believe in his party's platform. -
Shermans march to the sea
-Sherman's March to the Sea is the name commonly given to the Savannah Campaign conducted around Georgia during November–December 1864 by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army in the American Civil War. Robet Shaw led 1st all black divisiion.54th mass -
Lincoln election & assassination
Lincoln election & assassination-(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination. He successfully led the country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis—the American Civil War—preserving the Union while ending slavery and promoting economic modernization. 1876 redemption-return of southern dem. to power. -
Surrender at Appomatox Courthouse-T
he Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and one of the last battles of the American Civil War. Lee, having abandoned the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, after the Siege of Petersburg, retreated west, hoping to join his army with the Confedera -
Southern state secession dates
The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and the C.S.A.) was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S. The U.S. government (The Union) rejected secession as illegal, and, after its army was fired upon at the Battle of Fort Sumter, used military action to defeat it. No European or other foreign nation officially recog -
Grant takes command
he was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America.. union general. jeff davis was pres. of confed.states. then in 1876 tilden and hayes fighting for office hayes won. kkk-social clun 1866-destroy repub.-throw out gov reconstruct.-discrim.all minorities
