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fort sumter
it was used to protect small armys and servied as a fort to -
battle of bull run
the first battle of the civel war they did a sirprise flank attack on the confedrates -
southern state secession dates
the states that succed for abrah licon to get eletecd -
west virgina becomes a state
became 35th state admitted to the Union when it broke away from Confederate Virginia during the Civil War. When Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861, the western portion was against the action. On October 24, 1861, what would later become West Viginia was formed. The US government accepted West Virginia as a state two years later. Interestingly, West Virginia was initially going to be called Kanawha after the Kanawha River. -
mointor marrick fight
was a naval battle of the American Civil War, famous for being the first fight between two ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia -
battle of shiloh
it was the major battle of western threrter. it was fought in Tennessee near the river a sirprise attack was lonched there. then there went to the swaps of owl creek -
Grant takes command
grant takes control of the confedrate -
licon relceeted
Lincoln faced many challenges to his presidency. The war was now in its fourth year, and many were questioning if the South could ever be fully conquered militarily. General Ulysses S. Grant mounted a massive campaign in the spring of that year to finally defeat the Confederate army of General Robert E. Lee, but after sustaining horrifying losses at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, the Yankees bogged down around Petersburg. As the fall approached, Grant seemed no closer to defeatin -
battle of antietam
it also know as the battle of sharpsburg. it was in sharpsburg maryland antiem creek. it was the firdt major battle of the civil war. -
battle of fredericksburg
they did a frontline asslut agenst the confedrates on decmber 13 someone said it was like urban combat -
emancipation proclamation
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 -
battle chancecellorsvill
it was a another major battle of the civil war it was fought in virgina they diverd the army it was only half the army fighting -
stone wall jackson
Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was one of the most honored generals of the American Civil War, the Confederate general who lost his arm and then his life from "friendly fire." A graduate of West Point (1846), Jackson distinguished himself as a young officer in the U.S. - Mexican War (1846-48), then spent ten years as a professor of natural philosophy -
siege of vicksburg
it was the finaly major mitary action of the civel war -
battle of gettysbuge
Confederate military fortunes in the East were at their zenith. The Union Army of the Potomac had just been defeated at the Battle of Chancellorsville; flushed with victory, the Army of Northern Virginia began an invasion of the North. It seemed that one more decisive victory, this time on the soil of a Northern state, might crush the already sagging will of the North and force Abraham Lincoln's government to the bargaining table, where a negotiated peace could win the war for the Confederacy. -
battle of gettysburg
it was around the town gettysburg pennsylvina it was the lageist number of casualties for this battle in the amrican cival war. Its desriubed as the wars truning point. -
gettsyburg adaress
On June 1, 1865, Senator Charles Sumner commented on what is now considered the most famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln. In his eulogy on the slain president, he called it a "monumental act." He said Lincoln was mistaken that "the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here." Rather, the Bostonian remarked, "The world noted at once what he said, and will never cease to remember it. The battle itself was less important than the speech." -
shermans march to the sea
After capturing Atlanta in September 1864, a victory that guaranteed the reelection of Abraham Lincoln and the continuation of the Civil War, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, Union commander in the west, turned his thoughts to the most direct assault he could imagine on the heart of the Confederacy, one that targeted Southern morale. -
13th amdment
so you cant have slaves any more or sell slaves -
abraham lincoln elelaction and assnation
he was the 16th presdent march 1861 was his assnation. he served one term of presdents -
surrender at the court house
With his army surrounded, his men weak and exhausted, Robert E. Lee realized there was little choice but to consider the surrender of his Army to General Grant. After a series of notes between the two leaders, they agreed to meet on April 9, 1865, at the house of Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Courthouse. The meeting lasted approximately two and one-half hours and at its conclusion the bloodliest conflict in the nation's history neared its end.
