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lincoln elected to the presidency
-southerner did not want lincoln to be president
-so they began to secede (leave the country) -
Fort sumter
-located south carolina
-major robert anderson surrender
-confederate fire first yo fort sumter -
battle of bull run
-confederates won the war(union 460 deaths, confedarate 387 dead)
- union suffered 2896 casualities confederate 1982 casualities -
Battle of antietam
-union army attack confederate on left flank
-neither side won but north claimed victory -
Emancipation proclamation
lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation as the nation arrives to its 3rd year of bloody civil war -
Battle of vicksburg
-union general ulysses S. grant/confederate general john pemberton
-great victory for union -
Battle of gettysburg
- a major battle where the north not only wins the battle -general lee and confederate army retreated -46,000 casualities
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Gettysburg address
-soldiers national cementary in gettysburg pennsylvania -
Surrender at appomattoy courthouse
- the battle took place over a number of days from may 8 - may 9, 1864 -general john sedwick was killed durring the battle (high ranking union officer)
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Shermans march (to the sea)
-general sherman led 100,000men into the southern city of atlanta
-gerneral sherman finaly gained control of the city of atlanta on september 2, 1864 -
Assasination of lincoln
-happened on april 15, 1865 peterson house washington D.C
-john coilkes booth killed lincoln
