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Beginning Of Civil War
Confederates fired at fort sumter, and it sparked the Civil War -
First Battle of Bull Run
Lincoln ordered an invasion on Virginia in the summer 1861. Union forces clashed with confederate soldiers. -
Battle of Antietam
After winning the first battle, Robert E. Lee's army went to the north, and fought the first battle on Northern Soil. The South lost and retreated back to Virginia. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all people held as slaves must be freed. -
Battle of Gettysburg
A 3 day battle in Gettysburg, in which many soldiers lost their lives, and half of the battlefield was turned into a cemetery -
Defeat of Vicksburg
The Confederate's last stronghold, where they lost to the Union. -
New York City Draft Riots
The New York Draft Riots were riots that occurred in New York after congress passed the draft laws of Americans going into war in 1863. -
Formation of the 54th Mass
The first official black regimen in the civil war. -
Gettysburg Address
The famous speech told by Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg regarding the men who died in the battle of gettysburg, and how their death will not be in vain -
Shermans March to Sea
Lincoln names Grant head of the army, and Sherman is sent to 'destroy' the South while Grant goes to get Robert E. Lee. Sherman burns down a lot of the South, and loots it as well. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in a theater by John W. Booth, as a part of a plan by him and 3 others. -
Congress Passes the 13th Amendment
The congress passes the 13th Amendment after the election of Lincoln, completely aboloshing slavery. -
Creation of Freedamn's Bureau
Help for freed slaves during reconstruction era. Attempted to change society in the confederate states -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
General Robert E. Lee surrenders, finally ending the Civil War in 1865.