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Lincoln getting elected
The Southern states didn´t want him to be a president because they thought Lincoln would end slavery, before he even got into office they left the country an formed a new country. (Confederacy) -
Fort Sumter
-Confederate wanted him to leave but Anderson didn´t
-After the firing Anderson surrendered (union lost) -
Battle of Bull run
-General McDowell ordered the union to attack, The plan was too hard for them to pull off
-The confederate held back and the Union troops won -
Battle of Antietam
-The Union Army attacked the Confederate Army on the left flank
-h union fled Maryland and the union won this war led Lincoln to create the Emancipation -
Emancipation Proclamation Signed
-When the north won against the confederates on BOA, thats one of the reasons he waited until 1863
-Even though it wasnt a full law on the constitution, it did soon pull pave its way on being the 13th amendment -
Battle of Vicksburg
-Union army won and took control over Vicksburg, Mississippi
-Since the north took over, they were able to cut off confederacy from supply lines -
Battle of Gettysburg
-Robert E Lee invaded the north to defeat the union army, the union army has a total of 94,000 soldiers while the confederate has 72,000 soldiers. Robert E Lee won
-23,049 union soldiers died, 28,063 confederate soldiers died -
Gettysburg Address
-Most famous speech givin by Abraham Lincoln
-Lincolns speech was two minutes long a mere of 271 words -
Sherman's March (to the sea)
-Led 100,000 men into the southern state of Atlanta, Georgia
-$100 million dollars worth of damage -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
-Final battle of the civil war
-Robert E Lee had 60,000 men with him and lost more tan half of his men -
Assassination of Lincoln
-Booth initially planned to kidnap Lincoln
-John Wilkes Booth broke his leg as an attempt to escape
