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Battle of Vicksburg
The Union tried to take the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg. This would have divided the Confederacy into two. This proved the genius of Ulysses S. Grant. -
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860. Abe was a republican who campaigned against slavery. The south believed this threatened their way of life. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
The attack on Fort Sumter was the first shots of the civil war. The Union was low on troops and resources and tried to send a boat to get more men and supplies but the confederate forts shot cannons at the boat and it did not reach fort Sumter. The battle lasted for 34 hours until the Union surrendered. -
Battle of Hampton Roads
This was a sea battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack. This was the first battle of the civil war between two iron boats. The Confederates was trying to break the Union's blockade on southern ports. -
Battle of Antietam
Generals Robert E. Lee and George McClellan faced off near Antietam creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland, in the the first battle of the American Civil War to be fought on northern ground. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This battle is one of the most important battles in the Civil War. This battle in the town of Gettysburg. The confederates did not win this battle. -
Battle of Stones River
At the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s 35,000 troops successfully attacked the 42,000-strong Union force commanded by Major General William Rosecrans. Union troops withstood the assault, but retreated. -
Sherman Begins March to the Sea
Union General William T. Sherman led 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. The purpose of this March to the Sea was to scare Georgia’s citizens into joining the Union. -
Appomattox courthouse
Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant. Lee had just left Richmond a few days earlier. -
Licoln Assassination
At Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. John Wilkes Booth snuck up behind Lincoln and shot him in the back of the head. He then jumped off the balcony and broke his leg.
