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Fort Sumter
Confederates fire on and capture the union held for sumter in south carolin staring the civil war -
First battle of Bull Run
Lincoln Plans to take the capitol of Virginia and quickly squash out the southern rebellion. -
Battle of Antietam
The single bloodiest battle where the north successfully kept the south out of the north but let them retreat when cpt McClelland didn't keep fighting. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation that all slaves of rebellious states were freed and were able to join the army. -
Formation of the 54th Mass.
The most famous all black regiment that charged in first during the fort wagner. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle started by skirmishes over shoes that escalated into the biggest battle of the civil war -
Battle of vicksburg
Battle at the last confederate fort on the Mississippi that gave control to the union -
New York draft riots
Riots started because of random drafts that favored the rich -
Gettysburg Adress
Lincolns speech after the fallen where to be buried became one of the most famous presidential speeches. -
Shermans March to the Sea
Sherman marches through southern towns destroying tracks, looting towns, and burning houses capturing Atlanta in the process -
Congress Passes the 13th Amendment
Congress passes an amendment the abolishes slavery and nullifies the fugitive slave act and the 3/5 ths compromise -
Creation of Freedman's Bureau
Lincoln's government plan to help former slaves join society through education and equality -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
The confederacy surrenders to the union and they agree on generous terms to rebuild the country. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln is shot in the head by Jon wilkes booth while attending a play -
14th amendment
Amendment passed that gave citizenship and there for equal rights to black Americans -
15th amendment
The amendment that gave all citizens a right to vote because of laws in the south preventing black Americans from voting -
End of reconstruction
The North takes its troops out of the south -
Supreme Court case Plessy vs Ferguson
Plessy sat in a white train and was arrested going all the way to the supreme court when they ruled that segregation was ok