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civil war

By IsraelF

  • 1861

    1861
    The Confederates began firing upon Fort Sumter the attack lasted 34 hours Union soldiers fired back, but they were forced to surrender and the Confederates won.

  • 1862

    1862
    September 17, 1862 - The bloodiest day in U.S. military history as Gen.Five days after the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.This document stated that on January 1, 1863, all enslaved people in the Confederacy were emancipated, or freed.