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fort sumter
the first battle of the civil war in south carolina -
battle of antietam
the "bloodiest" battle of the civil war and either people died or got wounded -
Emancipation Proclamation
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. It did not apply to slave states that had stayed in the Union—Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri. -
battle of gettysburg/ turning point
51,000 where killed nobody won this battle
president lincon made a speech that encouraged the contry to keep fighting -
battle of vicksburg
the union surrendered and it all went downhill.
