Civil War

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    Ft. Sumter

    -the battle is usually recognized as the first battle that opened the American Civil War
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    Antietam

    -also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg
    -23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    -The Emancipation Proclamation, or Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln effective January 1, 1863
    -declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
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    Siege of Vicksburg

    -the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War
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    Battle of Gettysburg

    -considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War
    -The Union had won in a major turning point, stopping Lee’s invasion of the North
    -inspired Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address,” which became one of the most famous speeches of all time

  • Gettysburg Address

    -The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered

  • Surrender at Appomattox

    -one of the last battles of the American Civil War
    -The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought in Appomattox County, Virginia, on the morning of April 9, 1865

  • The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    • Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis -16th president