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Civil War and Reconstruction

  • South Seceeds

    South Seceeds

    When Lincoln won the presidental election. They argued that they had lost their political voice in the federal government.
  • First Shots

    First Shots

    Fort Sumter
  • Bull Run

    Bull Run

    One of the first bloodiest battles of the war that ended in southern victory
  • Battle of Shiloh

    Battle of Shiloh

    It made diving the confederacy seem possible.
  • Battle of New Orleans

    Battle of New Orleans

    union won. important because it is in the south by the mississippi, which makes transportation easier for the north. South was hurt by this because the north had the river
  • Emancipation of Proclamation

    Emancipation of Proclamation

    This was made by Licoln to free the slaves, however freedom was not immediately granted because it applied to the slaves behind confederate lines where they considered Jefferson Davis president.
  • Grant’s capture of Richmond

    Grant’s capture of Richmond

    ​The significance is that Richmond was the Confederate capital.
  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg

    It was the most decisive battle in the civil war. The north won.
  • Lincoln’s assassination

    Lincoln’s assassination

    In 1865 President Lincoln went to the theater to watch a play, and during the third act John Wilkes Booth managed to sneak up behind him and shot him in the head. Booth managed to escape until Union cavalry found him 12 days later.