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fort sumter
<a href='' >text book and note</a>April 12–13
the confederates attacked a Union fort in the south. nobody died so it was not considered a battle. it was the first act of war in the civil war.the confederates burned down the fort but everbody got out. -
1st Battle of Bull Run
about.comalso called the battle at manassas. the union was led by Brigadier General Irvin McDowell. the confederates were led by Brigadier General Joseph E. Johnston and General P.G.T. Beauregard. the union retreated because their plan to attack the confederate left flank failed. the cofederates did not folow them and they won the battle. -
Battle of Hampton Roads
civil war homelasted from March 8-9, 1862. also known as the battle of the ironclads, beacause they mainly faught by ship. they shot at eachother and could not be sunken, so nobody won -
Battle of Shiloh
npslasted from april 6–7 1862. also called Pittsburg Landing. union led by Ulysses S. Grant. confederates led by Albert Sidney Johnston. Johnston ended up losing and giving up Kentucky and much of West and Middle Tennessee. -
2nd Battle of Bull Run
history of warlasted form august 29-30 1862. union was led by George McClellan. conferates were led by Thomas Stonewall Jackson.
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Battle of Antinem
about.comwas the bloodiest battle in America. was in Sharpsburg. Union was led by George B. McClellan. The confederates were led by Robert E. Lee. Nobody won but the north obtained some strategical advances. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after this war. -
Battle of Fredericksburg
HPSlasted from december 11–15 1862. the union was led by Ambrose E. Burnside. the confederate army was led by Robert E. Lee. Burnside sent a corps to occupy the vicinity of Falmouth. Lee put his army in trenches and he ended up winning the battle -
Emancipation Proclamation
questiaissued by Lincoln on January 1st 1863. it was led to by the battle of antienam. the goal of it was to free all of the slaves in the confederacy. it did not free many slaves. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
civil war trustlasted from April 30 to May 6 1863. Joseph Hooker led the Union Army. The Confederacy was led by Lee and Maj. Gen. Jubal. it was considered Lee's greatest victory -
Battle of Gettysburg
The History Placelasted from july 1–3 1863. one of the most famous battles in the civil war. Led to the Gettysburg Adress. the leaders were: Lee, confederate, and Meade, Union. They met in Gettysburg un-intentionally. the confederates were looking for shoes but ended up fighting a battle. in the end Meade and tyhe Union won. -
siege of Vicksburg
History of warlasted fromMay 19– July 4, 1863. Grant led the Union. the Union tried to take Vicksburg and the Mississippi River ffrom the confederacy, which was led by Pemberton. the south surrendered that battle and the Union won. -
siege of atlanta
Think Questlasted may 5-august 31 1864. The Union General leading the army was General Sherman. the confederate leader was General Johnston. the siege was designed to end the war. Sherman flanked the confederates and took over Atlanta. it was a Union Victory. -
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
eye witness to historytook place on April 12, 1865. General Lee surrendered to Grant in Appomatox Courthouse, Virginia. The Union had won the war. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
America's LibraryJohn Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln after the Union had won the civil war. it took place in the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in D.C. -
Ratifacation of the 13th Amendment
History.comit took place on December 6, 1865. it officially ended slavery in the U.S. it alsoo ended the slpit in the nation over slavery, because even if the wanted it they could not have it.
