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Fort Sumter was colocated in Charleston, South Carolina. Robert Anderson had control of Fort Sumter but supplies were dwindling. If Lincoln supplied Fort Sumter it would engage war, but if they didnt they would lose the fort. Licoln decides to send supplies. Confederacy attacked before the ship could arrive.
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The battle of the first Bull Run was located in Virginia. The Union leader was McDowell, and the Confederate leader was Bearegard. This battle was won by the Confederates. The battle of the First Bull Run thrilled the South, but shocked the North!
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The battle of Hampton Roads also known as Battle of Monitor and Merrimack, was located in Virginia. It lasted from March 8 to the 9 of 1862. The Union leader was John Worden. The Confederate leader was Buchanan. The major significance of the battle is that it was the first meeting in combat of ironclad warships. The Union won this battle.
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The battle of Shiloh was located in Tennesse. In this battle, the Union killed Johnston. The Union leader was Grant. The Confederate leader was Johnston. Grant led the battle to an end. The Union takes the victory!
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The Second Battle of Bull Run lasted two days, from August 29-30 of 1862. The battle was located in Virginia. The Confederate leader was Jackson, and the Union leader was Pope. The Confederates won the battle, and regained most of Virginia.
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The battle of Antietam was in the state Maryland on September 17, 1862. The Union leader was McClellon, and the confederate leader was Robert E. Lee. The victory was claimed by the Union. This battle soon led to the Emancipation Proclomation.
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The battle of Fredericksburg was located in Virginia. The Confederate leader was Lee, and the Union leader was Burnside. The Confederates won this battle. There was about 12600 Union casualties. This battle stopped the Union from further advance.
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The Battle of Chancellorsville was in Virginia, on May 2-4 of 1863. The Confederate leader was Robert E. Lee, and the Union leader was Hooker. The confederate won the Battle of Chancellorsville. And "Stonewall Jackson" died. Lee led a perfect battle, and the battle is one of the bloodiest!
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The Emancipation Proclomation was an executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. Rhis freed all slaves in all regions in rebellion against the Union.The Emancipation Proclomation applied primarilly to the slaves in the Confederacy. Some still were enslaved even with the Emancipation Proclomation in act!
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The Siege at Vicksburg was in Mississippi. It lasted from May 18 to July 4 of 1863. The Union leader was Grant. The Confederate leader was Pemberton. The union won this battle. The soon got Mississippi River!
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The Battle of Gettysburg was located in Pennsylvania, it was from July 1-3 of 1863. The Union leader was Meade and the Confederates leader was Robert E. Lee. The Union took the victory of this battle. This was where Gettysburg address was invented.
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This battle went until July 16, 1863 to September 2, 1864.It was in Georgia.The Union leader was Sherman. The Confederate leader was Hood. The union won this battle and gained Atlanta.
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The 13th amendment was passed by the house in January. It was Ratified on December 6, 1865. The 13th Amendment banned slavery, and "involuntary servitude" in the US. Which means a slave that doesnt want to be a slave!
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On April 9, 1865, the leaders of the Union and Confederacy(Lee and Grant), met at Appomattox Court House to surrender. The union peacefully surrendered. This was part of ending the Civil War for good.
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John Booth shot Abraham Lincoln in Ford Theater on April 14, 1865. After he was shot, he was carried to a house accross the street. The bullet in that was shot into his head could not be removed. Abraham Lincoln died the next morning on April 15, 1865.
