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Battle of Bull Run
The first bloodshed as 25 miles from Washington, D.C. It was a very seesaw affair. The Union was winning the battle at first but the Confederates held up a went on to win Bull Run. -
Antiehem
It was the bloodiest battle in American history, with casualties totaling up to 26,000 men. The Union took a huge loss to the Confederates and Lincoln fired the Union commander, McClellan. -
New Orleans
The capture of New Orleans during the American Civil War was an important event for the Union. Having fought past Forts Jackson and St. Philip, the Union was unopposed in its capture of the city. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation did not free any slaves immediately because it applied only to areas behind Confederate lines, outside Union control. -
Gettysburg Address
It was a ceremony in Gettysburg to dedicate a cemetery in Gettysburg. Historians say that this "brought America together" and made the country realize that they are one unified nation. -
Vicksburg
It was one of the 2 remaining Confederate strongholds on the Mississippi River, Grant had multiple schemes to make it to Vicksburg, in 18 days of pursuiting the town they finally capture the capital and Stonewall Jackson. -
Gettysburg
Th most decisive battle of the war was fought in Gettysburg. It lasted for 3 days and and there were 51,000 troops in total that were wounded, but the Union soldiers were still happy about this win. -
13th Amendment
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States." This amendment was for abolishing slavery in border states. -
Andrew Johnson
He is Abraham Lincoln's vice president who which becomes the president because of the assassination of Lincoln. -
Ku Klux Klan
A group of Confederates from Pulaski, Tennessee created this group to stop policies that would elevate the rights of local African Americans. -
John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth, a 26-year-old actor and Southerner sympathizer, assassinated president Abraham Lincoln at the Ford Theatre in Washington, D.C. -
The First Reconstruction Act
The act applied to the ex-Confederate states in the south and it split the south states to 5 military bases. -
Impeachment
The US House of Representitives votes 11 articles of impeachment against Johnson. This made Andrew Johnson the first impeachment of a US president. -
14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment doesn't let states make a law that takes away the privileges of citizens. -
15th Amendment
This amendment forbids the denial of voting on racial grounds.
