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Fort sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil War. The intense Confederate artillery bombardment of Major Robert Anderson's small Union garrison in the unfinished fort in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, had been preceded by months of siege-like conditions. -
Secession of virginia
the secession of Southern States led to the establishment of the Confederacy and ultimately the Civil War. It was the most serious secession movement in the United States and was defeated when the Union armies defeated the Confederate armies in the Civil War, 1861-65. -
Battle at Bull run
The first major battle of the Civil War. Each side expects to win this battle and be done with this “war” within a few hours. Volunteer soldiers lined-up in colorful, clean uniforms waiting for the event to begin Picnic time! After ten hours of fighting, nearly 5,000
soldiers lay dying, dead, captured, or missing
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battle of shiloh
Then-commander Grant’s plan to “win the West” by attacking. South’s railway lines. Confederate forces attack the Union while they wait for reinforcements. Caused more than 23,500 men
to be killed or missing – ¼ of the men fighting. From this important battle, General Grant knew that the South would not be pushovers -
Battle at Richmond
The Battle of Richmond Kentucky was fought on August 29 & 30, 1862, and was part of the Confederacy's most concerted effort to capture the Commonwealth of Kentucky, its men and much needed material, for the Southern cause, as well as forcing the Union to retreat out of middle Tennessee and other key Confederate states. -
Battle at Antietam:
The battle ended the Confederate invasion of Maryland in 1862 and resulted in a Union victory. It also led to President Abraham Lincoln issuing the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation was to encourage rebellious states to rejoin the Union. On September 22, 1862, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation -
Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought in July 1863, was a Union victory that stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North. More than 50,000 men fell as casualties during the 3-day battle, making it the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. -
Gettysburg Address
He had three main purposes: To bring the country (especially the North) together, when it was divided by different views of the war, to reiterate his view of the purpose of the United States and to provide a direction for the future 'soul' of the United States. -
Surrender at Appomattox
On April 9, 1865, near the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. ... But the resulting Battle of Appomattox Court House, which lasted only a few hours, effectively brought the four-year Civil War to an end. -
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Shortly after 10 p.m. on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln. As Lincoln slumped forward in his seat, Booth leapt onto the stage and escaped through the back door.
