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Battle Of Fort Sumter
Brig. Gen. Beauregard, in command of the provisional Confederate forces at Charleston, South Carolina, demanded the surrender of the Union garrison of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.The bombardment of Fort Sumter was the start of the American Civil War.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFB1IPej7NY&feature=related -
First battle of Bull Run
The war didn’t begin in earnest until the Battle of Bull Run. which was fought in Virginia just miles from Washington DC.tlincon was presured into attacking the Confederate forces commanded by Brigadier General P.G.T. The goal was to make quick work of the bulk of the Confederate army, open the way to Richmond, the Confederate capital, and end the war. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI7vBQRuTYg -
The Emancipation Proclamation
On January first Lincoln proclaimed that all slaves in areas of rebellion against the government would be free. In his speech he satiated that “`do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states, and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free.
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Battle of Shiloh
Confederate forces led by General Johnston attacked Union General Grant's army at Pittsburg Landing Tennessee.they were not prepared but managed to hold untill the bull army came.The Confederates lost their leader when General Johnston was killed by a stray bullet.Victory for the union forces.Approximately 23,746 men died.This battle could have been a huge victory for the Confederacy. However,they had immense loss of human life on both sides
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the battle of gettysburg
Confederate forces converged on the town from west and north, driving Union defenders back through the streets to Cemetery Hill.On July 2, Lee attempted to envelop the Federals, first striking the Union left flank at the Peach Orchard, Wheatfield, Devil’s Den,The morning of July 3, the Confederate infantry were driven away from Culp’s Hill.. In the afternoon, Lee attacked the Union center on Cemetery Ridge. Union victory.
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Second Battle of Bull Run
this battle went on for 3 days near Prince William County. Jackson ordered an attack on a Federal column. When massed Confederate artillery devastated a Union assault by Fitz John Porter’s command, Longstreet’s wing of 28,000 men counterattacked in the largest, simultaneous mass assault of the war. The Union left flank was crushed and the army driven back to Bull Run.
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The Battle of Antietam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdElCTPGUXU On September 16, 1862, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his Union confronted Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia at Sharpsburg, Maryland. on September 17, Maj. General Joseph Hooker’s Union mounted a powerful assault on Lee’s left flank that began the Battle of Antietam, and the single bloodiest day in American military history. This battle, which drove Lee’s forces from Maryland, would give Lincoln the “victory” that he needed before deliveriring Emancipation Proclamati -
Prison camps - Andersonville
All captured shoulders were put into camps. In most cases officers received better treatment than others, but in Andersonville was the exception it was built to hold 10000 men it eventually was holding 35000 prisoners about 100 prisoners died daily from starvation or exposure.
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The Battle of Frederickburg
The battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia took place from December 11 to December 15, 1862. The Union Army, led by General Burnside, suffered huge casualties at the hands of the Confederate Army, led by General Robert E. Lee.The South won the battle of Fredericksburg. This battle was between the Union and the Confederates. The Union lost over 13000 troops during this battle.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW_Lhoe2G-E&feature=related -
The Battle of chancellorsville
.On May 3, the Confederates attacked with both wings of the army and massed their artillery at Hazel Grove. This finally broke the Federal line at Chancellorsville.. On the night of May 5-6, after Union reverses at Salem Church, Hooker crossed to the north bank of the Rappahannock. This battle is considered by many historians tobe Lee’s greatest victory. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph8ni6EHnRQ -
1863 independence
For the north it had been disastrously, but for some the fourth of July was the happiest day since the first 87 years ago. For the first time former slaves could truly enjoy American "independence". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Bojjx_Dew
