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Shots Fired at Fort Sumter
Located in South Carolina, attacked, marked the beginning of the Civil War. -
Battle of Antictan
fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. -
Battle of Fredricksburg
It took place during the American Civil War, and the Confederates were victorious at Fredicksburg. -
Battle of Gettysburg
It was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War, and is often described as the turning point. -
Gettysburg Address
It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg. -
Shermans March
The campaign began with Sherman's troops leaving the captured city of Atlanta, Georgia, on November 16 and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21. -
Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House
Lee drew up in front of the village hotel and established headquarters on its broad piazza'. -
Lincoln Assassinated
His assassination took place on Good Friday, as the Civil War was drawing to a close. -
!4th Amendment
It granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States. -
Emancipation Proclamation
An executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War using his war powers. It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states then in rebellion.
