Civil war

civil war events

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  • lincolns election

    lincolns election
    lincolns election
    Lincoln was elected as president for the united states of America becoming the 16th president standing for the republican party.
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    lincolns election-appomatix

  • Fort sumter

    Fort sumter
    fort sumter
    Fort Sumter is most famous for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War

  • 1st bull run

    1st bull run
    1st bull run
    First major battle of the civil war.

  • Battle of Antietam

    Battle of Antietam
    antietamOn September 17, 1862, Generals Robert E. Lee and George McClellan faced off near Antietam creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland, in the the first battle of the American Civil War to be fought on northern soil.

  • Emancipation Proclomation

    Emancipation Proclomation
    Emancipation proclomation
    Freed all the slaves

  • Battle of gettysburg

    Battle of gettysburg
    Battle of gettysburg
    fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War

  • gettysburg address

    gettysburg address
    gettysburg address
    In November 1863, President Abraham Lincoln was invited to deliver remarks, which later became known as the Gettysburg Address, at the official dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania

  • Appomattox

    Appomattox
    Surrender at Appomattox
    On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee (1807-70) surrendered his approximately 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85) in the front parlor of Wilmer McLean’s home in Appomattox Court House, Virginia,