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Civil War
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Abraham Lincoln becomes presdent
Lincoln was anagurated and became the 16th presdent. This proved that the south was loosing power. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
Confederates open fire on Ft. Sumter when the Union attempted to get supplies to the fort. This battle started the civil war. -
Lincoln orders blockade on south
the union put a blockade along the confederacy coastline which Limited the Confederacy to be supplied as well as the Union. -
First battle of Bull Run
Union started twards the south expecting this to be a quick war. is defeted in battle It was a Union victory and both sides realized that this was going to be a long and bloody war -
Monitor vs. Virginia naval battle
first battle with iornclads the battle was an effort for the Confederacy to break the Union blockade. -
Battle of Shiloh
Confedderates lucnched a sneak attack on the Union soildiers camped on the Tennessee river. it was a Union victory -
7 days campain
Confederates pushed twords the Union capital suffering many casualties while the Union was forced to give up land previously won by the Union -
Second battle of Bull Run
Union is defeded by Stonewall Jackson. Licoln than takes Jhon Popes place as a general -
Antietam
Confederate soildiers opend fire and soon became the bloodiest day in history. Union takes the victory. -
Emancipation Proclamation essued
lincoln gives emancipation proclamation speech in hopes to end slavery. -
Emancipation takes effect
Lincoln signs proclamation ending slavery in rebellius states. It acctually freed no slaves. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
It was known as Lees perfect battle because he divided his army when the confederate armuy was bigger and stronger than the Union army. The Union won the battle. -
battle of Gettysburg
major victory for the union with the most casulties in the Civil War and was described as the turing point of the war -
siege of vicksburg
grant besieges the city with no reenforcments or supplies. after holding out for forty days Garrison surrendered giving the mississippi river to the union which they would have control of for the rest of the war. -
Gettysburg address
Speech givin by Licoln aboutthe priciple of the decleration of independence which redefined the war. -
battle at Chattanooga
The Union set up a defence aroun the hidout of the confederates. Confederate army wanted to dtarve the Union into surrendering the battle as this was their only chance of winning. It was a Union victory -
Grant takes over Union army
when Lincoln handed the army over to grant he vowed to end the war in a year. grant had three offences. -
Sherman captures Atlanta
grant left sherman in charge of western armies. the confederates with a new more aggressive general who tried to defeat the army with hard assults. this stratagy did not work and the victory went to the Union. -
Lincoln is re-elected
Lincoln ran against George B. McGellen in the election of 1864. Only states that had not attempted seccede from the Union could vote. Licoln won the election -
March to Sea
Using phycological warfare Sherman marched his amy across Georgia to prove that the union had more power over the confederacy. -
Savannah falls
Savannah Georgia was capsured and a barrier was put in place this gave more land to the Union. -
13th amendment
out lawed slavery and servitude inless punished for a crime. this was the first of the three amendments passed after the civil war. it did not end slavery in the border states -
Occupy Richmaond
the confederate army left nothing between the union army and their capitol. this was a goal of the union since the start of the war because it surved as the capitol of the confederacy but also held the major supplies of the confederates. -
Lee surenders
General Robert E. Lee surrenders ending the civil war with a Union victory. His surrendering ended slavery. -
abraham lincoln shot
Lincoln was assainated by Jhon Wilkes Booth. ending a the second term of lincoln and ending his chance at helping to rebuild the country after battle.
