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Abraham Lincoln's Eelection
• Lincoln says he will stop expansion of slavery
• 7 Southern states secede from the Union
• Lincoln’s inaugural speech pleads for South to stay -
Attack at Fort Sumter
• 1. South leaves Inion and take over Union Forts.
• 2. Lincoln sends reinforcements.
• 3. South attacks Fort and force them to surrender.
• 4. 4 more states leave
• 5. Beginning of Civil War -
Battle of Bull Run
• 1. Lincoln calls for 90 day enlistments
• 2. Lincoln wants to take Confederate Capitol- Richmond, VA
• 3. Union wining first half but pushed back by Confederates.
• 4. Turning point- North realizes not a short war
• 5. Lincoln calls for thousands of more volunteer, 3 year -
Battle of Antietam
• 1. Confederate General Lee attacks the North
• 2. The single bloodiest day in Civil War- Over 22,500
• 3. Union victory, but don’t finish off Southern army
• 4. Turning point- due to struggles of war Northerners begin looking for new reason to fight
• 5. Emancipation Proclamation written and adopted -
Battle of Gettysburg
• 1. Lee invades the North
• 2 Bring war North, convince them to call for peace, and secure European aide
• 3. 1/3 of army lost- Pickett’s Charge
• 4. Turning point of the war
• 5. Lee loses ability play offense and stays on defense. -
Siege of Vicksburg
• 1. Confederate guns controlled river
• 2. 43 day siege of Mississippi river
• 3.Turning point- completes Anaconda Plan
• 4. Union gains complete control of Mississippi river
• 5.Grant is promoted to Union General -
Sherman's March
• 1. Marched through Georgia destroying all war resources.
• 2. Burned down the city of Atlanta.
• 3. Destroyed a path 60 miles wide through Georgia
• 4. Helped get Lincoln reelected.
• 5. Turning Point- used total war to destroy everything of military value and destroy Southern will. -
Appomattox
• 1. Grant puts city of Petersburg under siege
• 2. Siege last for 10 months
• 3. Lee is forced to surrender because the Union broke through his defenses capturing Petersburg and Richmond.
• 4. Grant’s surrender terms ask them to lay down their weapons and return home.
• 5. Officially ends the Civil War on April 9, 1865.
