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Battle of Bull Run
First Battle BOOK -
The Monitor Faces The Virginia
2 Iron-Clad Ships Face Off BOOK -
Batle of Shiloh
Massive Union Loss BOOK -
Second Battle of Bull Run
First Major Confederate Victory BOOK -
Battle of Gettysburg
Large battle that did the following
- Ended confederate hopes of British and French support
- Large Union Victory even though the circumstances assumed otherwise
- Encouraged Union Troops to keep fighting BOOK -
Emancipation Proclamation Signed
Slaves are released in rebel states
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Lincolns Address
Very Powerful speech by Abraham Lincoln BOOK -
Ulysses L. Grant
Ulysses L. Grant is appointed General by Abraham Lincoln -
Thirteenth Amendment Ends Slavery
President Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to abolish slavery -
Confederate Forces Surrender
Lee surrenders to Grant and all confederate troops surrender later in May -
Lincoln Assassinated
John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln in a theatre -
Thirteenth Amendment Passed By Congress
The war truly ends.
