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Confederates fire on Sumter
After South Carolina seceded on December 20, 1860, the state demanded the fort be turned over but Union officials refused. -
Manassas
The first major land battle of the American Civil War. -
Harpers Ferry
The Civil War was disastrous for Harpers Ferry, which changed hands eight times between 1861 and 1865. -
Antietam
Was the first major battle in the Civil War to take palce on Union soil. It is also one of the bloodiest single-day battle in American history. -
Fredericksburg
One of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War. It featured the first major opposed river crossing in American military history. -
Stones RIver
The Union Army of the Cumberland left Nashville to meet the Confederates. This was the beginning of the Stones River Campaign. -
13th Amendment
The 13th amendment, which formally abolished slavery in the United States, -
Five Forks
In the spring Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had an opportunity to force Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia out of its postion at Petersburg by threatening its last supply line. -
Appomattox
One of the last battles in the Civil War. It was the final engagement of Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army -
Ford Theater
Site of the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. -
Lincoln inaugurated for First Term
Lincoln became the 16th president of the United States. His speech was important because he would be speaking not only as the new president but also as the leader of a nation in crisis. -
Robert E. Lee assumes command of VA forces
Robert E. Lee assumed command on June 1, 1862, in a battle to defend the city of Richmond from Union forces.
