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Lincoln elected to the Presidency
-His election served as immediate impetus for the out break of the American civil war.
-He wanted to get rid of slavery in the south. -
Fort Sumter
On April 12, 1861 General Beauregard sent Major Anderson a message saying that he would fire in one hour if Anderson didn't surrender. Anderson didn't surrender and the firing began. -
Assassination of Lincion
-Was killed by John Wilkes Booth
-He killed him because he wanted to raise the confederates -
Battle of the Bull Run
-Was the first Battle of the American civil war
-This war occurred because a troop opened fire in Fort Sumter -
Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg
-War happened because of heavy losses at battle
- Lee's Confederate army was forced to retreat back to Virginia on September 18th and 19th
-By stopping the Confederate invasion of Maryland and leading to the Emancipation Proclamation, Antietam had a big impact on the Civil War. -
Exclamation Proclamation signed
-The proclamation said ¨that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
-This promised African Americans in the South that under no circumstances would they be returned to slavery if the United States won the war. -
Siege of Vicksburg
-The final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War
-The Battle of Vicksburg happened because Vicksburg was a major obstacle to the Union's goal to divide the Confederacy along with Mississippi -
Battle of Gettysburg
-Considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War
-It started out as a chance encounter between the Union and Confederate Forces. -
Sherman´s march to sea
-A military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia
-This happend because they wanted to scare Georgia´s civilian population.
